Patent ID: 6865975

Claim:
A saw for removing a runner of a pallet with the pallet having top deck boards and bottom deck boards secured to the runner by fasteners, said pallet having a normal horizontal position, an upside down horizontal position and when on end a vertical position comprising: a table having a table surface for supporting a pallet in a normal horizontal position and further having a stop surface beneath said table surface for supporting the pallet when on end in a vertical position; and, a band saw movably mounted to said table and having teeth movable across said table surface, said band saw located a first distance apart from said table surface for severing fasteners holding bottom deck boards to a runner of the pallet as said pallet is moved in a first direction past said saw, said band saw is located a second distance greater than said first distance apart from said stop surface allowing the pallet to be pivoted to a vertical position and then to an upside down horizontal position while said saw remains within said pallet between the deck boards to be moved in said first direction severing fasteners securing said runner to said top deck boards.