Machine for trimming the edges of panels
AssigneeKemlite Corporation
InventorsDonald B. Morse, Bernard A. Pribish
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Abstract
A machine for trimming the edges of a panel in which the panel is introduced on a table of belts to a pair of spaced saws which trim the side edges of the panel, the panel being then passed through a device which increases its speed and separates it from succeeding panels and onto a rack which when the panel reaches a predetermined position descends to carry the panel to the bed of a carriage where it is clamped in squared position so that when the carriage is moved to carry the clamped panel past a second pair of spaced saws the end edges of the panel are trimmed preferably at an angle of 90.degree. from the sawed side edges of the panel.
Claims7
A machine for trimming the edges of panels comprising a first pair of spaced saws, means for passing a panel in one direction past said first pair of saws to trim the side edges of said panel, a second pair of spaced saws, a carriage reciprocally movable in a direction angularly displaced from said one direction, a rack, means for passing the panel to a position on said rack after the panel has been trimmed by said first pair of spaced saws, means for supporting said rack above the bed of said carriage, said supporting means including a fluid cylinder, means sensitive to the arrival of the panel at said position for deactivating said fluid cylinder to permit said rack with a panel thereon to descend to the bed of said carriage, means for holding the panel in fixed position on said carriage, and power means for moving said carriage with said panel thereon past said second pair of saws whereby to trim the end edges of the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.