Workstation for preparing door elements for hanging
US7461674B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T408/352
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A workstation having an assembly that includes a support for holding a jamb positioned with the face thereof at a site for mortising a hinge pocket in the face, a support for receiving and holding a door with its hinge side edge at the site adjacent to and parallel with the jamb for mortising operations at that edge and a cutting tool carried by the assembly operating to form hinge mortises in an edge of the door and the jamb face at the site. The support for the door is operable to pivot the door about the hinge side edge of the door from a first angle for forming hinge mortises in the hinge edge of a door having a bevel and a second angle for forming hinge mortises in the hinge edge of a door having no bevel.
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