Patent ID: 6279629
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B27B,B27G,B27M

Abstract:
A method for more efficient use of smaller diameter trees, each of said trees being tapered and having a length and diameters in a range of diameters, said diameters varying along said length, said method comprising the steps of:a. cutting said felled trees into pluralities of segments which are tapered, each segment having a length, a larger diameter end having a larger diameter and a smaller diameter end having a smaller diameter, said length being in a range of lengths and being such that said larger diameter is in a range of 0.2 to 2.0 inches larger than said smaller diameter;b. selecting, from said pluralities of segments, a plurality of groups of segments which have said smaller end diameters different in a range of 0.0 to 2.0 inches with 0.0 preferred;c. joining said segments from each of said groups end-to-end to form reconstituted logs.