Patent ID: 7174932
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A tree felling and accumulating head comprising: a saw housing securable to a feller buncher vehicle; a circular saw rotatably mounted to said saw housing having an exposed front portion; said housing having a butt plate overlying said saw adjacent said exposed front portion, the butt plate including an accumulation area provided at a pocket of the saw housing for accumulating a bundle of trees severed by the circular saw; a harvesting arm rotatably mounted to said saw housing above the butt plate for moving a severed tree onto the butt plate; and an accumulator arm, pivotally mounted on said support frame and moveable from a first position in which the accumulator arm retains the trees in the accumulation pocket and a second position in which the accumulator arm is retracted from the accumulation pocket to allow the harvesting arm to push a newly severed tree into the accumulation pocket, wherein the accumulator arm includes a surface adjacent the accumulation pocket that is convex toward the accumulation pocket and a surface opposite the accumulation pocket that is concave away from the accumulation pocket.