Apparatus for manufacturing structural wooden devices

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURAL DEVICES COMPRISING WOODEN MEMBERS HAVING BUTT JOINTS FORMED BETWEEN THE WOODEN MEMBERS BY TOOTHED CONNECTOR PLATES, COMPRISING: A BED DEFINING A SURFACE FOR RECEIVING WOODEN MEMBERS AND CONNECTOR PLATES FOR THE FABRICATION OF STRUCTURAL DEVICES; SAID BED BEING FORMED OF A SUBSTANTIALLY NON-YIELDING AND NON-RESILIENT MATERIAL PROVIDING A HARD SURFACE; A WEIGHT HAVING A SURFACE FOR ENGAGING SAID CONNECTOR PLATES; MEANS FOR SUSPENDING SAID WEIGHT OVER SAID BED, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS INCLUDING MEANS PROVIDING FOR TRANSLATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID WEIGHT OVER SAID BED TO PERMIT POSITIONING OF THE WEIGHT OVER THE SEVERAL CONNECTOR PLATES USED IN FORMING THE JOINTS OF THE STRUCTURAL DEVICES; SAID SUSPENDING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR LIFTING AND RELEASING SAID WEIGHT TO PERMIT IT TO FALL AND THEREBY EMBED THE WEIGHT TO PERMIT IT TO FALL AND THEREBY EMBED THE BERS, SAID BED DEFINING AN ELONGATED SURFACE;

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURAL DEVICES COMPRISING WOODEN MEMBERS HAVING BUTT JOINTS FORMED BETWEEN THE WOODEN MEMBERS BY TOOTHED CONNECTOR PLATES, COMPRISING: A BED DEFINING A SURFACE FOR RECEIVING WOODEN MEMBERS AND CONNECTOR PLATES FOR THE FABRICATION OF STRUCTURAL DEVICES; SAID BED BEING FORMED OF A SUBSTANTIALLY NON-YIELDING AND NON-RESILIENT MATERIAL PROVIDING A HARD SURFACE; A WEIGHT HAVING A SURFACE FOR ENGAGING SAID CONNECTOR PLATES; MEANS FOR SUSPENDING SAID WEIGHT OVER SAID BED, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS INCLUDING MEANS PROVIDING FOR TRANSLATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID WEIGHT OVER SAID BED TO PERMIT POSITIONING OF THE WEIGHT OVER THE SEVERAL CONNECTOR PLATES USED IN FORMING THE JOINTS OF THE STRUCTURAL DEVICES; SAID SUSPENDING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR LIFTING AND RELEASING SAID WEIGHT TO PERMIT IT TO FALL AND THEREBY EMBED THE WEIGHT TO PERMIT IT TO FALL AND THEREBY EMBED THE BERS, SAID BED DEFINING AN ELONGATED SURFACE;