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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896211 | Nailing mechanism for a packing plates A nailing mechanism for a packing plate comprises a middle feeding device, an upper feeding device, a lower feeding device, a first conveying belt, a second conveying belt, a third conveying belt, a first push panel, a second push panel, a plurality of first nail gu... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7165304 | Block attacher apparatus and method A block attacher for attaching blocks to slats as stringers for pallets includes a slat dispenser disposed to dispense individual slats to a slat driver, the slat driver being selectively positionable. A first block dispenser dispenses a block to an assembly station... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7140099 | Pallet jig An apparatus for building pallets comprises a jig frame adapted to maintain a plurality of deck boards in deck board locations on top of a plurality of stringers in parallel stringer locations. A gantry frame is mounted above the jig frame and a plurality of nailing... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6837412 | Cap feeding apparatus for a fastener gun A construction tool and method of use for affixing holding cap washers to roofing paper and building wrap tar paper. The tool is a combination of a fastener-driving gun together with a feeding magazine holding a clip of plastic cap washers to be affixed, and the fee... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6362448 | Fastening element, such as a short-shanked T-stud or self-piercing rivet, and feeder for the fastening element A fastening element for fastening on or in a component, in particular a T-stud or punch rivet, has a fastening end. The fastening element has, at a guide end remote from the fastening end, a recess for receiving a tool end piece which fits into the recess... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5979733 | Wood tie end planting machine An end plating machine for a wood tie having opposite ends comprising a frame including horizontally spaced-apart first and second end frames with the frame including tie in-feed and out-feed portions. A conveyor is provided for positioning a tie between ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5067865 | Method and apparatus for feeding tabs or discs to an automatic staple or nail gun A method of feeding the discs to the automatic staple or nail gun includes the steps of providing a plurality of discs stacked atop one another, shuttling a first disc from the stack to a position normal to the staple or nail expulsion path, and retaining... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5058795 | Machine and method for making pallets The machine of the present invention operates to automatically nail a combination of pre-cut wood boards together to form a pallet. The machine may be adjusted so that the size of the pallet can be varied as to dimensions and number of pre-cut boards. Onc... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4967948 | Pallet building machine An improved system for continuously producing wood pallets and the like. The system features improved tool mounts for the nailing tools of a pallet machine which are adapted to position the tools for the attachment of pallet pieces using two degrees of fr... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4955521 | Door jamb assembly machine with automatic alignment and feed A machine for assembling a jamb member, two sides members, and a stop member into a finished door jamb. The individual members are placed into the machine, which positions and aligns members and transports them in the proper relationship to a fastening st... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4932579 | Stapling apparatus with stack joggers A transport table reciprocates between a collator, at which it receives a stack of loose sheets, and a stapling head for stapling the sheets together. Cam followers on the table engage cam surfaces during the reciprocating table movement to cause jogging ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4762312 | Sorter with a function of binding copy sheets A sorter for use with a copier and others and having a function of binding a stack of copy sheets. The sorter includes a single stapler which is shared by all bins of the sorter, and a single bin drive unit adapted to move any of the bins loaded with copy... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4403388 | Automatic pallet-making machine and method A pallet is automatically assembled and nailed together on a horizontally reciprocating carrier. The carrier moves in a forward direction beneath a slat dispenser. A first series of one-way trip dogs mounted on the carrier successively removes the bottom ... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4392600 | Apparatus for making pallets An apparatus for making wooden pallets includes a conveyor for moving a plurality of parallel stringers under a nailing machine where deckboards are nailed transversely across the stringers to form one side of the pallet. During operation of the preferred... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4334346 | Method and apparatus for fabricating studs, joists and the like Studs, joists, trusses and similar construction members having a pair of generally parallel chords and blocks disposed between the chords are manufactured by placing a plurality of blocks on a moving surface, with the blocks being spaced apart generally i... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4305538 | Portable apparatus for assembling frame structures Portable apparatus for automatically constructing prefabricated stud walls or other frame structures from standard materials. Elongate studs are placed transversely at spaced intervals between a pair of elongate wall plate members by a reciprocatingly rot... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4254895 | Apparatus for automatic alignment and attachment of a doorjamb and stop Automatic apparatus for attaching together individual doorstops and doorjambs in relative registered, longitudinal alignment includes hoppers for containing vertical stacks of the stops and jambs, a transport mechanism that reciprocally withdraws individu... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4204624 | Nailing machine for use in the manufacture of wooden pallets A nailing machine for use in the manufacture of wooden pallets made from deck boards and stringers. The machine comprises a conveyor operable to convey pallet components to a nailing station at which they are nailed together. The conveyor comprises locati... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4054236 | Machine for nailing slats on stringers A machine for nailing elongated slats transversely on elongated stringers having a nailing station; a receiving station; a reversible conveyor extended between said stations; chucks on the conveyor adapted to grasp a plurality of stringers in substantiall... | 10/18/1977 |
| 3991926 | Swatch cutting and binding apparatus and method Several different webs of textile material or other like fabric are simultaneously unwound from their respective rolls and are fed in intermittent stepwise fashion in superposed relation to one another to the bed of a cutting press. The press head is prov... | 11/16/1976 |
