Longitudinal breakdown apparatus for lumber stacks

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B - Operations, Transporting

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B65G 59/12 (2006.01) B65G 59/02 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2388853

A longitudinal breakdown apparatus for lumber stacks wherein successive tiers of lumber are sequentially unstacked from a lumber stack in a substantially horizontal direction parallel with the longitudinal axis of the stacked lumber and wherein said tiers of lumber are placed side by side on a set of landing transfer chains for conveyance to a downstream process and wherein stickers are collected in a simple straightforward manner is disclosed. The unstacking of successive tiers of lumber is accomplished by the disclosed apparatus, which includes a lumber stack infeed device, a hoist, a tier rake-off device, a sticker rake-off device, a sticker collection device and a landing transfer device. The invention may include a plurality of longitudinal breakdown apparatuses in a variety of configurations disclosed herewith for the purpose of achieving a continuous flow of lumber to said downstream process.

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