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Material handling systems

  • US 7,168,353 B2
  • Filed: 05/26/2005
  • Issued: 01/30/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A material handling system for maneuvering material through a processing station, the system comprisinga table portion having an input end and an output end that bound a processing path,a processing device including a saw positioned along the processing path,a ramp configured to deliver a piece of processed material from the processing path to a return conveyor, andan idler mechanism having an upper support surface and a lower support surface, the idler mechanism located adjacent the output end and configured to maintain a piece of processed material in the processing path until substantially the entire length of the processed material moves beyond the upper support surface, thereby allowing the processed piece of material to move onto the ramp in an orientation substantially parallel to the processing path.

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