Patent ID: 7958618
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: B27M,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of inserting wooden or plastic connecting elements into end faces of technical wood products which are continuously conveyed along a device, the technical wood products having two opposing planar surfaces, the end faces connecting the opposing planar surfaces and having a relatively small surface area compared to the two opposing planar surfaces, at least one of the end faces having grooves for receiving the connecting elements, the method comprising: providing an inventory of pre-fabricated connecting elements; cutting and separating the connecting elements; transferring the connecting elements from the inventory into magazines; grasping individual ones of the connecting elements from the magazines with a transfer device and lifting or lowering the individual connecting element to the height of the groove in the technical wood products; and pressing the individual connecting element into the groove of the continuously conveyed technical wood products with a press-in unit in a program-controlled manner.