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(11) EP 0 575 161 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.03.1994 Bulletin 1994/12

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.12.1993 Bulletin 1993/51

(21) Application number: 93304685.6

(22) Date of filing: 16.06.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B27B 1/00, E04H 17/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR LI SE

(30) Priority: 19.06.1992 GB 9213085

(71) Applicant: Martin, Richard
Essex C05 0EE (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Martin, Richard
    Essex C05 0EE (GB)

(74) Representative: Gillam, Francis Cyril et al
SANDERSON & CO. European Patent Attorneys 34, East Stockwell Street
Colchester Essex CO1 1ST
Colchester Essex CO1 1ST (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Timber pole division


    (57) A method of dividing a timber pole 10 to produce a plurality of wooden strips, suitable for use as cladding, fencing or the manufacture of products. The pole is divided by a number of radial cuts 11,12 into a plurality of sector-shaped pieces, and then each sector-shaped piece is divided by a further cut 13 so as to produce a triangular-shaped strip 14 and a truncated-sector-shaped strip 15. The further cut 13 is disposed so that the triangular-shaped strip 14 is of isosceles cross-sectional form and the ratio of the equal sides of that strip 14 to the radial sides of the truncated-sector-shaped strips 15 may be up to about 3:1.






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