CORD BURYING APPARATUS FOR VENEER LATHE

摘要

A cord burying apparatus for a veneer sheet is provided. The apparatus comprises a cord burying knife and a piercing element having a plurality of piercing members thereon and provided on one side of the cord burying knife in axial juxtaposition therewith relative to the log. The cord burying knife has an edge facing upstream with respect to the log rotation to come into a cutting engagement with the log. The piercing members on the piercing element also come into cutting engagement with the log to positively move the log past the knife. The provision of the piercing element facilitates cutting operations of a log having rotten portions.