Patent ID: 6134866
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B29C,B65B

Abstract:
Apparatus for manufacturing articles, comprising:room means providing a manufacturing room;support means residing in said manufacturing room, said support means including opposed first support means portion and second support means portion and further including an intermediate support means portion intermediate said first support means portion and said second support means portion, said first support means portion comprising a first table-like member including a first end portion, said second support means portion comprising a second table-like member including a second end portion, said first end portion and said second end portion being in abutment, and said apparatus further including fastening means for fastening said first end portion and said second end portion together, said fastening means including at least one key member mounted to one of said first end portion and said second end portion and an indentation provided on the other of said first end portion and said second end portion and said indentation for receiving said key member, said key member and said indentation for aligning said first end portion with said second end portion to facilitate said first end portion and said second end portion being fastened together by said fastening means;machine means for manufacturing the articles, said machine means including opposed first machine means portion and second machine means portion and further including an intermediate machine means portion intermediate said first machine means portion and said second machine means portion, said first machine means portion supported by said first support means portion and said second machine means portion supported by said second support means portion;isolation means engaging at least said room means and said intermediate support means portion and separating said manufacturing room into a first manufacturing room portion and a second manufacturing room portion, said first support means portion and said first machine means portion residing in said first manufacturing room portion and said second support means portion and said second machine means portion residing in said second manufacturing room portion, and said isolation means including a first planar wall mounted to and extending perpendicularly upwardly from said intermediate support means portion, and said first planar wall provided with at least one opening through which a first portion of said intermediate machine means portion extends; andsaid isolation means permitting a first condition of cleanliness to be established in said first manufacturing room portion and permitting a second condition of cleanliness to be present in said second manufacturing room portion, said first condition of cleanliness being greater than said second condition of cleanliness.