Abstract: A continuous belt press has upper and lower platens defining a horizontal gap. Upper and lower upstream drums and downstream are rotatable on the frame about respective horizontal drum axes at the upstream and downstream ends of the gap. Upper and lower endless steel belts spanned over the respective upper and lower drums each have a working stretch supported by respective upper and lower sets of rollers on the respective platens. Each belt has a pair of edges projecting transversely past the respective rollers and at least one of the drums of each of the belts has a substantially cylindrical central region of a predetermined central diameter bearing through the respective rollers on the working stretch of the respective belt and a pair of edge formations of smaller diameter than the central-region diameter lying outside the central region and in engagement with the edges of the respective belt.

Abstract: A supercalender for calendering a paper web and a calendering arrangement for producing matte-quality paper web has a multiple-nip calender in which at least one of the calendering nips of the multiple-nip calender is an extended nip (N9) formed between a polymer roll (18) and either a shoe roll (30) or a calendering belt.

Abstract: A multi-roll calender for controlling the moisture gradient of a fibrous web and for enabling the manufacture of high quality paper grades, such as WFC, LWC-roto and SC-A by on- and off-line calendering. An on- or off-line multi-roll calender formed of separate sets of rolls is used for calendering, and the fibrous web (W) is subjected to intermediate moistening between the sets of rolls (A, B).

Abstract: A baler system for baling of waste or other products having high output and having a sequenced method of operation. A previously formed bale formed in accordance with the invention is urged in incremental stages from a secondary bale chamber through a bale exit chamber and strapper for tieing in continuous and simultaneous progression while units of compressed waste are compressed together in sequenced steps first within a primary bale chamber and subsequently within a secondary bale chamber in the creation of a newly formed bale in continuous and simultaneous progression.

Abstract: An apparatus for compressing objects includes a base plate, a frame and a ram head guided so as to be displaceable on the frame. Forces may occur in the peripheral direction of the ram head during the compression of bulky objects. The ram head is rotatable relative to the frame in order to reduce the forces introduced into the frame.

Abstract: A paper bundling device that will allow newspapers and magazines and be stacked together and tied including a plate bracket assembly comprised of a pair of spaced apart vertical rails each being defined by an elongated vertical track. The rails each have a fixed horizontal stabilizer bar extending between upper ends thereof. The rails each have fixed horizontal supports extending outwardly from lower ends thereof to support a bundle of newspapers thereon. The fixed horizontal stabilizer bar has a pair of notched spacer bar extending downwardly therefrom inwardly of the rails. The plate bracket assembly includes a movable horizontal stabilizer bar. The movable horizontal stabilizer bar has a pair of slide pins extending inwardly therefrom for selectively engaging the notched spacer bar. The plate bracket assembly includes a pair of movable horizontal bars coupled with the elongated vertical tracks of the vertical rails. The movable horizontal bars have the movable stabilizer bar extending therebetween.

Abstract: A safety device for a pneumatic membrane press with door(s) comprises at least one unit for controlled establishment of a leak, each optionally associated with a cooperating opening/door assembly. Each unit includes an actuator module comprising an opening for receiving a key mounted on the door of the press and an actuating member whose position depends on the presence or not of the key in the opening; and a valve module comprising a sealing member for a circulation duct between an aperture in fluid connection with one or more inflation volume(s) pressurised when the press is pressurised and an aperture opening into the open air, the actuating member allowing the closure of the duct by the sealing member when the key is in the receiving opening and forcing the freeing of the duct when the key is not in the opening.

