Elongated-member-driving apparatus – With means to support member and/or work relative to driver – Work support
Patent
1994-09-02
1996-12-31
Smith, Scott A.
Elongated-member-driving apparatus
With means to support member and/or work relative to driver
Work support
29798, 100215, 100913, 227151, B27F 704, B23P 1900
Patent
active
055885780
ABSTRACT:
A nail flattening apparatus for use primarily in re-furbishing wooden pallet components, comprising a loading station and an operating station interconnected by a conveyor. Boards having nail stubble protruding from opposite sides are placed onto the conveyor in the loading station and transferred to the operating station, whereupon a reciprocating hammer and stationary anvil disposed on opposite sides of the conveyor cooperate to substantially flatten all nail stubble in a single operation. In the preferred embodiment, a microprocessor controls a plurality of hydraulic cylinders which automatically move each board into the proper operating position, lift each board off of the surface of the conveyor, move the hammer to compress substantially all nail stubble, release the hammer to its retracted position, return the board to the conveyor for transfer out of the operating station, and move the next board from the loading station into the operating station.
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Smith Scott A.
Stelacone Jay A.
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