Method and apparatus for manufacturing door frame components

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC FORMING MACHINE FOR SEQUENTIALLY AND CONTINUOUSLY FORMING FINISHED, MATCHED, DOOR FRAME SECTIONS FROM UNITIZED ASSEMBLIES OF APPROPRIATE MOULDING MEMBERS, COMPRISING: AN ELONGATE LOADING ZONE; AN ELONGATE MACHINING ZONE; AN ELONGATE SEVERING ZONE; AND AN ELONGATE EJECTION ZONE; SAID MACHINING AND SEVERING ZONES BEING CLOSELY ADJACENT AND PARALLEL; A SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK GENERALLY COMMON TO AND COEXTENSIVE WITH THE LATTER TWO ZONES; A SERIES OF ALIGNED AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED CUTTING TOOLS SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAMEWORK AND ARRANGED TO CONTACT EACH ASSEMBLY SEQUENTIALLY AND FOR RECESSES THEREIN FOR THE RECEPTION OF DOOR HARDWARE; A SERIES OF GENERALLY ALIGNED AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED SAWS SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAMEWORK AND ARRANGED TO CONTACT EACH ASSEMBLY SEQUENTIALLY AND CUT IT INTO THREE SECTIONS OF THE PROPER LENGTH AND WITH PROPERLY SHAPED ENDS TO CONSTITUTE TWO SIDE SECTIONS AND A HEAD SECTION OF A COMPLETE DOOR FRAME; AN ELONGATE FRAMEWORK AT SAID LOADING ZONE SPACED LATERALLY FROM AND EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK; A LOADING RACK EXTENDING ALONG SAID LOADING ZONE; AN ELONGATE FRAMEWORK AT SAID EJECTION ZONE SPACED LATERALLY IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM SAID SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK AND ALSO EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL THERETO; AN ACCUMULATOR RACK EXTENDING ALONG SAID EJECTION ZONE; GUIDE TRACKS EXTENDING LATERALLY BETWEEN SAID LOADING ZONE AND SAID EJECTION ZONE AND PASSING THROUGH SAID OTHER TWO ZONES; AND A TRANSFER CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON SAID GUIDE TRACKS AND MOVABLE THEREALONG TO ACCEPT AN ASSEMBLY AT SAID LOADING ZONE AND TRANSFER IT SEQUENTIALLY TO EACH OF THE OTHER ZONES.