Patent ID: 8359737

Claim:
A device for connecting a framework of lengths of timber, the timber comprising a plurality of upper frame sections, a plurality of lower frame sections, and a plurality of diagonals, the device comprising: at least one press tool disposed to fixedly press at least one nail plate over joints between the lengths of timber; a portal comprising a plurality of upper beams and a plurality of lower beams, the at least one press tool being disposed in the portal on the upper beams and the lower beams, wherein the at least one press tool is adjustable reciprocally across the framework between a collection position in which the at least one press tool collects a pair of nail plates, and a position over a joint for fixedly pressing one of the nail plates on an upper side and another on an under side of the joint, wherein a plurality of magazines with nail plates are disposed at the collection position, wherein orientation devices are provided at the collection position for receiving the pair of nail plates from the magazine and orienting the nail plates to a position in which they are to be fixedly pressed over the joint by the press tool, and wherein the orientation devices are configured to collect the pair of nail plates from the magazine and to orient the nail plates and separate the nail plates from one another before transferring to the at least one press tool; and a transfer device configured to transfer both of the pair of nail plates, at a same time, in an oriented position to the at least one press tool.