Machining center for finishing a patio door sill
AssigneeF-M Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsTodd Frederick, Dale Len Marquardt
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Abstract
A machining center capable of fabricating and machining both ends of a work piece, such as a patio door sill. The machining center comprises two heads, each of which comprise several machining devices and tools which can perform the necessary machining operations on each end of the sill. Each head is configured to perform a cope, a back weep, a front weep, a screen weep on the sill, and to drill two holes in the sill. The heads are slidably mounted on rails so that the heads are able to travel in the direction of the length of the sill.
Claims28
A machining center for machining both ends of a work piece, the machining center comprising:
- a first head having a plurality of machining tools for performing multiple finishing operations on an end of a work piece;
- a second head having a plurality of machining tools for performing multiple finishing operations on an opposite end of the work piece;
- wherein the first and second heads are moveable in a first direction to allow the machining center to accommodate work pieces having varying lengths.
A sill machine for simultaneously finishing both ends of a patio door sill, the sill machine comprising:
- a sill support for supporting a sill;
- a first head for performing finishing operations on an end of the sill;
- a second head for performing finishing operations on the other end of the sill;
- a first platform supporting the first and second heads and the sill support, wherein the first platform is moveable in a first direction so that sills having varying lengths can be accommodated by the sill machine;
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- wherein the first platform further comprises a second platform upon which is supported a plurality of tools for performing the finishing operations, wherein the second platform moveable in a second direction.
A machine for performing multiple operations on an end of a sill, the machine comprising:
- a sill support for supporting the sill during the multiple operations;
- a back router for performing a back weep on the sill;
- a front router for performing a front weep on the sill;
- a screen router for performing a screen weep on the sill;
- a drill for drilling a hole in the sill;
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- horizontal and vertical blades configured to perform a cope on the sill.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.