Automated multiple rip saw feeding apparatus

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An automated multiple rip sawing apparatus is disclosed, wherein the boards are inspected at an inspection station to identify the lateral boundaries of the maximum usable clear area of each board. Each board is then delivered to an elongate saw feeding table which includes a transversely movable guide fence and the, board is then fed through a multiple rip saw having blades of differing separations, to thereby form a plurality of separate wood components. The transverse movement of the fence is automatically adjusted by a computer control, which includes the stored value of the boundaries of the maximum clear area of the board and so, that the board is ripped into the number and size of …