Board inverter for lumber conveyor
CA 2277720 C · Owner: United Industrial Products, Ltd. · Inventors: Moore, Stuart G.
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A board inverter for mounting to a lumber conveyor includes one or more arms mounted to a freely rotatable hub which in turn is mounted to a lumber conveyor. The arms each include a recess set into a trailing edge for receiving a front side and lower face of a board whereby forward motion of a conveyed board lodges the board within the inverter and causes the inverter to spin about its axis thereby rotating the board about its long axis and depositing the board back onto the conveyor. The inverter is associated with an array of lugs having a generally plow-shaped front face. The lugs are mounted to a conveyor and serve to engage an array of boards and convey them in a transverse orientation …
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- Filed December 20, 1993 and granted August 28, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 20, 2013.
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