Raised panel door section and overhead garage door produced therefrom
OwnerJohn F. Jellainventor
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Abstract
A raised panel door section (22, 54, 64) for an overhead garage door (20, 50, 60) includes a sheet metal layer (32, 56, 66) formed from sheet metal stock (74) that is embossed to produce a raised panel design by an automated method that selects one of a first die set (84) and a second die set (90) in response to a predetermined embossment style, installs the selected one of the first and second die sets (84, 90) into an embossing press (36) and embosses the sheet metal stock (74) with the predetermined embossment style. The predetermined embossment style includes one of a vertical raised panel design (30), a horizontal raised panel design (52), and a horizontal long raised panel design (62).
Claims20
A raised panel door section having an embossment style formed by a method comprising:
- selecting one of a first die set and a second die set in response to said embossment style, said embossment style being one of a first panel design and a second panel design, said first die set being configured to produce said first panel design and said second die set being configured to produce said second panel design;
- installing said one of said first and second die sets into an embossing press using a conveyer;
- transferring sheet metal stock into said embossing press;
- and
- embossing said sheet metal stock with said embossment style using said one of said first and second die sets.
A first raised panel door section having a first embossment style and a second raised panel door section having a second embossment style, said first and second embossment styles being one of at least a first panel design and a second panel design, and said first and second raised panel door sections being formed by a method comprising:
- for each of said first and second raised panel door sections, selecting one of a first die set and a second die set in response to one of said first and second said embossment styles, said first die set being configured to produce said first panel design, and said second die set being configured to produce said second panel design;
- installing said one of said first and second die sets into an embossing press using a conveyer;
- transferring sheet metal stock into said embossing press;
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- embossing sheet metal stock with said one of said first and second embossment styles using said one of said first and second die sets, said method producing said first raised panel door section exhibiting a first finished height, and said second raised panel door section exhibiting a second finished height, said second finished height differing from said first finished height.
An overhead garage door comprising a first raised panel door section having a first embossment style, and a second raised panel door section having a second embossment style, said first and second embossment styles being selected from a group of embossment styles that includes a first panel design and a second panel design, said overhead garage door being produced by a method comprising:
- for each of said first and second raised panel door sections, said method includes:
- selecting one of a first die set and a second die set in response to one of said first and second said embossment styles, said first die set being configured to produce said first panel design, and said second die set being configured to produce said second panel design;
- installing said one of said first and second die sets into an embossing press using a conveyer;
- transferring sheet metal stock into said embossing press;
- embossing sheet metal stock with said one of said first and second embossment styles using said one of said first and second die sets;
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- mating a first portion of said first raised panel door section with a second portion of said second raised panel door section to produce said overhead garage door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.