Whole tree chipper
CA 1071066 A · Owner: Domtar Inc. · Inventors: Lapointe, Joseph A.
Overview
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A whole tree chipper composed of a housing encasing a rotor formed by a pair of substantially identical axially aligned frustro-conical hollow discs having their minimum diameter ends connected together and provided with at least one knife on each disc is disclosed. A slot extends through each disc adjacent each knife for directing, chips cut by the knife through the disc into a chip chamber located at the adjacent axial end of the housing. The rotor is rotated about the said axially aligned axes of the pair of discs and wood in the form of whole tree sections is advanced longitudinally through an inlet spout which extends through the peripheral wall of the housing toward the conical faces …
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- Granted February 5, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 5, 1997.
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