Planing saw blade and system for lumber manufacturing

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Sawing and chipping apparatus to effect the production of entirely finished planed surfaces on lumber products from a cant of a size to produce a plurality of similar or different sizes of products therefrom and including two cooperating assemblies of saw blades and intermediate chipping cutters mounted on parallel arbors offset linearly and on opposite sides of the cant while being sawed the saw blades having substantially radial slots along which elongated straight carbide planing blades are mounted in addition to carbide cutting tips on the saw teeth to cooperate to effect a complete cut through said cant and simultaneously plane the full width of all sawed surfaces, and additionally use …