Appeal No. 98-3125
Application Nos. 08/294,730, 90/003,655, 90/003,826 and
90/004,552
4-8), Hill and Wehr each disclose a debarking apparatus for a
single log and a roller system which both grips and guides the
single log into the knife-type debarking unit (54) of Hill and
the chain saw debarker (2) of Wehr. Neither Hill nor Wehr
recognizes the problems associated with feeding groups of logs
into a rotary debarking drum like that set forth in the claims
on appeal and in Sepling. Moreover, it is clear to us that
the
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