Axial feed waferizer

Claim 1

A WAFERER FOR REDUCING RANDOM LENGTH LOGS TO WAFERS INCLUDING: A WAFERING HEAD, A SURFACE ON SAID HEAD, A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE CUTTING EDGES ARRANGED IN A SPIRAL PATH ABOUT SAID SURFACE, EACH OF SAID CUTTING EDGES COMPRISING A MAIN CUTTING EDGE AND AN AUXILIARY CUTTINGS EDGE, A V-SHAPED CROSS SECTION PROJECTION EXTENDING FROM SAID SURFACE BETWEEN EACH CONSECUTIVE KNIFE IN SAID PATH, ONE SURFACE OF SAID V-SHAPED PROJECTION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AND TRAILING EACH SAID MAIN CUTTING EDGE, THE OTHER SURFACE OF EACH SAID V-SHAPED PROJECTION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND TRAILING EACH SAID AUXILIARY CUTTING EDGE, THE LENGTH OF SAID ONE SURFACE IN AN AXIAL PLANE BEING EQUAL TO THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF SAID MAIN CUTTING EDGE AND THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF SAID OTHER SURFACE BEING EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF CUTTING EDGES PER 360 DEGREES OF SAID SPIRAL PATH MULTIPLIED BY THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF THE AUXILIARY CUTTING EDGE, SAID MAIN CUTTING EDGE OF EACH CONSECUTIVE KNIFE BEING STEPPED FROM THE TRAILING END OF EACH SAID ONE SURFACE, SAID ONE SURFACE BEING POSITIONED TO ENGAGE AND STEADY A LOG FED TO SAID HEAD AND SAID OTHER SURFACE BEING POSITIONED TO ENGAGE AND PREVENT OVERFEEDING OF SAID LOG.