Patent ID: 6039097
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B27B,Y10T

Abstract:
A curve sawing device comprising:a base;an articulated gangsaw carriage mounted to said base;a chipping head mounted to said gangsaw carriage;an active gangsaw downstream of and cooperating with said chipping head and being mounted to said gangsaw carriage;said chipping head being translatable in a first direction which crosses a linear workpiece feed path wherealong said workpiece may be linearly fed so as to first pass said chipping head and subsequently pass through said gangsaw; andpositioning means for positioning said chipping head linearly in said first direction to thereby translate said chipping head relative to said workpiece feed path, and for positioning said gangsaw carriage linearly in said first direction and simultaneously rotatably about a generally vertical axis to thereby translate and skew said gangsaw carriage relative to said workpiece feed path.