摘要 |
Apparatus is provided for debarking logs and cut timber, comprising a debarking drum rotatable in either direction and having an inlet at one end and a plurality of lifter means shaped and disposed on an interior wall of the drum in a manner to engage and lift logs and cut timber with rotational movement of the drum in either direction; and a conveyor feeding logs and cut timber into the interior of the debarking drum; the conveyor being movable between a first position and a second position with respect to the inlet and the center axis of the debarking drum; and means for driving the drum in one direction when the conveyor occupies the first position, and in the opposite direction when the conveyor occupies the second position, so as to wear the lifter means more evenly. |