Inventors:
Herbert L. Mitchell - Asheboro NC
James A. Morton - Greensboro NC
Joseph Nalevanko - Kernersville NC
Assignee:
B and H Panel Company - Asheboro NC
International Classification:
B23Q 1700
US Classification:
2940701, 29709, 29712, 29771, 29787, 5296, 1442456
Abstract:
An apparatus for mounting a hookplate to a bedrail, including a device that transports bedrails into a hookplate receiving position, a hopper that stores hookplates, a first hookplate pusher sliding under the hopper and pushing a fallen hookplate, a second hookplate pusher clamping onto the hookplate and pushing the hookplate into a hookplate mounting position, a pin supply chamber, pin drivers to determine whether the apertures in the bedrail and hookplate are properly aligned, a holding plate temporarily holding pins, the pin drivers then driving their respective pins into the apertures in the bedrail and hookplate to securely fasten the assembly.