US2832381A

US2832381A - Supporting apparatus and jigs for use in affixing hinges to workpiece

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Publication number: US2832381A
Application number: US653948A
Authority: US
Inventors: Glenn L Sherwood
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1957-04-19
Filing date: 1957-04-19
Publication date: 1958-04-29
Anticipated expiration: 1975-04-29

Description

P" 29, 1953 s. L. SHERWOOD SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND JIGS FOR USE IN FIXING HINGES T0 WORKPIECE Filed April 19, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet l April 2 9, 1958 s. 1.. SHERWOOD 2,832,381

SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND JIGS FOR USE IN AFFIXING HINGES TO WORKPIECE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 19, 1957 INVENTOR /6'/7/7 x5 Ike/W000 f/flvwe' z SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND JIGS FOR USE IN AFFIXING HINGES TO WORKPIECE Glenn L. Sherwood, Benton Harbor, Mich.

Application April 19, 1957, Serial No. 653,948

11 Claims. (Cl. 144-32) This inventionrelates to a support and jig for use in aifixing complementary hinge members to blinds and like parts. The main objects of this invention are,

First, to provide a support and a jig designed for use therewith which greatly facilitates the application of hinges to sectional blind assemblies and otherhingedly connected parts.

Second, to provide a jig which serves to properly space the members to be joined and the positioning of hinge members thereon and permits the drilling of screw holes or bores and the inserting of screws to secure the hinge members to parts to be joined without changing or readjusting the jig.

Third, to provide a jig having these advantages which serves to properly locate and support the hinge sections with their knuckles inpintle-receiving alignment.

Objects relating to details and economies of the invention will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined and pointed out in the claims.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a blind assembly comprising two hingedly connected blinds.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of one of the blind sections,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the hingedly connected members with a temporary pintle used to facilitate the positioning of the hinge members.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view showing the hingedly connected members of Fig. 3 and their relation to the support forming a part of this invention.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary View, partially in vertical section, on a line corresponding to line 55 of Fig. 6, illustrating the jig in operative relation to work and a drill head at the end of its instroke.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view on a line corresponding to line 6--6 of Fig. 5 illustrating details of the work support and the operative relation of the jig to the work with the spacers thereof in spacing engagement with the work.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on a line corresponding to line 77 of Fig. 5, illustrating the hinge supporting magnets, the magnets being conventionally shown in full lines.

Fig. 8 is an inverted perspective view of the jig with the leaves of a hinge mounted thereon, a work pintle or temporary pintle being shown in engagement with the knuckles of the hinge.

Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view illustrating the adaptability of the jig for the insertion of screws into the bores or holes that have been previously formed and without changing the position of the jig.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated my invention as adapted for use in attaching hinge members to sections 1 of a folding blind assembly, the blind sections being connected by hinges designated generally by the numeral 2. The hinges for mounting the folding blind are not illustrated. The meeting edges of the blind sections have rabbets 3 for providing joint interlapping parts. This is common practice in structures of this type.

,United States atnt The hinge designated by the numeral 2 comprises the similar leaves 4 having interengaging knuckles 5. The projecting rib portion 6 of one of the blind sections or members is morticed at 7 to receive the hinge members when the blind sections are positioned as shown in Fig. 1. This is also an old practice.

in assembling the hinges, the sectionsto be hingedly connected are arranged in a support or holder which comprises the bar 8, the holder 9 having a downwardly facing hanger hooked over and slidable longitudinally of the supporting bar.

The holder 9 has a laterally projecting arm lll on which the work engaging member 11 is pivotally mounted at 12. The holder 9 is provided with an inwardly projecting lug 13 and the member 11 with an opposed inwardly projecting lug 14, the lugs being adapted to engage under the stiles as is illustrated in Figs. 4 and 6.

The jig, designated generally by the numeral 15, comprises a body portion having inwardly projecting laterally spaced pairs of spacers 16 which project between the work members, as is illustrated, to properly space them in hinging relation for the particular hinge that is to be affixed thereto. These pairs of spacers 16 are spaced longitudinally to receive the hinge to be attached between them. The jig is provided with holding magnets 17, one for each leaf of the hinge.

