Truss jigging/pressing systems

A locator stop having a body which is arranged to be supported on an upper surface of a truss table formed with a plurality of panels, so as to extend across a slot between successive panels, said body having a basal surface by which it is supportable on the upper surface of said table and defining a central bore, said stop having locking means which project below the body so as to be at least partly locatable in said slot, said locking means having dimensions in two mutually perpendicular directions, substantially parallel to the basal surface, which respectively are less than the width of said slot and greater than the width of said slot, said locking means being provided with a locking member at the lower end of a stem which is located in said bore, an upper end of said stem being threaded and in threaded engagement with a threaded member which is mounted for rotation relative to said body and said stem, said locking member can be raised or lowered to bear and lock against an undersurface of each of said panels defining said slot, the movement of said locking member occurring as a result of relative rotation between said threaded member and said stem, said locking means being adjustable by a manual operation performed above said table, wherein said locking means is able to firmly engage at least one of said panels defining said slot and thereby clamp said body on said upper surface at a required position along said slot.

A locator stop having a body which is arranged to be supported on an upper surface of a truss table formed with a plurality of panels, so as to extend across a slot between successive panels, said body having a basal surface by which it is supportable on the upper surface of said table and defining a central bore and a leg which extends into said slot, said stop having locking means which project below the body so as to be at least partly locatable in said slot, said locking means having dimensions in two mutually perpendicular directions, substantially parallel to the basal surface, which respectively are less than the width of said slot and greater than the width of said slot, said locking means being provided at the lower end of a stem which is located in said bore, an upper end of said stem being threaded and in threaded engagement with a threaded member supported by said body, said locking means being defined by a tapered section of said stem which cooperates with an oppositely tapered section of a leg such that on relative movement between said respective tapered sections, said tapered sections ride over each other so that said stem engages one of said panels defining said slot to lock said locator stop relative to said panels, said locking means being adjustable by a manual operation performed above said table, wherein said locking means is able to firmly engage at least one of said panels defining said slot and thereby clamp said body on said upper surface at a required position along said slot.

A locator stop having a body which is arranged to be supported on an upper surface of a truss table formed with a plurality of panels, so as to extend across a slot between successive panels, said body having a basal surface by which it is supportable on the upper surface of said table, and defining a central bore and a leg which extends into said slot, said stop having locking means which project below the body so as to be at least partly locatable in said slot, said locking means having dimensions in two mutually perpendicular directions, substantially parallel to the basal surface, which respectively are less than the width of said slot and greater than the width of said slot, said locking means being provided at the lower end of a stem which is located in said bore, an upper end of said stem being threaded and in threaded engagement with a threaded member supported by said body, said locking means being defined by a tapered section of said stem which cooperates with an oppositely tapered section of a leg such that on relative movement between said respective tapered sections, said tapered sections ride over each other so that said leg engages one of said panels defining said slot to lock said locator stop relative to said panels, said locking means being adjustable by a manual operation performed above said table, wherein said locking means is able to firmly engage at least one of said panels defining said slot and thereby clamp said body on said upper surface at a required position along said slot.