Apparatus for premounting of locking elements to a panel
AssigneeAkzenta Paneele + Profile GmbH
InventorHans-Juergen Hannig
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Abstract
The apparatus mounts a locking element into a groove in an edge of a panel. An advance device feeds a stream of locking elements to a pressing device which mounts the locking elements into the groove on the edge of the panel. The locking elements are fed from a line of locking elements stored on a reel. A separating device cuts the line of locking elements into individual locking elements. The separating device is positioned either upstream of the advancing device or immediately upstream of the pressing device. When the separating device is immediately upstream of the pressing device, a spring is used to flex the stream during the short stoppage when the separating device separates individual locking elements from the line of locking elements.
Claims11
An apparatus for automatic mounting of a locking element to an edge of a panel, comprising:
- a storage means for storing a continuous, bendable locking element line;
- an advance device for advancing the locking element line from the storage means;
- a separating station for separating locking elements from the locking element line, the separating station receiving the locking element line from the advance device;
- a buffer device between the advance device and the separating station, the buffer device having an elastically, deformable storage element for storing energy from the locking element line when the locking element line bends when the separating station separates the locking elements from the locking element line, and delivering the energy back to the locking element line;
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- a pressing device for pressing the locking elements into a receiving region of the edge of the panel, the pressing device in synchronous movement with a continuously transported panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.