When the hinge is positioned on the jig the knuckles thereof are properly aligned to receive the hinge pintle by the temporary pintle of positioning rod 18 which is of such length as to project from the work and is provided with a finger-piece 19 for convenience in manipulation. The jig is provided with guides 26 for the spindles 21 adapted to receive drills or bits 22 or the shanks of screw drivers, not illustrated. These guides are aligned with the screw holes 23 in the leaves of the hinge.

in Pig. 5 I have illustrated a drill head designated generally by the numeral 24 and which is provided with four spindles. in commercial practice a separate screw head is provided for setting or driving the screws 25 which may be dropped into the guides as is illustrated in Fig. 9. The jig is provided with a pair of springable screw supports 26 having downwardly converging ends adapted to support the screws in position for the engagement thereof by the screw driver bits or blades which are inserted in the guides. The ends of these supports are notched at 27 to properly align the screws with the screw holes in thehinge members and the bores 28 that have been previously formed by the drills or bits 22. The centering or guiding notches also provide clearance for the drills.

With the parts thus arranged the Work can be very quickly mounted on the support, the hinge to be attached may be quickly and properly positioned on the jig, the temporary pintle or positioning rod 18 facilitating such positioning. The jig is then positioned on the work, such positioning being facilitated by the previously formed mortice 7. The work with the jig thereon is then positioned relative to the drill head 24, the holder 9 being slidable on the bar 8 facilitating such positioning.

After the holes are drilled the work holder is desirably shifted on the bar 8 to position the jig in proper relation to a screw driving head, not illustrated, the screws being dropped into the guides after the jig has been shifted from below the drill head. The mechanism described is duplicated where two hinges are to be applied as is the most common practice. This arrangement enables a very rapid and accurate application of the hinges to the Work. The hinge members are uniformly applied so that it is not necessary that the same blind sections be used in assembling a blind unit, which greatly facilitates the various other finishing, handling and shipping operations.

I have illustrated and described my invention in a highly work parts to be hingedly connected comprising a sup- 1 port bar, a work holder having a downwardly facing hook slidably engageable with said bar, said holder having an inwardly projecting work supporting lug and having a laterally projecting arm and a work support pivotally mounted on said arm and provided with a work support- I l ing lug disposed in opposed relation to said first lug when the work support is adjusted to work supporting position, a jig comprising a body member provided with longitudinally spaced pairs of work spacers adapted to project between the pair of work parts disposed on the work holder and hold them in supported engagement with said work holder lugs and in spaced relation for the attachment of a hinge thereto, said pairs of spacers being longitudinally spaced to guidingly support a hinge between them, said jig being provided with magnets laterally spaced to supportingly hold a hinge with its leaves in extended position and the knuckles thereof in pintle receiving alignment, said jig having transversely aligned pairs of tool guides spaced to correspond to the screw holes of the leaves of the hinge to be attached and adapted to guidingly receive the shanks of drills or the blades of screw drivers, said tool guides being provided with opposed pairs of springable screw supports converging downwardly below the guides and adapted to yieldingly and guidingly support screws disposed in the guides, the inner edges of said supports conformed and spaced to provide clearance for the drills of tools disposed in said guides.

2. In an apparatus for use in the afiixing of hinges to work parts to be hingedly connected comprising a support bar, a work holder having a downwardly facing hook slidably engageable with said bar, said holder having an inwardly projecting work supporting lug and having a laterally projecting arm and a work support pivotally mounted on said arm and provided with a work supporting lug disposed in opposed relation to said first lug when the work support is adjusted to work supporting position, a jig comprising a body member provided with longitudinally spaced pairs of work spacers adapted to pro ject betwen the pair of work parts disposed on the work holder and hold them in supported engagement with said work holder lugs and in spaced relation for the attachment of a hinge thereto, said pairs of spacers being longitudinally spaced to guidingly support a hinge between them, said jig having transversely aligned pairs of tool guides spaced to correspond to the screw holes of the t leaves of the hinge to be attached and adapted to guidingly receive the shanks of drills or the blades of screw drivers, said tool guides being provided with opposed pairs of springable screw supports converging downwardly below the guides and adapted to yieldingly and guidingly support screws disposed in the guides, the inner edges of said supports conformed and spaced to provide clearance for the drills of tools disposed in said guides.

