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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth Brooks, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
York Industries, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B27M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
144361 ; 144 / ; 144 49 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for crimping a round tenon for furniture manufacture, utilizing a crimping roll cluster consisting of a knurled drive roll and two idler compressing rolls. The apparatus includes means for feeding a wooden workpiece into and out of axial alignment with the crimping roll cluster; means for pressing the wooden workpiece into engagement with the knurled portion of the drive roll; means for rotating the workpiece from one to two revolutions, thus forming flutes into the tenon; and means for discharging the workpiece from the apparatus. Also disclosed is a method and apparatus for fluting a workpiece having tenons on both ends.