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US 4,063,498 AGranted
Truss fabricating machine
AssigneeEdward Hines Lumber Company
InventorRocco A. Labellarte
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AssigneeEdward Hines Lumber Company
InventorRocco A. Labellarte
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A fabricating machine for setting the teeth of opposed connector plates into wooden truss members. The machine includes a first, assembly station and a second, pre-press station across from the assembly station. A roller press having upper and lower rollers is disposed at one end of the pre-press station through which an assembled truss member and jigging pass to drive connector plates into the upper and lower sides of the truss member at the joints of the wooden components thereof. A third, post-press station is provided on the opposite side of the roller press in alignment with the pre-press station for receiving a completed truss member and its jigging. A fourth, unload station is provided across from the post-press station and in alignment with the assembly station so that a completed truss member can be removed from the jigging and the jigging returned directly to the first, assembly station. The jigging includes a separate reaction assembly disposed beneath each joint between the wooden components to support and position a connector plate. Each reaction assembly includes a plurality of individually transversely extending side-by-side reaction pads on which the connector plate is supported. The reaction blades are independently vertically moveable upon engagement with the lower roller of the roller press seriatim from lower supporting positions to upper pressing positions driving the teeth of the connector plate into the adjacent wooden components of the truss member at the joint thereof.
An elongated fabricating machine for setting the teeth of opposed connector plates into wooden truss members, comprising:
An elongated fabricating machine for setting the teeth of opposed connector plates into wooden truss members, comprising:
A jigging construction for use in a fabricating machine for setting the teeth of opposed connector plates into wooden truss members at the joints of the assembled wooden components thereof, by means of passing the assembled truss member and jigging through a roller press having a pair of vertically spaced upper and lower rollers, comprising:
A jigging construction for use in a fabricating machine for setting the teeth of opposed connector plates into wooden truss members at the joints of the assembled wooden components thereof, by means of passing the assembled truss member and jigging through a roller press having a pair of vertically spaced upper and lower rollers, comprising:
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