Method and apparatus for pretreating and debarking logs
CA 1306171 C · Owner: Beloit Technologies, Inc. · Inventors: Kutilin, Eugene E.
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A method and apparatus are disclosed for pretreating logs with bark thereon prior to a conventional debarker and, for removing the bark from a log without the need for conventional debarkers. A plurality of intersecting helical cuts are performed, penetrating the bark layer thereby, defining discrete bark pieces of nominal size. When practiced without the need for conventional debarking apparatus, the present invention includes scraping tools for dislodging the bark from the log.
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- Granted August 11, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 11, 2009.
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