Elongated-member-driving apparatus – With control means responsive to sensed condition – Responsive to work feed means
Patent
1999-02-26
2000-07-18
Smith, Scott A.
Elongated-member-driving apparatus
With control means responsive to sensed condition
Responsive to work feed means
227 48, 227 99, 227110, 227152, 227154, B27F 700, B27F 717
Patent
active
060894342
ABSTRACT:
A fully automated frame maker which makes rectangular frames includes a controller device for controlling a cycle of operation and preferably multiple cycles of operation to form a plurality of frames. The apparatus also broadly includes a framing device for cyclically feeding precut mitered frame members and for forming a rectangular frame therefrom. This framing device is controlled by the controller device which includes: a base defining a horizontal plane; four respective stands; a mounting device for mounting the four stands adjustably to the base such that each of the stands is located at an apex of a rectangle; a respective magazine device associated with each adjacent pair of the stands for holding precut mitered frame members in a vertical stack; a respective feed device for feeding one frame member from each stack of each respective magazine device onto adjacent pairs of the stands to form a loose frame; a respective clamp device for horizontally clamping together adjacent ends of each frame member on each respective stand simultaneously, the respective clamp devices together forming a tight rectangular frame from the loose frame; and a respective stapling device for vertically stapling together the ends of the frame members at each stand simultaneously in order to form a completed frame. In a preferred embodiment, the frame maker also includes a moving device controlled by the controller device for moving the completed frame away from the framing device so that another cycle of operation can commence.
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Gleason Brothers Industries Inc.
Smith Scott A.
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