Patent ID: 6826990
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B07C,B23D,B27B,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for cutting and sorting boards into variable lengths comprising:a conveyor to convey boards along a path, a sensor positioned along said path for determining the length of a board as it passes thereby, said sensor producing a length signal indicative of said length, a controller for receiving said length signal and determining whether said board will be cut and at what location along the length of said board it will be cut, a saw positioned along the said path controlled by said controller, said saw cutting said board at said location, a first lumber line contiguous the right side of said path looking in the machine direction, a second lumber line contiguous the left side of said path looking in the machine direction, a first lateral conveyor for moving a board adjacent the right side of said path so that the right end of the board abuts said first lumber line, a second lateral conveyor for moving a board adjacent the left side of said path so that the left end of the board abuts said second lumber line, a first plurality of bins successively positioned along the right side of said path for selectively receiving boards of predetermined length aligned against said first lumber line, and a second plurality of bins successively positioned along the left side of said path for selectively receiving boards of predetermined length aligned against said second lumber line.