Inline veneer production system

Claim 2

A process of producing veneer comprising the following steps: a. peeling logs in a peeling means to produce veneer; b. conveying said veneer from said peeling means in sequence to more than one level of storage tray means; c. conveying said veneer in sequence from more than one level of said storage tray means in a continuous edge-to-edge supply directly to one level of a dryer; and d. drying said veneer in said dryer.

Claim 3

A process of producing veneer comprising the following steps: a. peeling logs in a peeling means to produce veneer; b. conveying said veneer from said peeling means to storage tray means; c. conveying said veneer from said storage tray means in a continuous edge-to-edge supply directly to a dryer; and d. drying said veneer in said dryer, wherein; said dryer has at least two levels of conveyors transmitting its length, the veneer peeled from the sap portion of the logs is conveyed to one set of said storage trays to supply one level of said dryer, and the veneer peeled from the heart portion of the logs is conveyed to a second set of said storage trays to supply a second level of said dryer.

Claim 4

A process of producing veneer comprising the following steps: a. peeling logs in a peeling means to produce veneer; b. conveying said veneer from said peeling means to storage tray means; c. conveying said veneer from said storage tray means in a continuous edge-to-edge supply directly to a dryer; and d. drying said veneer in said dryer, wherein; said dryer has at least two levels of conveyors transmitting its length, the veneer peeled from the sap portion of the logs is conveyed to one set of said storage trays to supply one level of said dryer, and the veneer peeled from the heart portion of the logs is conveyed to a second set of said storage trays to supply a second level of said dryer.

Claim 5

conveying said veneer from said ribbon storage trays directly to a waste removal station,

Claim 6

conveying said veneer from said ribbon storage trays directly to a waste removal station,

Claim 7

removing unusable sections from said veneer, and

Claim 8

removing unusable sections from said veneer, and

Claim 9

A process of producing veneer comprising the following steps: a. peeling logs in a peeling means to produce veneer; b. conveying said veneer from said peeling means to storage tray means; c. conveying said veneer from said storage tray means in a continuous edge-to-edge supply directly to a dryer; and d. drying said veneer in said dryer, wherein; said dryer has at least two levels of conveyors transmitting its length, with one level of said dryer operating at a lower speed than another level.

Claim 10

A process of producing veneer comprising the following steps: a. peeling logs in a peeling means to produce veneer; b. conveying said veneer from said peeling means to storage tray means; c. conveying said veneer from said storage tray means in a continuous edge-to-edge supply directly to a dryer; and d. drying said veneer in said dryer, wherein; said dryer has at least two levels of conveyors transmitting its length, with one level of said dryer operating at a lower speed than another level.

Claim 11

A process of producing veneer comprising the following steps: a. peeling logs in a peeling means to produce veneer; b. conveying said veneer from said peeling means directly to storage tray means; including

Claim 12

A process of producing veneer comprising the following steps: a. peeling logs in a peeling means to produce veneer; b. conveying said veneer from said peeling means directly to storage tray means; including

Claim 13

conveying the remaining veneer from said waste removal station directly to dryer storage trays, c. conveying said veneer from said dryer storage trays in a continuous edge-to-edge supply directly to a dryer; and d. drying said veneer in said dryer.

Claim 14

conveying the remaining veneer from said waste removal station directly to dryer storage trays, c. conveying said veneer from said dryer storage trays in a continuous edge-to-edge supply directly to a dryer; and d. drying said veneer in said dryer.

Claim 15

An inline veneer production apparatus comprising in combination: veneer drying means including at least one layer of dryer conveyors running from one end to the other which carry peeled veneer through said drying means; peeling means for peeling logs into veneer; storage trays positioned between said drying and peeling means installed inline in the direction of travel of said veneer, including at least two layers of storage trays for each layer of dryer conveyors with each of said trays being provided with means for conveying said veneer along its length; dryer feeder conveyor means having one end adjacent each layer of said dryer conveyors and including means to position the other end at each level of said storage trays provided and means to convey veneer from said other end to said one end for feeding the layer of dryer conveyor adjacent said one end; and storage feeder conveyor means having one end adjacent said peeling means for receiving said peeled veneer and including means to position the other end at each level of said storage trays and means to convey veneer from said one end to said other end for feeding said storage trays with said peeled veneer.

Claim 16

An inline veneer production apparatus comprising in combination: veneer drying means including at least one layer of dryer conveyors running from one end to the other which carry peeled veneer through said drying means; peeling means for peeling logs into veneer; storage trays positioned between said drying and peeling means installed inline in the direction of travel of said veneer, including at least two layers of storage trays for each layer of dryer conveyors with each of said trays being provided with means for conveying said veneer along its length; dryer feeder conveyor means having one end adjacent each layer of said dryer conveyors and including means to position the other end at each level of said storage trays provided and means to convey veneer from said other end to said one end for feeding the layer of dryer conveyor adjacent said one end; and storage feeder conveyor means having one end adjacent said peeling means for receiving said peeled veneer and including means to position the other end at each level of said storage trays and means to convey veneer from said one end to said other end for feeding said storage trays with said peeled veneer.

Claim 17

The apparatus of claim 5 wherein; there are four storage tray levels provided for each layer of dryer conveyors.

Claim 18

The apparatus of claim 5 wherein: said Storage trays include two sets of storage trays installed inline in the direction of travel of said veneer; and clipper means positioned between said sets of storage trays for removing unusable sections of said peeled veneer as it is conveyed from one set of storage trays through said clipper means to the other set of storage trays.

Claim 19

The apparatus of claim 7 wherein; two layers of dryer conveyors are provided in said dryer and eight levels of storage trays are provided in each set of said storage trays.

Claim 20

The apparatus of claim 5 wherein; said veneer is fed into said dryer from said storage trays with the grain of said veneer crosswise to its direction of travel.