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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
William H Black, Jr, Edenton, NC (US);
Tee-Lok Corporation, Edenton, NC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for bundling truss plates includes a unit for forming a plurality of truss plates and a unit for forming these truss plates into a unitized bundle that is easily shipped, stored, and handled. The apparatus can include a station for orienting each of the plurality of truss plates so that the backing members are substantially parallel to a predetermined plane, an aligning station for aligning the oriented truss plates so that the peripheries of their backing members are substantially aligned, a stacking station for stacking the oriented and aligned truss plates, and an interconnecting unit for interconnecting the stacked truss plates into a unitized bundle.