Gantry drill
AssigneeCascade Lumber Company
InventorsTimothy M. NOONAN, Scott G. WAGNER
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Abstract
A carriage combined to a floor-mounted track for movement along the track in the longitudinal direction; a lateral track combined to the carriage and extending above and perpendicular to the floor-mounted track; a platform combined to the lateral track for lateral movement along the lateral track; and a vertical frame combined to the platform configured for movement with respect to the platform along a z-axis, wherein the vertical frame is configured to receive a commercial-off-the-shelf drill to attach fasteners in a work-piece in the z-axis.
Claims20
A gantry drill comprising:
- a floor-mounted track extending in a longitudinal direction;
- a carriage combined to the floor-mounted track for movement along the track in the longitudinal direction;
- a lateral track combined to the carriage and extending above and perpendicular to the floor-mounted track;
- a platform combined to the lateral track for lateral movement along the lateral track;
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- a vertical frame combined to the platform configured for movement with respect to the platform along a z-axis, wherein the vertical frame is configured to receive a commercial-off-the-shelf drill to attach fasteners in a work-piece in the z-axis.
A gantry drill for movement on a floor-mounted track configured to receive a commercial-off-the-shelf drill, the gantry drill comprising:
- a carriage combined to the floor-mounted track for movement along the track in a longitudinal direction;
- a lateral track combined to the carriage and extending above and perpendicular to the floor-mounted track;
- a platform combined to the lateral track for lateral movement along the lateral track;
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- a vertical frame combined to the platform configured for movement with respect to the platform along a z-axis, wherein the vertical frame is configured to receive a commercial-off-the-shelf drill to attach fasteners in a work-piece in the z-axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.