ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,690, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to A. G. Stacker Inc. (Weyers Cave, Va.).
"Bundle breaker with scrap chute" was invented by Jerry Blosser (Crimora, Va.), Joseph Wunder (Lexington, Va.) and Randall Donn Senger (Mount Sidney, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bundle breaker has downstream and upstream breaking supports, first and second platens located over the respective breaking supports and first and second actuators to move the platens to selectively clamp portions of a log against the breaking supports. A third actuator shifts the downstream breaking support relative to the upstream breaking support from a first position...