Patents Assigned to Lee & Strozier Millworking Machinery Corp., Inc.
  • Patent number: 4909889
    Abstract: A wood bending and laminating fixture for forming curved millwork members, particularly such members utilized to construct windows having curved tops. An adjustable height platform receives interchangeable plywood form plates of a variety of desired shapes and sizes, and a rack from which a belt is suspended is forced away from the platform with a hydraulic jack in order to draw the belt against the periphery of the forming plates in order to bend and apply pressure to the workpiece between the forming plates and the belt. Movable rods are received in a series of holes in rack arms in order to move the points within the rack from which the belt is suspended and shorten or lengthen the working length of the belt. A bout former makes possible formation of curved workpieces which include a reverse curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Lee & Strozier Millworking Machinery Corp., Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Strozier