System for assembly of recessed panel doors
AssigneeJELD-WEN UK, Ltd.
InventorTrevor Cossins
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Abstract
Systems and methods for pressing a door assembly involve one or more die sections installed in a press, wherein the die sections each have a raised section that contacts and supports a recessed panel portion of a door skin of the assembly during the pressing operation to facilitate crushing of portions of a core of the door assembly that underlie the recessed panel portion of the door skin. The die sections may be made of plastic and readily changed out for different sizes or styles of doors.
Claims12
A system for making a door assembly of the kind having an internal frame, a core, and first and second door skins attached to the frame on either side of the core, wherein each of the door skins has a planar portion bordering at least one recessed panel portion, said system comprising:
- a press including an upper platen and a lower platen, wherein at least one of the upper platen and lower platen is movable toward the other for pressing the door assembly in a pressing operation;
- a lower die section seated on the lower platen, the lower die section including a base supported on the lower platen and a raised section which stands off from the base to contact and support the recessed panel portion of the first door skin during the pressing operation, wherein the raised section has a height above the base approximately equal to or greater than the depth of the recessed panel portion of the first door skin relative to the planar portion thereof;
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- an upper die section removably attached to the upper platen and including a base supported by the upper platen and a raised section that stands off from the base to support the recessed panel portion of the second door skin during the pressing operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.