Woodworking – Special-work machine – Tree felling
Patent
1980-03-18
1981-12-22
Bray, W. D.
Woodworking
Special-work machine
Tree felling
A01G 2308
Patent
active
043065970
ABSTRACT:
A tree-felling apparatus for felling trees and adapted to be suspended in the arm of a crane of a vehicle by means of a bearing shaft, said apparatus comprising a gripping means having gripper claws and a stand on which the gripper claws are pivotably journalled, a support means mounted to said stand to cooperate with the tree-trunk and a severing means mounted to said stand, and said apparatus being freely pivotable about said shaft which is journalled in said stand, said severing means being arranged below the gripping means seen in the operative position of the apparatus against the tree-trunk, said support means including a guide means located above, seen in said operative position, and spaced from said gripping means, said guide means being arranged to be applied against the tree-trunk to guide and position the gripping means and the severing means to operative positions with respect to the tree-trunk, and said apparatus being designed to assume an inclined position with respect to the ground when in unaffected condition with the guide means located in front of the gripping means and at a higher level than the end of the severing means facing away from the gripping means.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3493020 (1970-02-01), Choat
patent: 3565141 (1971-12-01), Galis
patent: 3958615 (1976-05-01), Gaitten
Bray W. D.
Hultdins Verkstads AB
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