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US3302942A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Panel frame assembling apparatus

Assignee: HOLLOMON Manufacturing CORP
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Filing: 1964-01-29
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Granted: 1967-02-07
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Expires: 1984-01-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Frank A Hollomon

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 05:16
CPC Classifications
B; B27; B27M; B27M3/00; B27M3/0013; B27M3/0073; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S269/00; Y10S269/91

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 234 words
A PANEL FRAME ASSEMBLING APPARATUS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, TRANSVERSE ABUTMENT MEANS RISING FROM SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, FIXED LONGITUDINAL ABUTMENT MEANS RISING FROM A FIRST SIDE OF SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND FORMING A RIGHT ANGLE WITH SAID TRANSVERSE ABUTMENT MEANS, FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATED CLAMPS SUPPORTED ON THE OTHER SECOND SIDE OF SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR SUPPORTING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SIDES OF THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE BETWEEN SAID LONGITUDINAL ABUTMENT MEANS AND SAID CLAMPS AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT LONGITUDINAL FRAME ELEMENTS ALONG SAID SIDES OF THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, STUD SUPPORTING RAILS FIXED TO AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, STUD LOCATING MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID RAILS, AND MEANS INDEPENDENT OF THE RAILS SUPPORTING SAID STUD LOCATING MEANS AND MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL SLIDING MOVEMENT IN SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING THE STUD LOCATING MEANS INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STUDS SUPPORTED BY THE RAILS, SAID STUD LOCATING MEANS INCLUDING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED PAIRS OF UPRIGHT LOCATOR ELEMENTS ADAPTED TO STRADDLE THE STUDS SUPPORTED BY SAID RAILS, WHEN SAID MEANS SUPPORTING THE STUD LOCATING MEANS IS IN A RAISED POSITION, FOR LOCATING THE STUDS AT PREDETERMINED SPACED INTERVALS RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER BETWEEN AND CROSSWISE OF SAID LONGITUDINAL FRAME ELEMENTS PREPARATORY TO THE STUDS BEING CLAMPED BETWEEN SAID LONGITUDINAL FRAME ELEMENTS BY ACTUATION OF SAID FLUID PRESSURE CLAMPS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 234 words
A PANEL FRAME ASSEMBLING APPARATUS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, TRANSVERSE ABUTMENT MEANS RISING FROM SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, FIXED LONGITUDINAL ABUTMENT MEANS RISING FROM A FIRST SIDE OF SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND FORMING A RIGHT ANGLE WITH SAID TRANSVERSE ABUTMENT MEANS, FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATED CLAMPS SUPPORTED ON THE OTHER SECOND SIDE OF SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR SUPPORTING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SIDES OF THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE BETWEEN SAID LONGITUDINAL ABUTMENT MEANS AND SAID CLAMPS AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT LONGITUDINAL FRAME ELEMENTS ALONG SAID SIDES OF THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, STUD SUPPORTING RAILS FIXED TO AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, STUD LOCATING MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID RAILS, AND MEANS INDEPENDENT OF THE RAILS SUPPORTING SAID STUD LOCATING MEANS AND MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL SLIDING MOVEMENT IN SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING THE STUD LOCATING MEANS INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STUDS SUPPORTED BY THE RAILS, SAID STUD LOCATING MEANS INCLUDING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED PAIRS OF UPRIGHT LOCATOR ELEMENTS ADAPTED TO STRADDLE THE STUDS SUPPORTED BY SAID RAILS, WHEN SAID MEANS SUPPORTING THE STUD LOCATING MEANS IS IN A RAISED POSITION, FOR LOCATING THE STUDS AT PREDETERMINED SPACED INTERVALS RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER BETWEEN AND CROSSWISE OF SAID LONGITUDINAL FRAME ELEMENTS PREPARATORY TO THE STUDS BEING CLAMPED BETWEEN SAID LONGITUDINAL FRAME ELEMENTS BY ACTUATION OF SAID FLUID PRESSURE CLAMPS.

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