Patent ID: 11858164
Assignee: MEINAN MACHINERY WORKS, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B

Claim 3:
4. The log feeding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising
a log loading unit configured to drive control the log loading unit to load the log to the log feeding unit, wherein
the controller is configured, when the first and second centering spindles are holding no log, to load a log onto the log feeding unit located at the first receiving position regardless of the position of the centering unit, and is configured to, when the first and second centering spindles are holding the log, control the log loading unit to load the log onto the log feeding unit located at the first receiving position after the centering unit has moved a distance equal to or greater than the maximum diameter of the log from the second receiving position downstream in the transport direction of the log.