Abstract: An adjustable hold-down shoe assembly having an assembly body, a plurality of hold-down shoes movably mounted to the assembly body, a bias device that biases the plurality of hold-down shoes in a direction away from the lumber bias surface, a body mount, and a lifting/lowering mechanism movably connecting the assembly body to the body mount that moves the assembly body in relation to the body mount and in a first direction towards the lumber bias surface and in a second direction away from the lumber bias surface. A planermill trimmer having the adjustable hold-down shoe assembly mounted thereon and a method of end trimming lumber using the planermill trimmer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 9, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 4, 2025
Assignee:
Timber Automation, LLC
Inventors:
James L. Anderson, Russell R. Kennedy, Douglas Monroe Tinsley, Thomas Wayne Green