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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1998
Thomas H. Williams, Edenton, NC (US);
Tee-Lok Corporation, Edenton, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for constructing trusses includes providing a plurality of truss tables that includes channel that do not unduly deform or bend during truss construction. Each table includes a support frame and a plurality of substantially horizontally-disposed elongate steel panels. Each panel has an upper surface, a lower surface, and opposing lateral edge portions. The panels are positioned so that their respective upper surfaces are substantially coplanar and so that one of the lateral edge portions of each panel is in adjacent, non-contacting relationship with one of the lateral edge portions of an adjacent panel, such that a gap is defined between the adjacent lateral edge portions of adjacent panels. The panels are supported from underneath by the frame, and each of the gaps is substantially parallel with each of the other gaps. The method also includes providing a plurality of locator stops, each of which includes a stop portion, a slide portion, and a clamping mechanism for clamping the panels of the truss table between the stop portion and the slide portion to prevent relative movement therebetween. The locator stops are positioned and fixed in predetermined positions in the gaps defining a pattern of the configuration of a truss to be constructed. Truss planks are positioned in the defined pattern, and the planks are interconnected to form a truss.