Abstract: A machine for collecting and reducing wood including a prime carrier; a debris collector operatively attached to the prime carrier; a shredder assembly attached to the prime carrier, the shredder assembly having an input and an output; a storage bin for holding reduced wood, the storage bin attached to the prime carrier; and a conveyor adapted to move reduced wood from the output of the shredder assembly to the storage bin. The prime carrier may also have a universal adapter of substituting attachments. A variable torque, drum shredder for reducing wood. The drum shredder includes a housing; a tapered cutting drum rotatably mounted within the housing; an anvil; at least one cutting blade disposed about an outer surface of the cutting drum to provide a compound cutting angle; and a drive connected to the cutting drum. A shredder having a discharge assembly adapted for accommodating discharged material with at least two major discharge streams with at least two major discharge directions.

Abstract: A vehicle-straightening bench (20) is utilized to apply pulling forces to a damaged vehicle chassis to restore the damaged chassis to an original configuration. The bench includes a vehicle platform (22) with a carriage track (24) having a plurality of carriage assemblies (100) movably received by the carriage track (24). Each carriage assembly (100) supports a pulling assembly (200) for applying the pulling forces. A trapezoidal carriage body (102) of the carriage assembly (100) rolls in the carriage track (24), and the carriage assembly also includes a tower positioning mechanism (104) to hold the pulling assemblies (200) in place while the carriage body (102) is are rolled on the track (24). The carriage assembly (100) also includes a locking mechanism (106) to lock them in place during a vehicle a pull.

Abstract: An apparatus 10 for compacting and baling leaves, grass clippings, sticks, pine straw and other debris on lawns, yards, or fields is provided. The apparatus 10 may have diagonal brushes 26 to gather debris for processing though a crusher 28, a conveyor belt 30 to transport the crushed debris, and a baler 32 to compact and bale the debris. The baler 32 may compact the debris by rotating the debris in a continuous band 52, into which baling material 72 may be inserted to bale the debris. Alternatively, the debris may be gathered and feed into a crusher 28 that deposits the crushed debris directly into the baler 32 for compacting and baling. Further still, the apparatus 10 may gather the debris with brushes 26 and feed it onto a conveyor mechanism 30 that then introduces it into a crusher 28. The crushed debris may then be feed into a baling mechanism 32 that compacts and bales the debris for easy removal and disposal.

Abstract: An end-dogging head saw is disclosed comprising a log cradle for supporting a log, a log-turning device for rotating the log into proper alignment with a pair of band saws, the log-turning device depending from overhead log carriages which move the log into contact with the band saws, and a carriage drive for powering the overhead log carriages, whereby short logs can be quickly and efficiently processed. The invention also seeks to provide a method for using the apparatus, comprising rotation of a log through 360 degrees to allow for cutting at any desired angle along the length of the log. The method allows for maximal recovery of high-quality lumber.

Abstract: A method for breaking down used materials or items, particularly wooden or motor-vehicle items, into reusable components with the use of fractionating tools, with which the accelerated parts of used material interact. The breakdown is effected selectively through impacts, deformation tension, bending stress, friction and/or shearing, with the shape and arrangement of the fractionating tools being set and/or matched to the structure and size of the used feed materials and/or the obtained recycled material.

Abstract: A mushroom compost compacting assembly includes a feed hopper unit, a mixer unit, a conveyor unit and a compactor unit all of which are separate and distinct from each other. The units are detachably connected to each other so that the units could be assembled at the mushroom house itself adjacent to the mushroom beds. Compost would be fed to the hopper unit and then to the mixer unit which would spread the compost and feed some of the compost to the conveyor unit with the remaining compost being fed to the compactor unit. The compactor unit includes a series of compactor drums for compacting the compost. The compost fed into the conveyor unit would be discharged directly on the netting of a mushroom bed while the compacted compost from the compactor unit would be delivered to the mushroom bed directly on the compost delivered by the conveyor.

