Method and apparatus for making raised and flat letter signs
OwnerLarry Cugini, Sr., John J. Cuginiinventors
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Abstract
A signmaker's jig assembly incorporates a signblank-supporting worktable, a setting bar movable over the signblank for guiding the alignment of a line of letters to be installed on the signblank, a letter staging zone incorporating a letter aligning staging bar, a centering guide, and a manually movable adhesive transfer bar co-acting with the staging bar for seizing the staged line of letters en bloc, transferring them to the signblank, and installing them thereon. Different embodiments incorporate different features facilitating stripping each line of letters from the staging zone.
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A signmaking jig assembly for mounting both molded and flat sheet letters on a signblank incorporating
- (A) a signblank-supporting worktable, positionable before a work station,
- (B) a transversely extending setting bar movably mounted above the worktable for reciprocating movement parallel to itself above the surface of a signblank secured on the worktable,
- (C) means forming a transverse front staging zone extending across the worktable near the work station and defined by a raised front transverse staging bar with which individual letters are aligned and juxtapositioned,
- (D) and a movable transfer bar provided with a letter-retaining undersurface dimensioned to be lowered into the staging zone to seize the line of letters aligned therein, and to be raised and moved into a position above the signblank, from which it is lowered in juxtaposition with the setting bar to deliver the entire line of letters onto the signblank.
A method for making signs by mounting individual letters on a signblank temporarily secured to a worktable which incorporates a raised front transverse staging bar and a transversely-extending setting bar movably mounted for reciprocating movement parallel to itself above the signblank, in cooperation with a removable transfer bar having an adhesive under surface, comprising the successive steps of
- positioning the individual letters in an aligned array in a transverse staging zone adjacent to the staging bar,
- positioning the setting bar above the signblank adjacent to the level selected for the arrayed line of letters to be mounted thereon,
- lowering the transfer bar into adhesive engagement with the aligned array of letters in the staging zone,
- lifting the transfer bar and adhering array of letters from the staging zone,
- transporting the transfer bar and adhering array of letters to the vicinity of the setting bar,
- lowering the transfer bar and adhering array of letters in juxtaposition with the setting bar until the letters rest on the signblank,
- bonding the letters to the signblank, and removing the transfer bar from the bonded array of letters.
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