Presses – Concurrent pressing and conveying – Roll type
Patent
1979-03-19
1981-02-24
Wilhite, Billy J.
Presses
Concurrent pressing and conveying
Roll type
100DIG13, 227152, 269910, 269289MR, B30B 300
Patent
active
042520584
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for forming a wood roof truss, or the like, comprising a system which includes a wood member positioning and upper fastening means engaging station for arranging and maintaining wood members in positions corresponding to the ultimate positions of the wood members in the completed truss, a fastening means embedding station for permanently anchoring upper and lower fastenings means in the wood members to fix the wood members in their ultimate positions with respect to one another, and a wood roof truss stacking station for automatically moving a completed wood roof truss from a substantially horizontal position to an upright position. The wood member positioning and upper fastening means engaging station includes wood member receiving means having associated therewith unique truss elevating and advancing means for quickly and simultaneously raising the partially fixed wood members of the truss, thereby enabling the wood members to be rapidly moved, as a unit, to the next station in the system. The system requires minimal operating personnel, and eliminates the need for any manual lifting of a truss by such personnel.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3172125 (1965-03-01), Sanford
patent: 3375778 (1968-04-01), Newman
patent: 3925870 (1975-12-01), Adams
patent: 4063498 (1977-12-01), Labellarte
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