Patent ID: 8490772
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A log accumulator comprising: a plurality of buckets; a feed arrangement for loading logs onto the buckets; a transport system transporting the buckets past the feed arrangement for loading of the buckets; the transport system and the feed arrangement being configured to maintain the feed arrangement in a fixed relative position with one of the buckets for an extended period of time while the feed arrangement loads the one of the buckets; and wherein the transport system includes a continuously moving region in which buckets therein are maintained in continuous motion relative to a mechanical ground; and wherein the transport system includes a loading region adjacent the feed arrangement, the one of the buckets is loaded by the feed arrangement when in the loading region, the loading region is configured to stop the one of the buckets within the loading region relative to a mechanical ground while being loaded with a log.