Drawer fabricating apparatus

Claim 1

A DRAWER FABRICATING APPARATUS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BED; FIRST GUIDE MEANS; A FIRST PAIR OF SHAPERS FOR FORMING MORTISES IN SELECTED PIECES OF DRAWER MATERIAL, SAID FIRST PAIR OF SHAPERS COMPRISING A FIRST ROTARY CUTTING MEMBER ABOVE THE BED AND MOUNTED ON A VERTICAL AXIS EXTENDING UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID BED; AND A SECOND ROTARY MEMBER HAVING A CUTTING EDGE ADAPTED TO EXTEND UPWARDLY THROUGH THE BED AND MOUNTED ON A HORIZONTAL AXIS BENEATH THE BED, SAID FIRST AND SECOND ROTARY CUTTING MEMBERS BEING ARRANGED SUCH THAT THEY CUT INTO MATERIAL MOVED ALONG THE FIRST GUIDE MEANS WITH CROSSING CUTS, TO THEREBY FORM A PAIR OF MORTISES EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO ONE ANOTHER; A SECOND GUIDE MEANS; A SECOND PAIR OF SHAPERS FOR FORMING TENONS IN OTHER PIECES OF DRAWER MATERIAL, SAID SECOND PAIR OF SHAPERS COMPRISING THIRD AND FOURTH SPACED ROTARY CUTTERS MOUNTED ON A SINGLE AXIS AND A FIFTH ROTARY CUTTER MOUNTED ON A SEPARATE AXIS, SAID FIFTH ROTARY CUTTER BEING ARRANGED WITH RESPECT TO SAID THIRD AND FOURTH ROTARY CUTTERS TO CUT INTO MATERIAL MOVED ALONG THE SECOND GUIDE MEANS A SPACED DISTANCE FROM THE MAXIMUM DEPTH OF CUTS MADE IN THE MATERIAL BY THE SAID THIRD AND FOURTH CUTTERS, THE MATERIAL BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH CUTTERS AND BETWEEN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH CUTTERS THEREBY FORMING TENONS EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO ONE ANOTHER; AND POWER MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID FIRST AND SECOND SHAPERS.