Allison Grace Mitchell

US Patent:

20200215630, Jul 9, 2020

Filed:

Mar 19, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/823607

Inventors:

- Sherwood OR, US
Allison Nicole Mitchell - Beaverton OR, US

Assignee:

Salem Equipment, Inc. - Sherwood OR

International Classification:

B23D 59/00
B27B 29/02
B27B 31/02

Abstract:

An edger feed apparatus and method of feeding flitches into an edger are disclosed. The flitches are positioned with minimal spacing between successive flitches and with flitches positioned and the edger adjusted so as to yield a maximum value of lumber from each flitch. The edger feed apparatus may include a fetcher assembly to hold a second flitch in an edger ready position while a portion of the first flitch is directed below on an edger infeed mechanism being transported to the edger. The fetcher assembly releases the second flitch on to the edger infeed mechanism when the first flitch has moved clear from beneath the edger ready position. The edger feed apparatus additionally includes a scanner system for creating and storing a digital three-dimensional model of each flitch for determining a sawing solution to be implemented by the edger.

US Patent:

20190375127, Dec 12, 2019

Filed:

Jun 11, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/438005

Inventors:

- Sherwood OR, US
Allison Nicole MITCHELL - Beaverton OR, US

Assignee:

Salem Equipment, Inc. - Sherwood OR

International Classification:

B27B 1/00
B27B 31/06

Abstract:

An edger feeding apparatus and method of placing flitches in position to be fed into an edger with minimal spacing between successive flitches and with flitches oriented and the edger adjusted so as to yield a maximum value of lumber from each flitch. The edger feeding apparatus may include a scanning system for creating and storing a digital three-dimensional model of each flitch. The apparatus and method may also include a control computer and its use for determining the optimum position for feeding each flitch into the edger to produce the most valuable yield of lumber from the flitch.