Patent ID: 6394259
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B27B

Abstract:
A feed roller for feeding timber, the feed roller comprising:a body having disposed around its periphery friction elements comprising anti-slip elements for engaging a log; each of said friction elements comprising at least one coupling means for connection thereof rotatably to said body and a transfer means for transferring rotational motion of the feed roller to the respective one of said friction elements; said transfer means comprising lugs arranged at a periphery of said body, said lugs being disposed in grooves at bottoms of said friction elements; and each of said friction elements being arranged to turn around a pitch point in said transfer means, the pitch point being substantially immobile in the radial direction of the feed roller while said transfer means are arranged to roll with respect to one another, whereby each of said friction elements adhere to a surface of a log conveyed in the feed roller and directs an even pressure to the surface of the log.