Patent ID: 6152200
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: B27L

Abstract:
Apparatus for shaving wooden log surfaces for preparation of wood shavings for animal litter and comprising, in combination, frame means for supporting a carriage bed and carriage ring means respectively, said apparatus being characterized in that:(a) said carriage means being mounted on said frame means and comprising an annular base ring with inner and outer walls and having a plurality of radial slots formed therein and arranged in generally equally arcuately spaced relationship, one to another, and with a rotary cutter means being mounted in operative relationship with each of said radial slots;(b) said carriage ring means including a generally annular carriage support ring having a plurality of generally equally arcuately spaced apart log-receiving boxes formed thereon, and with said carriage ring means being adapted for rotation about a central axis normal to the surface of said ring, and with said log-receiving boxes having side and end walls with an open top and an open bottom;(c) said rotary cutter means including a cylindrical body with helically mound cutter blades secured to the outer surface thereof, and with said cylindrical body being journaled for axial rotation along a cylinder axis disposed in spaced parallel relationship from the upper surface of said carriage bed means;(d) first and second drive means, said first drive means being adapted to rotate said carriage ring means about said central axis, and with said second drive means being adapted to rotate each of said rotary cutter means about its cylindrical axis;(e) each of said log-receiving boxes on said carriage ring means being adapted to carry a log along a circular path created upon rotation of said carriage support ring, and with the surface of said wooden log being in contact with the helical cutter heads of each of said rotary cutters for the creation of wooden shavings.