US 12,365,110 B2
Automated wall frame assembly system
Manish Kanjee, O'Fallon, MO (US); Cameron Wake, Lilydale (AU); Ganesh Patgar, Truganina (AU); David Schroder, Endeavour Hills (AU); and John Whitton, Mill Park (AU)
Assigned to MITEK HOLDINGS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by MITEK HOLDINGS, INC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/468,200.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/376,052, filed on Sep. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0091982 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B25J 9/02 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B27M 3/00 (2006.01); E04B 2/70 (2006.01)
CPC B27M 3/0073 (2013.01) [B25J 9/026 (2013.01); E04B 2/70 (2013.01); B23P 19/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated wall frame assembly system for use in assembling a wall frame, the system comprising:
an advancer assembly including a conveyor system configured to transport first frame members along an assembly axis to an output of the conveyor system, and a frame unit disposed at the output of the conveyor system and configured to receive the first frame members from the conveyor system and attach a second frame member to the first frame members;
a gantry assembly disposed above the advancer assembly, the gantry assembly including a gantry frame and at least one gantry tool movably attached to the gantry frame, the gantry tool being operable to deliver the second frame member to the advancer assembly from a location above the advancer assembly for being attached to the first frame members; and
a frame member shuttle configured to receive the second frame member and to deliver the second frame member to the gantry tool at a location above the assembly conveyor.