Cutter trimmer sorter
CA 2422172 A1 · Owner: Weyerhaeuser Company Limited · Inventors: Olsen, David
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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An apparatus for cutting and sorting boards conveys the boards along a conveyor, path. The apparatus senses the length of boards and the grade of boards and , cuts, selected boards into first and second segments. The first and second segments are aligned, against lumber lines respectively on each side of a conveyor path. The boards are then, selectively sorted and dropped into bins successively positioned along each side of the, conveyor path.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 14, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 14, 2023.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 14, 2025.
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