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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2000
Herbert L. Mitchell, Asheboro, NC (US);
James A. Morton, Greensboro, NC (US);
Joseph Nalevanko, Kernersville, NC (US);
B and H Panel Company, Asheboro, NC (US);
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.