	US 12,226,928 B2
	Dedusting of wood boards by use of two counter-rotating pairs of brushes with a vacuum system
Charles D. Lamb, Forest, VA (US); and Zachary Adams, Forest, VA (US)
Assigned to Automated Industrial Technologies, Inc., Forest, VA (US)
Filed by Automated Industrial Technologies, Inc., Forest, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/368,934.
Application 18/368,934 is a division of application No. 17/001,760, filed on Aug. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,801,614.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,465, filed on Aug. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001582 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B27G 3/00 (2006.01); B08B 1/12 (2024.01); B08B 1/20 (2024.01); B08B 5/04 (2006.01); B65G 45/18 (2006.01)

CPC B27G 3/00 (2013.01) [B08B 1/12 (2024.01); B08B 1/20 (2024.01); B08B 5/043 (2013.01); B65G 45/18 (2013.01); B08B 2215/006 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0282 (2013.01)]

11 Claims

1. A board handling hopper for removal of dust from wood boards comprising

at least two opposite support walls that form a V-shape comprising a first angled wall and second angled wall which first and second angled walls touch each other and that are adapted to receive and support wood boards in the hopper;

at least one of the support walls being formed of a plurality of flat panels wherein the flat panels are positioned so that there is a gap between adjacent panels;

a vacuum port in a plenum with direct connections to the gaps between the panels of the hopper support walls;

whereby wood dust can be vacuumed from under wood boards that are deposited in the hopper for processing.