Patent ID: 6095726
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: B23D,B24B,Y10T

Abstract:
A coping apparatus for coping a piece of molding according to a template having a coped profile, comprising:a) a circular cutting means for cutting into an end of the piece of molding, said cutting means having a first radius of curvature in a cutting plane, wherein said cutting means is pivotally positionable about a first pivot axis extending in said cutting plane such that said cutting plane of said cutting means is pivotally positionable about said first pivot axis;b) first clamping means for securely holding the piece of molding such that the end of the piece of molding is directed at the circular cutting means;c) holding means for holding the template;d) a stylus having a curvilinear contact portion having a second radius of curvature substantially the same as said first radius of curvature and extending in a second plane, and wherein said stylus is pivotally positionable about a second pivot axis parallel with said first Divot axis and extending in said second plane such that said curvilinear contact portion of said stylus is pivotally positionable about said second pivot axis;e) means for rotating said circular cutting means in a cutting action about an axis; andf) base means for positioning said cutting means relative to said piece of molding and said stylus relative to said template, said base means including a stationary portion and a movable portion movable relative to said stationary portion, one of said stationary portion and said movable portion being coupled to said first clamping means and said holding means and the other of said stationary portion and said movable portion being coupled to said cutting means and said stylus such that said cutting means and said stylus are substantially simultaneously movable relative to said first clamping means and the holding means, respectively, to cope the molding with the cutting means as said coped profile of the template is traversed by said stylus and contacted by said curvilinear contact portion,said base means also including a table portion defining a first horizontal plane, said first clamping means and said holding means being coupled to said table portion such that the piece of molding and the template are positioned on said first horizontal plane, and said first pivot axis and said second pivot axis extend in a second horizontal plane located coplanar with or below said first horizontal plane such that the piece of molding when coped by said coping apparatus is provided with an undercut.