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US 4,541,618 AGranted
Jig for framed wooden panels
OwnerMichael R. Brunoinventor
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A jig for manufacturing wooden fencing or shed panels is adaptable to a range of sizes. A horizontal rectangular main frame (4) provides location for all the peripheral battens of a maximum size panel and for some of the peripheral battens of lesser panels. Spanning the frame is an array of parallel beams (12) which can be adjusted transversely to their longitudinal direction. These beams carry locating elements (14) which can be adjusted longitudinally of their respective beams. Intermediate panel battens, and peripheral ones for reduced size panels, can be laid along the beams or transversely to them, in each case being held laterally by the locating elements, and at a height compatible with that of any batten resting on the main frame. Corner and T-junctions of battens can be made at any locating element, with access for nailing them together, and the main frame also provides nailing access for such junctions.
A jig for manufacturing framed wooden panels comprising a rectangular frame spanned by an array of parallel intermediate members adjustable transversely to their longitudinal direction, the frame providing a continuous underneath support surface extending full length of each side of the frame for a batten laid thereon and an external barrier laterally to confine such a batten on all sides of the frame, the intermediate members providing a plurality of underneath support zones for any batten laid across them at the same level as the frame support surface and having groups of upstanding locators for panel battens extending in either orthogonal direction, and said barrier and said location allowing access to one side of a batten where that batten is abutted by another on the opposite side.
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