Patent ID: 6308756
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B27B,Y10T

Abstract:
Lumber edger feeding apparatus, comprising:a supply conveyor for conveying lumber pieces, having flat surfaces on their top and bottom faces, laterally as separated lumber pieces which are positioned on the supply conveyor with the front edge of the pieces in a known reference position;a plurality of feeding dogs including a set of first dogs and a set of second dogs which are selectively moved into engagement with the rear edge of said pieces;an edger infeed conveyor for conveying the lumber pieces longitudinally through an edger cutting device; anda drive mechanism for moving said first dogs from a start position on said supply conveyor to push a first lumber piece into a feed position aligned with the edger infeed conveyor, for returning said first dogs from said feed position to said start position, for moving said second dogs from a start position on the supply conveyor to push a second lumber piece into said feed position after said first piece is removed from said feed position, and for returning said second dogs from the feed position to said start position, said first dogs and said second dogs returning to said start position on opposite faces of the top and bottom faces of following lumber pieces.