Double arbor vertical shape saw
View Patent ↗Embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for shape sawing wood. Specifically, embodiments include an infeed with laterally displaceable positioning rolls and a longitudinal axis between the positioning rolls. The embodiments further include a saw box with a frame and a plurality of saws coupled with a plurality of vertical arbors within the frame. In certain embodiments, the frame is operable to move laterally or rotationally with respect to a horizontal axis of rotation.
1. A saw box assembly comprising:
a frame with opposite first and second sides, the frame configured to retain one or more saw arbors therein; and
a pivot assembly configured to mount the frame to a support, wherein the pivot assembly includes
a first pivot member extending through the first side of the frame,
a first coupler configured to couple the first pivot member to the support, and
a second pivot member extending through the second side of the frame and spaced apart from the first pivot member by a gap between the first and second sides, the pivot-members defining an axis of rotation that extends through the pivot members and the gap, wherein the frame is configured to be movable along the axis of rotation on the pivot members and rotatable around the axis of rotation on the pivot members relative to the support,
wherein the frame is configured to retain the one or more saw arbors in an orientation that is perpendicular to said axis of rotation, and
wherein the frame further includes a top and a bottom coupled at opposite ends to the first and second sides, respectively, and the pivot members are disposed between the top and the bottom.
2. The saw box assembly of claim 1 , further including a mount fixedly coupled to the first side of the frame and an actuator coupled with the mount and the first pivot member, wherein the first pivot member extends at least partially through the mount and the actuator is selectively actuable to move the frame along the axis of rotation on the pivot members by applying force against the first pivot member.
3. The saw box assembly of claim 1 , wherein the coupler includes a bushing configured to be coupled with the support, and the first pivot member is disposed through the bushing.
4. The saw box assembly of claim 3 , further including a second coupler configured to couple the second pivot member with said support or a second support, wherein the support is coupled with an outfeed disposed at an output end of the saw box assembly.
5. The saw box assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a first actuator movably coupled with an upper or lower portion of the frame, the first actuator configured to apply force against the upper or lower portion of the frame to thereby pivot the frame around the pivot members relative to the support.
6. The saw box assembly of claim 5 , further comprising:
a lateral guide coupled with the upper or lower portion of the frame and rotatable around a generally horizontal second axis of rotation relative to the frame; and
a carriage movably coupled with the lateral guide and the actuator, the carriage configured to remain slideably engaged with the lateral guide while the frame moves laterally along the axis of rotation and rotates around the axis of rotation relative to the support.
7. The saw box assembly of claim 6 , further comprising a second actuator coupled with the first side of the frame and the first pivot member, the second actuator configured to move the frame laterally along the axis of rotation relative to the support.
8. The saw box assembly of claim 1 , wherein the one or more saw arbors includes two saw arbors, and the frame is configured to retain a first one of the saw arbors upstream of a second one of the saw arbors with said saw arbors oriented transverse to the axis of rotation.
9. The saw box assembly of claim 8 , wherein the frame is configured to retain the first and second ones of the saw arbors in a generally vertical orientation.
10. The saw box assembly of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the frame is at least partially removable to provide access to the one or more saw arbors.
11. The saw box assembly of claim 1 , wherein the axis of rotation is a horizontal axis of rotation.
12. The saw box assembly of claim 11 , wherein the frame is configured to retain the one or more saw arbors in a substantially vertical orientation.
13. The saw box assembly of claim 11 , wherein the one or more saw arbors includes a first saw arbor and a second saw arbor, and the frame is configured to retain the saw arbors such that the first saw arbor is upstream of the second saw arbor.
14. The saw box assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first coupler includes a bushing, and the first pivot member extends at least partially through the bushing.
15. The saw box assembly of claim 14 , wherein the pivot assembly includes a second coupler, and the second pivot member extends at least partially through the second coupler.
16. The saw box assembly of claim 1 , further including:
a first actuator coupled with the first pivot member, the first actuator selectively actuable to move the frame along the axis of rotation; and
a second actuator movably coupled with the frame, the second actuator selectively actuable to rotate the frame around the axis of rotation relative to the support.
17. The saw box assembly of claim 16 , wherein the first coupler and the first actuator are coupled to opposite ends of the first pivot member with the first side of the frame disposed therebetween, and the frame is movably coupled to a first end of the second actuator.
18. The saw box assembly of claim 17 , wherein one or both of the actuators are linear positioners.