Conveyor process for forming an insulated register box
AssigneeSterling Custom Sheet Metal, Inc.
InventorSterling Kidd COMBS
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Abstract
A process for forming an insulated register box having a body and a duct in which an expandable polymeric material is introduced into the interior of the body. The body is placed onto a support, a plug is positioned into an interior of the body such that the expandable polymeric material expands between the back wall of the body and the plurality of side panels and the plug, positioning the assembly between a pair of conveyors such that the pair of conveyors holds the assembly tightly sandwiched therebetween, and conveying the assembly to another position adjacent an opposite end of the pair of conveyors.
Claims20
A process for forming an insulated register box, the insulated register box having a body with a plurality of side panels and a back wall, the insulated register box having a duct extending through an opening in the back wall, the process comprising:
- (a) introducing an expandable polymeric material into an interior of the body;
- (b) placing the body onto a support;
- (c) positioning a plug into the interior of said body such that the expandable polymeric material expands between the back wall and the plurality of side panels and the plug;
- (d) positioning and the support and the body between a pair of conveyors adjacent one end of the pair of conveyors such that the pair of conveyors holds the body and the duct and the expandable polymeric material tightly sandwiched therebetween;
- (e) conveying the body, the duct, the expandable polymeric material and the support to another position adjacent an opposite end of the pair of conveyors;
- (f) removing the support, the duct, the body, the expandable polymeric material, and the plug from the pair of conveyors;
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- (g) separating the plug from the body and the expandable polymeric material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.