Bandmill with automatic track and strain control system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5176055
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07728038

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A bandmill has first and second wheels and an endless saw blade trained about the wheels. The wheels are mounted to rotate about respective axes which lie in a common plane, but the first wheel is adjustable in position relative to the second wheel with respect to both its distance from the second wheel and its orientation relative to the second wheel. A tensioning mechanism is effective to force the first wheel away from the second wheel, while maintaining the axes of rotation of the two wheels substantially parallel, in response to a signal which is provided by a load cell and represents the tension in the saw blade. A wheel tilt mechanism is effective to adjust the angular position of the first wheel relative to the second wheel in response to a signal indicating the path followed by the saw blade, for maintaining the blade on a proper path.

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SENECA SAWMILL COMPANYEUGENE OR

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Carter, Mark L Springfield, OR 8 120
Komori, Edward Surrey, CA 3 21
LaChapelle, Joseph Corvallis, OR 2 101
Wijesinghe, Ralph Vancouver, CA 5 61

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