Patent ID: 11951576
Assignee: TRACER IMAGING LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC B  F  A | IPC A  B

Claim 25:
26. An automated system for assembling a framed article comprising:
a bed having a flat working surface;
canvases arranged in a stack;
a movable carriage configured to pick up a top canvas from the stack of canvases and move the top canvas to an assembly station that includes a recessed portion formed in the flat working surface of the bed, wherein the movable carriage positions the top canvas over the recessed portion;
a plurality of assembled frames to be combined with the plurality of canvases to form the framed articles, each assembled frame being formed of one rear panel and one respective frame member that are detachably attached to one another with one canvas being stretched across a front face of the one frame member; and
an axially movable presser head located above the recessed portion at the assembly station and being configured to: 1) press one assembled frame into the recessed portion, whereby the top canvas is pressed also into the recessed portion below the assembled frame; 2) separate the one rear panel from the one frame member that is pressed into the recessed portion to allow the top canvas to be folded over edges of the one frame member; and 3) reattach the one rear panel to the one frame member once the top canvas is folded over the one frame member resulting in the top canvas being captured between the one rear panel and the one frame member.