Patent ID: 6330963
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: B27F

Abstract:
Apparatus for connection of wood members in which wood members are fastened together by at least one connector plate segmented from a continuous strip of connector plates, said plates having integral nails extending from one face thereof and connected end-to-end lengthwise of the strip, said apparatus comprising a frame having a front and a back, said frame have a throat in a generally horizontal plane, open at the front thereof and having a rear, a feeder associated with the frame operable to feed a strip over the throat with the nails of the strip extending down to bring the leading plate of the strip to a position over the throat for being segmented from the strip and driven downward, a driver in the frame above the throat for driving down the plate segmented from the strip, a table carried by the frame for movement of the plane of the throat between a forward position extending forward out of the front of the frame in the plane of the throat for emplacement on the top of the table of said members in a pattern for being fastened together and a rearward position in a throat under said driver for the driving of a connector plate segmented from the strip down into said members, and jigging members carried by the table for movement therewith, the jigging members being movable with respect to the table for engaging side of said wood members to position said wood members in said pattern.