Abstract: A prismatic wood compression molding method capable of easily producing long-sized lumber usable as pillars or like by compression molding. The method is characterized by comparing the steps of: using a plurality of rigid plate-like bodies such as metal plates to compress an outer face of wood throughout length thereof to compression-mold it into prismatic wood which is polygonal, such as rectangular or hexagonal, in cross section; restraining the plate-like bodies by a restraining jig so as to hold flat surfaces of the prismatic wood in a state in which they are compressed by the plate-like bodies; and applying a heat treatment to the prismatic wood held in the compressed state by the plate-like bodies and the jig so as to permanently fix the shape of the prismatic wood.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming workpieces with rounded ends especially for use as webs in timber roof trusses. The apparatus includes a feeding system for feeding workpieces into a row of workpieces arranged along a path of travel and cyclically advancing the row along the path to a rotary cutter tool. A movable conveyor receives workpieces thereon and delivers each workpiece sequentially to a loading position adjacent the upstream end of the path of travel. A pushing device is at the upstream end of the path. A common drive shaft simultaneously powers the conveyor and the pushing device. A stop bar prevents movement of the workpieces in a direction generally transverse the path of travel while the cutter tool is shaping the ends.

Abstract: In a method, when using a single-grip harvester head for felling and processing trees, of controlling the press power which, by means of a limbing knife assembly (6), is exerted on a stem (3) which is horizontally fed through th head with its butt end first, the diameter of the stem is measured and the press power is reduced in accordance with a control diagram as the diameter decreases during the feeding. The measured diameter values are registered, and each measured diameter value is compared with a predetermined diameter value which is selected from the diameter values of the stem (3) which are previously registered during the feeding of the stem. If a measured diameter value is found to equal or be greater than this predetermined diameter value, the press power is increased to a corrective power value, which is maintained until a later measured diameter value falls below a reference value.

Abstract: An artistic, decorative, durable and dimensionally stable laminate form having the appearance of ribbons laced and interspersed throughout the form consisting of a length of wood having a plurality of longitudinal, “X” axis, wave form cuts formed therethough, a strip of contrasting, flexible material being bonded between each of the wave form cuts forming a laminate matrix, a plurality of “Y” axis, wave form cuts formed therethough, a strip of contrasting, flexible material being bonded between each of the wave form cuts forming a laminate matrix, and machining the laminate matrix to the desired form, such as a pool cue stick, a furniture item, or a sports item.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an ensilage processing attachment for uniformly loosening and removing an uncompacted and free flowing ensilage product from a vertical face of a compacted ensilage mass, with minimal ensilage size reduction, when the attachment is mounted to a powered vehicle equipped with a power source for powering the attachment. The attachment includes a rotatable drum that is carried by a frame and equipped with a plurality of curved tooth members tangentially projecting outwardly in a substantially curved relationship to a rotational periphery generated by rotationally propelling the drum and curved tooth members circumferentially positioned about the drum so as to transversely remove the uncompacted ensilage product from the ensilage mass face. A powering means for rotationally propelling the drum along the face so as to uniformly loosen and remove the uncompacted ensilage therefrom is also present.

Abstract: A food processor for processing foodstuffs including a housing having a motor covering a base. The food processor further including a driveshaft, a bowl, a lid and a first tool. The driveshaft protrudes from the base and includes a first end proximate the base and a second end distal therefrom. The bowl is removably securable to the base. The lid is removably securable to the bowl creating a processing chamber between inner surfaces of the bowl and the lid. The first tool is rotatably securable to the driveshaft adjacent the first end in a first operating mode and is rotatably securable to the driveshaft adjacent the second end in a second operating mode. The food processor further includes a disk that is rotatably securable adjacent the second end creating a sub-processing chamber between the first surface and the inner surfaces in the second operating mode.

Abstract: A wood planing machine includes a support carriage mounted movably on a mounting frame, a motor unit and a cutter member mounted on the support carriage, and a shield member mounted on the support carriage and pivotable between covering and uncovering positions. When the shield member is disposed at the covering position, a motor shielding portion of the shield member is disposed to cover an upper housing part of the motor unit, whereas a cutter shielding portion, which extends from the motor shielding portion, is disposed to shield a top side of the cutter member.