| 摘要 |
<p>A timber harvesting machine comprising a gripper 6 with laterally opposed jaws for gripping standing timber and a rotary cutting device 4 arranged to cut down the standing timber. The gripper may be mounted on the end of a forwardly projecting extendable arm 1 and may be articulated about a horizontal axis. The cutting device may be arranged to travel in a predetermined path beneath the gripper. The cutting device may comprise two laterally spaced horizontal rotary cutting blades (11 figure 2). Also disclosed is a billet forming machine 30 comprising a cutting wheel 7 and means for feeding lengths of timber towards the cutting wheel to form aculeate billets. Also disclosed is a timber harvesting vehicle comprising a projecting cutting device, an onboard timber cutting machine, a means for feeding the timber to the cutting machine and a discharge conveyer 80. Also disclosed is a timber harvesting machine comprising a gripper, a rotary cutting device a billet forming machine, a means for conveying timber to the billet machine and a discharge conveyor to discharge billets to a bagging device. Also disclosed is a container 100 or pile of timber billets.</p> |
