Patent ID: 6666246
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: B23Q,B27C

Abstract:
An automated planer machine for planing a piece of lumber having top, side and bottom surfaces, comprising:a feed table adapted to slidably receive the bottom surface of the piece of lumber along a traveling course; at least one planing head extending on a side of the traveling course and adapted to plane one of the surfaces of the piece of lumber; a linebar projecting on a side of the feed table and adapted to slidably receive one of the side surfaces of the piece of lumber; feed rolls extending along the traveling course and adapted to move the piece of lumber along the traveling course; a main frame wherein the feed rolls, the planing heads and the feed table are mounted on the main frame in a cantilever arrangement; positioning means responsive to respective control signals for adjusting a height of the feed table and a planing level of said at least one planing head with respect to said one of the surfaces of the piece of lumber according to the control signals; and position encoders respectively coupled to the feed table and said at least one planing head, for producing positional signals indicative of the height of the feed table and the planing level of said at least one planing head.