Method of automatic truss assembly

Details Method of automatic truss assembly Method of automatic truss assembly

2006-08-15

2006-08-15

Jimenez, Marc (Department: 3726)

Metal working

Method of mechanical manufacture

Structural member making

C029S466000, C029S772000, C029S430000, C029S468000, C227S152000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07089667

ABSTRACT:
A method of assembling a truss utilizing a truss assembly apparatus having a truss table with a work surface, the steps comprising: arranging at least two truss members on the work surface to form a truss in a first assembly zone; clamping the truss in the first zone with a movable first clamp rail having at least one flip-arm recess therein; and automatically flipping the truss from the first assembly zone to a second assembly zone by activating a plurality of flip arms, at least a portion of one of the plurality of flip arms movable into the at least one corresponding flip-arm recesses of the first clamp rail.

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patent: 4394952 (1983-07-01), Crane
patent: 4824004 (1989-04-01), Hanson
patent: 6260263 (2001-07-01), Haase

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