Patent ID: 6164350
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B27L

Abstract:
An apparatus for releasing a blockage occurring in a flow of tree trunks supplied to a wood chipper via a feed hopper, said hopper defining a flow path for said trunks leading to the wood chipper, said apparatus comprising:at least one bow-shaped lever arm having a free end, said at least one bow shaped lever arm rotatably attached outside of the hopper; andat least one opening in the hopper complementary to said at least one bow shaped lever arm;wherein said at least one bow-shaped lever arm is projectable to a raised position in which the free end of said at least one bow-shaped lever arm projects through said at least one opening into the flow path to displace tree trunks from a jammed position and retractable to a lowered position in which the free end does not project into the flow path.