Fabrication system for key making machine
AssigneeThe Hillman Group, Inc.
InventorPhillip Gerlings
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Abstract
A fabrication system is disclosed for use in a key making machine. The fabrication system may have a housing with a slot configured to receive a key blank, and a receiving unit configured to accept a shank of the key blank at the slot. The receiving unit may be configured to mechanically align the shank as it is inserted by a user. The fabrication system may also have a clamp movable between an open position and a closed position, and an actuator. The actuator may be configured to move the receiving unit and the key blank to the clamp, and to move the receiving unit away from the key blank after the clamp has moved to the closed position.
Claims15
A fabrication system for a key making machine, comprising:
- a housing having a slot configured to receive a key blank;
- a receiving unit configured to accept a shank of the key blank at the slot, the receiving unit configured to mechanically align the shank as it is inserted by a user;
- a clamp movable between an open position and a closed position;
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- an actuator configured to move the receiving unit and the key blank to the clamp, and to move the receiving unit away from the key blank after the clamp has moved to the closed position.
A fabrication system for a key making machine, comprising:
- a receiving unit configured to accept a shank of a key blank;
- a clamp configured to clamp a head portion of the key blank;
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- an actuator configured to move the receiving unit and the key blank to the clamp, and to move the receiving unit away from the clamp to reveal the shank of the key blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.