Means To Clamp Work Patents (Class 227/152)
Interrelated with driver-actuation (Class 227/153)
  • Methods of and/or apparatus for joining timber members
    Patent number: 3930299
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for end jointing timber members such as floor or ceiling joists by means of spiked timber connector plates, using apparatus incorporating equipment to position and hold the timber and automatically feed connector plates from cassettes or magazines holding a supply of connector plates onto magnetized pressing platens which then rotate to position the connector plates to span the joint to be made before passing the spikes into the relevant timber members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Assignee: Automated Building Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Charles Farrington, Edgar Edward Dagley