Apparatus for surfacing flitch

• Main Authors: RASTATTER DANIEL J, TROST JUERGEN F
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.11.2010
• Subjects: GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; MANUFACTURE OF SPECIFIC WOODEN ARTICLES; MANUFACTURE OF VENEER, WOODEN STICKS, WOOD SHAVINGS, WOODFIBRES OR WOOD POWDER; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANING, DRILLING, MILLING, TURNING OR UNIVERSAL MACHINES FORWOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; REMOVING BARK OR VESTIGES OF BRANCHES; SPLITTING WOOD; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF WOOD NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B27B - B27L; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

An apparatus for surfacing a flitch by cutting material from its radially outer surface to prepare the flitch for veneer slicing or other uses. The apparatus comprises a cutterhead rotatable about a cutterhead axis. The apparatus further comprises a carriage comprising a ring that rotates about a carriage axis and a pivot arm that carries the cutterhead and is coupled to the rotatable ring for pivoting movement about a pivot arm axis. The apparatus further comprises a flitch contour accommodation device coupled to the pivot arm and to the cutterhead to permit rotation of the cutterhead about a device axis that is generally transverse to the cutterhead axis.