Class 144/337 - And chipping

Subclass of Class 144 - Woodworking
Definition: Process which further includes reducing the felled tree
No. of patents: 20
Last issue date: 02/26/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7334612	Log gripping attachment for a tree grinder apparatus A log gripping attachment for a tree grinder includes a first thumb or jaw section pivotally mounted to the support frame of the grinder. There is a complementary second jaw section carried by the support frame and pivotally opposing the first jaw section. A drive m...	02/26/2008
7218975	Integrated mill A ystem for localizing and optimizing harvesting of trees or stands of trees, using locating devices for tracking same over time, and geographically tracking same once harvested, and for providing such information to users. Sensors may be provided along with the loc...	05/15/2007
6945292	Tree harvesting apparatus Tree harvester (10) is mounted on tractor (12) to enable continuously cutting and chipping of trees. The harvester (10) includes a rotary saw (14) for cutting a tree near ground level, transport means (16) adjacent the rotary saw (...	09/20/2005
6024143	Cutting tooth assembly A cutter tooth assembly for impingement of a material (e.g., a stump, wood, brush or earth strata). The assembly attaches to a driven member (e.g., a rotatable wheel). The assembly includes a cutter tooth which has an elongate body with a leading end and ...	02/15/2000
5829497	Telescoping and reciprocating stump grinder A stump grinder designed for pivotable attachment to the three point hitch of an agricultural tractor via a pivot frame and includes a stump grinding wheel driven by the tractor PTO. The stump grinder includes a frame with an outer sleeve which telescopes...	11/03/1998
5803142	Debarking and chipping folded whole-trees This invention relates to debarking and chipping folded whole trees. Such structures of this type, generally, increase wood recovery by making high-quality chips out of tree tops, branches, as well as, other larger portions of the tree....	09/08/1998
5305972	Cable suspended chipper system A cable suspended chipper system includes a suspension cable for supporting a system which includes a pair of chipper drums mounted to rotate on spaced parallel axes. A tapered inlet passage directs the tree top toward the nip formed by the chipper drums ...	04/26/1994
5249613	Debarking/delimbing apparatus A debarking/delimbing apparatus having upper and lower flail drums mounted diagonally relative to a feed line of the apparatus and the upper and lower flail drums being mounted transverse to one another. The upper flail drum moves towards and away from th...	10/05/1993
5193597	Material stripper and debris removal apparatus therefor A debris conveyor for removing limbs, bark and other debris from between a tree stripping apparatus and a tree chipping apparatus defines a path between the stripper and chipper and comprises a conveyor extending under the path for conveying debris away f...	03/16/1993
5148844	Flail drum system A flail drum system for delimbing and/or debarking small trees and logs has an upper rotary chain flail drum disposed above the path of travel of the wood product and a lower rotary chain flail drum disposed below the path of the product adjacent to the u...	09/22/1992
5139064	Saw tooth A saw tooth, of which a number are removably mounted on a tree-felling saw head, includes a body portion having a lead cutter and a trailing primary cutter separated by a throat. The combined lead cutters function to cut a narrow side wall kerf on each si...	08/18/1992
4911215	Tree feller-chipper A method and apparatus are provided for felling and chipping trees, all on a single vehicle, including mounting a grapple and a shear on a connector, mounting the connector to a boom, engaging a tree with the grapple and shear, shearing the tree, moving t...	03/27/1990
4889169	Combination log debarker-chipper A combination log debarking, log chipping unit having a debarking apparatus and a chipping apparatus mounted on a common chassis, the two apparatus are aligned for conveying logs from the debarking apparatus to the chipping apparatus. The two apparatus ar...	12/26/1989
4860808	Process and device for harvesting copses grown in lines A machine for harvesting and cutting into sections ligneous stems which grow upwardly from cultivated copses includes a frame which mounts an inverted trough for bending the upper portions of the stems to almost an almost horizontal orientation as the fra...	08/29/1989
4784195	Apparatus and method for harvesting woody plantations A tree harvester for harvesting felled trees includes a wheel mounted wood chipper which moves toward the butt ends of the tree stems to be processed. The harvester includes a plurality of rotating alignment discs in front of the chipper. These discs alig...	11/15/1988
4355670	Forestry site preparation system A forestry site preparation system is provided for removing woody material, including trees, stumps and slash from forest terrain. The system includes clearing means having a means attached thereto for fragmenting the woody material and directing the part...	10/26/1982
4338985	Tree and brushwood harvester A machine for clearing and cleanly chipping trees and brushwood in the path of the machine as it moves forward. A pair of counterrotating disk cutters cut a kerf in the standing material and propel the cut material upwardly and rearwardly to the throat be...	07/13/1982
4236554	Land clearing machine A rotating cutterhead projects forward from a tractor or other suitable vehicle and fells trees as the tractor is moved over land to be cleared. The tree-felling cutterhead rotates in a direction such that its leading face moves upward and then rearward t...	12/02/1980
4232719	Brush harvester Apparatus for attachment to and propulsion by a tractor or cross country vehicle for the purpose of cutting, chopping and removing vegetation, particularly dense vegetation and small trees. The apparatus includes a pair of forward horizontal rotary cutter...	11/11/1980
4014373	Vehicle for removing and comminuting standing trees A unitized system for removing and comminuting entire standing trees including a vehicle positioned to sever standing trees in place, transporting the severed tree in an upright condition on the severing blade to a conveyer and lifting and conveying the u...	03/29/1977

PatentStorm

Quotables

PatentStorm News

Class 144/337 - And chipping