Apparatus for assembling wooden trusses and the like
US4567821A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 8, 1984 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S269/91
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for use in assembling wooden trusses and girders by holding wooden members in proper location and orientation while fastener plates are pressed into place. A frame supports an adjustable grid for supporting a clamp table at the location of each joint between wooden members, and a tower, moveable along the length of the frame, carries an articulated boom supporting an upper clamp assembly which is matable with each clamp table to press fastener plates into opposite sides of the wooden members to join them together. The apparatus is extendable and includes a wheeled undercarriage which is removeable.
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