| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5688095 |
Framing jig and lifting apparatus |
November 18, 1997 |
| A building and method and apparatus for making a building at a job-site location is disclosed. The roof, side walls and end walls are made of similar skin and frame panels that are roll-formed on the job site, cut to length, have holes formed therein and are crimped to form bends in the |
| 5651230 |
Method of forming a building |
July 29, 1997 |
| A building and method and apparatus for making a building at a job-site location is disclosed. The roof, side walls and end walls are made of similar skin and frame panels that are roll-formed on the job site, cut to length, have holes formed therein and are crimped to form bends in the |
| 5551272 |
Half-round gutter making apparatus |
September 3, 1996 |
| Roll forming apparatus is disclosed for making half-round gutters and the like includes a series of initial forming stations that roll form a partially formed curved bottom wall, and opposed front and rear walls with a conventional ogee curve and head in the front wall and a hook in the |
| 5526628 |
Building and method and apparatus for making, panel assemblies and connecting apparatus |
June 18, 1996 |
| A building and method and apparatus for making a building at a job-site location is disclosed. The roof, side walls and end walls are made of similar skin and frame panels that are roll-formed on the job site, cut to length, have holes formed therein and are crimped to form bends in the |
| 5303572 |
Panel bending apparatus and method |
April 19, 1994 |
| Apparatus and method for bending channel-shaped panels includes a crimping assembly having a stationary bottom die, movable top die and a drive that moves the top die past the bottom die to form a continuous crease in both the bottom and side walls to bend the panel to a selected angle. |
| 5231748 |
Fastening apparatus |
August 3, 1993 |
| Fastening apparatus and method for forming a rivet-type fastener are disclosed for joining two pieces together that is particularly suitable for use in constructing a building. The fastening apparatus utilizes an actuating rod preferably driven by a hydraulic cylinder with the rod being |
| 5140793 |
Snap-on positive snap-lock panel assembly |
August 25, 1992 |
| A panel assembly and panel disclosed have male and female joint portions and a hold-down member that anchor the male joint portion arranged so that the female joint portion snap fits down over the hold-down member and male joint portion to provide a positive snap-lock and yet allows for |
| 5088309 |
Rotary punch |
February 18, 1992 |
| Apparatus for making different residential and commercial building siding of different widths includes a series of roller stations with selective vertical roller positioning adjustments and selective axial lateral roller portion position adjustments. An optional embossing station provide |
| 5038592 |
Apparatus for making siding for buildings and the like |
August 13, 1991 |
| Apparatus for making different residential and commercial building siding of different widths includes a series of roller stations with selective vertical roller positioning adjustments and selective axial lateral roller portion position adjustments. An optional embossing station provide |
| 4981060 |
Cutting apparatus |
January 1, 1991 |
| A roll forming apparatus disclosed has a series of roll forming stations with a first group of stations having rollers that are adjustable to different width settings using the same rollers to form more than one width of ogee type gutter. A cutter uses interchangeable cutting blades |
| 4899566 |
Apparatus for making gutters and the like |
February 13, 1990 |
| A roll forming apparatus disclosed has a series of roll forming stations with a first group of stations having rollers that are adjustable to different width settings using the same rollers to form more than one width of ogee type gutter. A cutter uses interchangeable cutting blades |
| 4811587 |
Apparatus for making panels |
March 14, 1989 |
| An apparatus for making a panel, preferably a panel having a base and two sidewalls extending from opposite sides of the base and having lateral flanges. The apparatus includes a frame having a series of sets of forming rollers for forming flat sheet metal into the panel. A partially for |
| 4766707 |
Strip of loosely connected hold down clips |
August 30, 1988 |
| A punch and shear machine (27) has a pair of rotary punch drums (35, 36) succeeded by a pair of rotary shear drums (38, 39). The machine (27) receives a strip of sheet material (31) and forms in the strip a series of fastener-receiving indentations (51) and a series of alined pairs of sl |
| 4726107 |
Seaming apparatus |
February 23, 1988 |
| Seaming apparatus for joining the adjacent side edge portions of two adjacent panels to provide a continuous seam is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support base having a main base portion and a movable base portion. The movable base portion is pivotally connected to the main base |
| 4621511 |
Method and apparatus for forming loosely connected articles |
November 11, 1986 |
| A punch and shear machine (27) has a pair of rotary punch drums (35, 36) succeeded by a pair of rotary shear drums (38, 39). The machine (27) receives a strip of sheet material (31) and forms in the strip a series of fastener-receiving indentations (51) and a series of alined pairs of sl |
| 4570405 |
Insulating apparatus DGK for panel assemblies |
February 18, 1986 |
| Apparatus and method for heat insulating the inside of a panel assembly (11) forming a building-type structure is disclosed. The insulating apparatus includes anchor clips (31) that are secured in the connecting flange portions of adjacent panels prior to joining them together at con |
| 4570404 |
Two-part hold-down apparatus with slip joint for seamed panel assemblies |
February 18, 1986 |
| A two-part hold-down apparatus for an assembly of seam-connected panels (11, 12) firmly secures the panels at the seam (13) to the supporting structure while at the same time allowing for thermal expansion and contraction movement thereof. An upper fastening member (31) has an upstan |
| 4546586 |
Snap-on fastening device and cap assembly for seamed panels |
October 15, 1985 |
| Fastening devices are disclosed for firmly securing a batten cap to a standing seam connecting metal panels side by side. Each fastening device has a bight portion and a pair of opposed, spaced, resiliently yieldable legs with a slot therebetween and an entrance opening in the bottom. Th |
| 4505143 |
Wide panel, panel assembly, and panel forming apparatus |
March 19, 1985 |
| Panel forming apparatus for producing a curved panel from a straight panel disclosed has first and second pairs of wall-indenting dies (281, 282 and 283, 284) spaced from one another to receive therebetween each inclined sidewall portion of a straight panel. A hydraulic motor (M1) is cou |
| 4505084 |
Wide panel, panel assembly |
March 19, 1985 |
| A novel panel and panel assembly for use in building-type structures, together with panel forming apparatus are disclosed which are especially suitable for using portable, point-of-use, continuously operable, roll-forming techniques. The panel is characterized by upwardly diverging i |
| 4470186 |
Reversible seaming apparatus with laterally separable rollers having parallel axes |
September 11, 1984 |
| Seaming apparatus has two sets of opposed seaming rollers (21, 22 and 23, 24) rotatably mounted on a base (20) and positioned so that the sets successively engage and track on opposite side edge portions of the panel and bend a terminal side section (17) under to form a continuous seam. |
| 4364253 |
Panel forming apparatus |
December 21, 1982 |
| A novel panel and panel assembly for use in building-type structures, together with panel forming apparatus are disclosed which are especially suitable for using portable, point-of-use, continuously operable, roll-forming techniques. The panel is characterized by upwardly diverging i |
| 4120123 |
Structural cap and composite structure for buildings and the like |
October 17, 1978 |
| A structural cap fastens along its opposite side edges to the seam structure joining a generally channel-shaped structural panel to adjacent similar panels to form a four-sided, closed, generally tubular, composite structure that has considerably greater load-bearing strength than the |
| 4039063 |
Run-out apparatus and method for roll-formed panels |
August 2, 1977 |
| Run-out apparatus and method for roll-formed panels includes a sectional run-out table providing a supporting surface of a selected length for panels formed by a forming section, a sectional support adjacent the run-out table providing a supporting surface of a selected length onto w |
