Single log feeder
CA 1302952 C · Owner: Exco Industries Ltd. · Inventors: Hollins, Bryant C.
Overview
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An apparatus which is capable of sorting logs of varying diameter and feeding them one at a time to a log processing apparatus. A cylinder handling apparatus comprising: (a) means for receiving and holding a plurality of cylindrical objects of varying diameter and length parallel to and abutting one another in a row; and (b) means for separating and raising the foremost cylindrical object from the secondarily disposed cylindrical objects in the row and dispensing the foremost cylindrical object from the apparatus and, raising at least one of the secondarily disposed cylindrical objects above the surface of the receiving and holding means.
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- Granted June 9, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 9, 2009.
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