Method and apparatus for making flexible sections of fence
OwnerJohn C. Neely, John M. Czech, Jr.inventors
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Abstract
An apparatus and process for making flexible sections of fence having an endless moving belt moving the individual fence pickets therethrough, and hopper stations individually dispensing the pickets onto the moving belt for transport to a fastening station where the fixedly spaced pickets are attached to continuous stringers and transported therefrom where the fence section thus formed is cut in the selected lengths.
Claims14
A machine for automatically making elongate flexible sections of fence from a multiplicity of precut pickets and a flexible stringer along a horizontal work table, comprising:
- a. an elongate endless moving belt for moving the pickets along the work table in a spaced relationship, said belt further having a start point defining the end of a fence section;
- b. a hopper disposed vertically overlying the moving belt receiving and storing the multiplicity of pickets, and individually dispensing the pickets along the moving belt;
- the hopper further having a movable separator door and a settably mounted separator each attached forwardly onto the hopper bottom for separating the bottom two pickets from the stack and dropping said bottom-most picket onto said moving belt without interference of the second bottom picket thereabove;
- c. means for drawing a continuous elongate stringer and positioning the stringer along the surface of the pickets along the moving belt;
- d. means for positioning and affixing a fastener attaching the stringer at a defined location on each of said pickets;
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- e. a cutter assembly for cutting the stringer at predetermined lengths responsive to the position of the moving belt.
A machine for automatically making elongate flexible sections of fence from a multiplicity of precut pickets and a flexible continuous stringer along a horizontal work table, comprising:
- a. an elongate endless moving belt for moving the pickets along the work table in a spaced relationship, said belt further having a start point defining the end of a fence section;
- b. a hopper disposed vertically overlying the moving belt receiving and storing the multiplicity of pickets, and individually dispensing the pickets along the moving belt;
- the hopper further having a first separator comprised of a movable door biased closed and pivotally attached to the forward side of the bottom of the hopper for separating the bottom picket from the second bottom picket and dispensing said bottom-most picket onto said moving belt;
- c. means for drawing the continuous stringer and positioning the stringer along the surface of the pickets along the moving belt;
- d. means for positioning and affixing a fastener attaching the stringer at a defined location on each of said pickets;
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- e. a cutter assembly for cutting the stringer at predetermined lengths responsive to the position of the moving belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.