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

Claim 26:
27. An automated system for assembling a framed article comprising:
a bed having a flat top surface and a recessed portion formed in the flat top surface;
a plurality of canvases;
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 frame member that are detachably attached to one another with one canvas being stretched across a front face of the one frame member and captured between the one rear panel and the one frame member; and
an assembly station for combining the one canvas with the one assembled frame, the assembly station including an axially movable presser head that is configured to position one assembled frame on top of one canvas that is positioned at the assembly station; and
a corner tucking mechanism that is configured to tuck in and invert pleated corners of the canvas, the corner tucking mechanism comprising four corner tucking devices that are located in four linear slots that are at corners of the recessed portion of the bed, each of the four corner tucking devices being operable to tuck in and invert one of the pleated corners of the canvas to allow the one pleated corner to be tucked into a corner slot of the assembled frame.