Presses – Binding – With automatic or material-triggered control
Patent
1974-10-07
1976-02-24
Wilhite, Billy J.
Presses
Binding
With automatic or material-triggered control
100 3, 100 26, 100 32, 100 53, 100295, B65B 1304
Patent
active
039397629
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method is disclosed for bundling firewood. Relatively large pieces of wood, preferably first split and cut into convenient lengths, are compressed and while compressed have a strap applied therearound after which the applied pressure is released to form a bundle of firewood that is tightly banded. The apparatus includes a base section having a pair of spaced upwardly opening U-shaped members upon which the pieces of firewood are stacked with the end portions of the firewood supported by the U-shaped members. A pressure platen section is mounted above the base section and includes a second pair of U-shaped members that are downwardly directed and aligned with the U-shaped members of the base section so that, as the pressure platen is moved downwardly, the pieces of wood therebetween are compressed. The pressure platen section is moved upwardly and downwardly by a hydraulic ram and about eight tons of pressure is preferably exerted to compress and contour the wood into a cylindrical bundle. While compressed, a strap or band is applied centrally around the compressed wood bundle. An electro-pneumatic system is utilized to control the sequencing of the apparatus including automatic actuation of the hydraulic ram and application of the band to the compressed bundle.
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Dougherty Lemuel A.
Smitherman Stephen N.
Big Elk Wood Corporation
Harris Robert E.
Wilhite Billy J.
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