Lumber processing apparatus and method

Details Lumber processing apparatus and method Lumber processing apparatus and method

2008-03-25

2008-03-25

Miller, Bena (Department: 3725)

Woodworking

Special-work machine

Combined

C144S004200, C144S041000, C144S246100

Reexamination Certificate

active

11421356

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are provided for processing rough cut lumber to convert the rough cut lumber into trimmed to length and dimensionally trimmed to form a standard piece of dimensioned lumber. The process and apparatus includes the formation of a plurality of columns of lumber pieces in addition to a one column operation mode. The lumber pieces in each of the columns are graded, indexed, measured for a trim to length, trimmed to length and then sorted by grade and trimmed length.

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