Patent ID: 7841373
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: B27C,B27L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for surfacing a flitch by cutting material from the flitch's radially outer surface to prepare the flitch for veneer slicing or other uses, the apparatus comprising a cutterhead having a first axis about which the cutterhead rotates and a first cutterhead oscillator to oscillate the cutterhead about a second axis back and forth about the flitch as the flitch passes the cutterhead to cut material from the radially outer surface of the flitch, the second axis extending generally in the direction of motion of the flitch past the cutterhead, and a second cutterhead oscillator coupled to the first cutterhead oscillator and the cutterhead to oscillate the cutterhead back and forth about a third axis transverse to the first axis.