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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7201339 | Method and apparatus for producing wood shavings A heavy flywheel disc having a radially spaced apart array of pockets in which are mounted knives. Short logs, which have been de-barked, are fed in with their long axis parallel to the face of the flywheel. A hydraulic ram translates the logs sideways into the plan... | 04/10/2007 |
| 5868184 | Knife assembly and apparatus for slicing woodwool The invention relates to a knife assembly for slicing woodwool, comprising a knife with a chip surface (1), a clearance surface (2) and a cutting edge (3), defined by the intersection between both surfaces. The knife assembly is characterized by guiding r... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5829500 | Apparatus for producing sideways curved woodwool fibres The invention relates to an apparatus for producing sideways curved wood wool fibers. The apparatus comprises a flat rotatable disc (2), in the surface of which is provided at least one knife assembly (7) comprising a thickness knife (8) which projects sl... | 11/03/1998 |
