APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY FABRICATING PLURALITY OF WALL FRAMES

• Main Author: SCHNEIDER F,US
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.05.1974
• Subjects: MANUFACTURE OF SPECIFIC WOODEN ARTICLES; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF WOOD NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B27B - B27L; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

An apparatus for simultaneously fabricating more than one wall frame at a time is described. An assembly table defines a layout area having a length sufficient to accommodate a plurality of wall frames placed widthwise therealong. A pair of spaced guide rails extend longitudinally of the layout area respectively underneath the locations on the layout area for the top and bottom wall plates of the wall frames. Stops are provided at one end of the guides to define the first end of a first wall frame to be constructed on the layout area. Corner locating members ride on the guide and are positionable therealong at locations determined by the top and bottom plates of such first wall frame. Such corner elements also define corners for the first end of the next wall frame and thereby properly locate such wall frame on the layout area. Additional corner locating elements are also positionable on the guide rails to define the corners of the desired number of succeeding wall frames. The free corners of the last wall frame are defined by end wall corner locating members which are positionable by the plates of the last wall frame. Each of the end corner locating members includes a locking arrangement for securance of the same in place on its associated guide to thereby provide on the layout area a rigid assembly of wall frames for nailing.