Roof truss jig

Claim 1

A JIG FOR HOLDING PRECUT TRUSS STRUCTURAL MEMBERS IN POSITION DURING MANUFACTURE OF PREFORMED TRUSSES, WHICH WHICH INCLUDES TURNING A PARTLY PREPARED TRUSS OVER FOR APPLICATION OF GUSSETS PLATES AT EACH OF THE JOINTS OF THE TRUSS COMPRISING, A NARROW, UPRIGHT CENTRAL HOUSING; AN ELONGATED, RECTANGULAR BAR MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ADJACENT AN UPPER CORNER OF SAID HOUSING AND INCLUDING AN EXTENDING PORTION DIRECTED OUTWARDLY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID HOUSING; BRACE MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING EACH OF THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID EXTENDING PORTIONS; A PAIR OF CENTRAL, ELONGATED TUBE SUPPORT MEMBERS EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM SAID BAR MEMBER AND ARRANGED TO ROTATE THEREWITH; A PERIPHERAL CLAMP SUPPORT FRAME ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID ELONGATED TUBE SUPPORT MEMBER EXPOSING BOTH SIDES OF A JOINT BETWEEN STRUCTURAL MEMBERS HELD THEREON; A PAIR OF ECCENTRIC CLAMPS MOUNTED ON SAID CLAMP FRAME FOR CLAMPING TOGETHER BOTH SIDES OF THE PEAK JOINT OF A TRUSS; A PAIR OF SINGLE ROD EXTENSION MEMBERS ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BAR ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID CENTRAL HOUSING AND EXTENDING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID CENTRAL EXTENSION AND ROTATABLE WITH SAID BAR; A PERIPHERAL CLAMP FRAME ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ON EACH SAID SINGLE BAR EXTENSION MEANS EXPOSING BOTH SIDES OF A JOINT BETWEEN STRUCTURAL MEMBERS HELD THEREON; AT LEAST ONE ECCENTRIC CLAMP MOUNTED ON SAID CLAMP FRAME ON SAID SINGLE BAR EXTENSION MEANS; A CLAMP MEMBER ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ADJACENT EACH END OF SAID ELONGATED BAR MEMBER FOR HOLDING THE HEEL JOINT OF A TRUSS TO BE MANUFACTURED AND EXPOSING BOTH SIDES OF THE JOINT; LOWER TRUSS MEMBER JOINT CLAMP