US3851384A
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Process for fabricating walls
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1972-03-01
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Granted: 1974-12-03
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Expires: 1992-03-01
Abstract
Abstract A process for fabricating walls from wood framing materials, particularly suited for use in fabricating walls of a type normally employed in constructing frame structures and the like, characterized by an employment of a series of sequentially actuated machine systems electrically interconnected for selecting and feeding components and for selectively assembling the components into walls having adjustably regulated dimensions and selectively controlled spaced and dimensioned openings defining doors, windows and the like, a particular feature of the invention being a combination of an electrical control system interconnected with a series of operative systems for driving the machine through a predetermined sequence of machine events, in redundant or non-redundant modes, for fabricating a series of walls to be erected into frame structures.
Inventors
- 👤 M Gee
- 👤 R Kellner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 03:06
CPC Classifications
B; B27; B27M; B27M3/00; B27M3/0013; B27M3/0073; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49828; Y10T29/49829; Y10T29/51; Y10T29/5136; Y10T29/5137; Y10T29/5138; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/534
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
In a process for fabricating a wall of a type including a pair of wall plates arranged in substantial parallelism and a plurality of vertical support components extended between the plates, the steps comprising: A. intermittently advancing a pair of wall plates along a pair of substantially parallel paths through an assembly station; B. serially delivering a plurality of vertical support components along a common linear path into simultaneous engagement with said plates at said assembly station, said common linear path being extended from a source of vertical support components to said assembly station between said plates in substantial coplanar relation and in parallelism with said pair of parallel paths; and C. affixing each of said components to each of said plates at said assembly station while said plates are at rest.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
In a process for fabricating a wall of a type including a pair of wall plates arranged in substantial parallelism and a plurality of vertical support components extended between the plates, the steps comprising: A. intermittently advancing a pair of wall plates along a pair of substantially parallel paths through an assembly station; B. serially delivering a plurality of vertical support components along a common linear path into simultaneous engagement with said plates at said assembly station, said common linear path being extended from a source of vertical support components to said assembly station between said plates in substantial coplanar relation and in parallelism with said pair of parallel paths; and C. affixing each of said components to each of said plates at said assembly station while said plates are at rest.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The process of claim 1 further comprising the step of severing selected end portions of the wall plates, for thereby providing a wall of a predetermined length and including a predetermined plurality of vertical components extended between the plates and arranged in a predetermined sequence.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process of claim 2 wherein the plurality of vertical components comprises a plurality of support members of a non-uniform configuration including studs, stud-trimmers, stud-blocks, block-studs and trimmer-studs of preselected dimensions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
75 words
The process of claim 3 wherein the plates simultaneously are advanced past a component inserting station and the members are inserted in a selected pattern, and wherein each insertion of a stud-trimmer is followed by an insertion of a trimmer-stud so that the exposed faces of the trimmers of the stud-trimmers and trimmer-studs define a door opening therebetween with the distal ends of the trimmers being in coplanar alignment for receiving thereon a door header.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
80 words
The process of claim 4 wherein the ends of the wall plates are brought into initial alignment and subsequently are intermittently advanced in predetermined increments with the vertical components being delivered in a variable sequence to the common station and sequentially inserted between the plates during the successive dwell periods occurring between the advance of the plates so that as the plates are advanced from said station the components are fixedly secured therebetween for thus forming an intermittently advancing wall.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
The process of claim 5 further comprising the steps of: A. depositing and seating a header on the distal ends of the trimmers, subsequent to an incremental advance of the wall; and B. securing the headers to the vertical components as they are seated.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
64 words
The process of claim 6 further comprising the steps of: A. delivering and seating a window box between selected adjacent studs during a dwell period; and B. securing said window boxes in place, whereby a wall section comprising a pair of parallel plates having extended therebetween a plurality of selectively spaced components and including selectively oriented openings defined by trimmers, headers and window boxes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process of claim 2 further comprising the steps of forming a plurality of diagonally aligned recesses in selected vertical components to provide an opening adapted to receive a diagonally oriented let-in brace.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 8 further comprising the steps of: A. positioning a let-in brace in said aligned recesses; and B. securing said brace in place.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process according to claim 9 further comprising the steps of: A. selectively positioning sheathing on said wall section; and B. securing said sheathing to said wall section during said dwell period thereby to complete said wall.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1981-12-02 | 1982-06-03 | 1982-12-03 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1985-12-02 | 1986-06-03 | 1986-12-03 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |