B - Operations – Transporting – 23 – Q
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
23
Q
269/9
B23Q 3/00 (2006.01) B25B 5/14 (2006.01) B27M 3/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1164020
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A jig for assembling table tops such as picnic table tops, which have a plurality of similar elongated rectangular top members secured together in aligned fashion on transverse bottom members. The jig comprises a frame to which are secured transverse member holders having bottom and side surfaces to receive and secure in parallel position at predetermined spaced locations the transverse members in such a way that that the upper surfaces of the transverse members in position in the transverse member holders lie in the same plane. The jig also comprises alignment means secured to the frame to align one end of the top members when in assembly position on the transverse members in the transverse member holders. An alignment means is rigidly secured to the frame at a position which will properly orient a top member with respect to the transverse member by abutment of one of the top member's side surfaces against this alignment means. In instances where spaced top members are required for the table, spacer pins are provided of a diameter similar to the desired spacing between adjacent top members. These pins are laterally moveable in channels secured to the frame so that a pin is received towards each end between the sides of each pair of adjacent top members. The jig is provided with a pair of clamping jaws movable laterally in the assembly plane of the top members and means to move the clamping jaws to bear against the outer sides of the outer top members and to move the top members transversely into final assembly position and hold them in that position for assembly. The jig according to the present invention partially automates what has previously been a strictly manual job of aligning and securing top table members to transverse members.
366191
Braceland Richard
Ridout & Maybee Llp
LandOfFree
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