Method and apparatus for assembling box units
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1. An apparatus for assembling elongate box units wherein the box units consist of multiple elongate side pieces joined on their long edges, comprising:
- plural, elongate clamping elements, formed from a plurality of formation angles with said formation angles each being equal to the angle of a corner of a box unit to be formed, constructed and arranged to define a corner configuration for adjacent side pieces of at least two of the box units; and
plural, elongate tensioning rods extending between said clamping elements in an array, with said rods extending perpendicular to the elongate length of the box units.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for assembling elongate box units are disclosed. The apparatus includes plural, elongate clamping elements which are constructed to define a corner configuration for adjacent side pieces of a box unit. Plural, elongate tensioning rods typically extend through the clamping elements in an array with the rods extending perpendicular to the elongate length of the box unit. The method of the invention teaches the use of the apparatus for forming the elongate box units.
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1. An apparatus for assembling elongate box units wherein the box units consist of multiple elongate side pieces joined on their long edges, comprising:
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plural, elongate clamping elements, formed from a plurality of formation angles with said formation angles each being equal to the angle of a corner of a box unit to be formed, constructed and arranged to define a corner configuration for adjacent side pieces of at least two of the box units; and plural, elongate tensioning rods extending between said clamping elements in an array, with said rods extending perpendicular to the elongate length of the box units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for assembling box units comprising:
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a cluster of plural, elongate clamping elements, each element having a cruciform cross section; and tensioning means extending between said clamping elements, constructed and arranged to apply equal tension to said clamping elements when said elements are disposed in said cluster with box units interspersed therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of assembling plural, elongate box units comprising:
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deploying a horizontal cluster of spaced apart, elongate clamping elements which define an external corner configuration of a box unit; compiling the components of a first layer of plural box units between adjacent clamping elements, deploying a second horizontal cluster of spaced apart clamping elements on the first layer of box units; laying down additional layers and clusters to assemble a desired quantity of box units; and tensioning, uniformly, along the length of the cluster, with horizontal and vertical clamping forces, the clamping elements. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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