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US 2026/0257394 A1Published application
Lumber assembly and finishing system
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorManish Kanjee
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Abstract
A lumber assembly and finishing system for use in assembling constructs includes a lumber table configured to support arranged pieces of lumber. A press station presses nailing plates into the pieces of lumber to join the pieces of lumber together to form the lumber construct. A lumber construct transporter moves the arranged pieces of lumber from the lumber table to the press station while keeping the pieces of lumber in their arranged configuration.
Claims10
A system for assembling pieces of lumber into a construct of interconnected pieces of lumber, the system comprising:
- a support defining an upper support surface having a length and a width and being sized to receive the pieces of lumber on the upper surface;
- a press station including a platen assembly movable with respect to the upper support surface;
- a lumber handling assembly mounted for movement with respect to the support and the press station, the lumber handling assembly being configured to move the pieces of lumber to the press station in a feed direction so that a juncture of the pieces of lumber is positioned at the press station, the lumber handling assembly comprising a gantry positioned above the support and the press station and arranged for moving the pieces of lumber into the press station and through the press section;
- wherein the platen assembly is configured to press a nailing plate into the pieces of lumber at the juncture of the pieces of lumber when located in the press station.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.