3. In an apparatus for use in the affixing of hinges to work parts to be hingedly connected comprising a support bar, a work holder having a downwardly facing hook slidably engageable with said bar, said holder having an inwardly projecting work supporting lug and having a laterally projecting arm and aiwork support pivotally mounted on said arm and provided with a work supporting lug disposed in opposed relation to said first lug when the Work support is adjusted to work supporting position, a jig comprising a body member provided with longitudinally spaced pairs of work spacers adapted to projectbetween the pair of work parts disposed on the work holder and hold them in supported engagement with said work holder lugs and in spaced relation for the attachment of a hinge thereto, said pairs of spacers being longitudinally spaced to guidingly support a hinge between them, said jig being provided with magnets laterally spaced to supportingly hold a hinge with its leaves in extended position and the knuckles thereof in pintle receiving alignment, said jig having transversely aligned pairs of tool guides spaced to correspond to the screw holes of the leaves of the hinge to be attached and adapted to guidingly receive tools.

4. In an apparatus for use in the affixing of hinges to work parts to be hingedly connected comprising a support bar, a work holder having a downwardly facing hook slidably engageable with said bar, said holder having an inwardly projecting work supporting lug and having a laterally projecting arm and a work support pivotally mounted on said arm and provided with a work supporting lug disposed in opposed relation to said first lug when the work support is adjusted to work supporting position, a jig comprising a body member provided with longitudinally spaced pairs of work spacers adapted to project between the pair of work parts disposed on the work holder and hold them in supported engagement with said work holder lugs and in spaced relation for the attachment of a hinge thereto, said pairs of spacers being longitudinally spaced to guidingly support a hinge between them, said jig having transversely aligned pairs of tool guides spaced to correspond to the screw holes of the leaves of the hinge to be attached and adapted to guidingly receive tools.

5. In an apparatus for use in the affixing of hinges to work parts to be hingedly connected comprising a work holder for supporting work parts in parallel side-by-side relation, a jig comprising a body member provided with longitudinally spaced work spacers adapted to project between the pair of work parts positioning them for the attachment of a hinge thereto, said spacers being spaced longitudinally of the body member to position a hinge between them, said jig being provided with magnets positioned to supportingly hold the leaves of a hinge with the knuckles thereof in pintle receiving alignment, said jig having tool guides positioned to correspond to the screw hoies of the leaves of the hinge to be attached and adapted to guidingly receive the shanks of drills or the blades of screw drivers, said tool guides being provided with opposed pairs of springable screw supports converging downwardly below the guides and adapted to yieldingly and guidingly support screws disposed in the guides, the inner edges of said supports conformed and spaced to provide clearance for the drills of tools disposed in said guides.

6. In an apparatus for use in the atfixing of hinges to work parts to be hingedly connected comprising a work holder for supporting work parts in parallel side-by-side relation, a jig comprising a body member provided with longitudinally spaced work spacers adapted to project between the pair of work parts positioning them for the attachment of a hinge thereto, said spacers being spaced longitudinally of the body member to position a hinge between them, said jig having tool guides positioned to correspond to the screw holes of the leaves of the hinge to be attached and adapted to guidingly receive the shanks of drills or the blades of screw drivers, said tool guides being provided with opposed pairs of springable screw supports converging downwardly below the guides and adapted to yieldingly and guidingly support screws disposed in the guides, the inner edges of said supports conformed and spaced to provide clearance for the drills of tools disposed in said guides;

7. In an apparatus for use in-the affixing'of hinges to work parts to be hingedly connected comprising a work holder for supporting work parts in parallel side-by-side relation, a jig comprising a body member provided with longitudinally spaced work spacers adapted to project between the pair of work parts positioning them for the attachment of a hinge thereto, said spacers being spaced longitudinally of the body member to position a hinge between them, said jig being provided with magnets positioned to supportingly hold the leaves of a hinge with the knuckles thereof in pintle receiving alignment, said jig having tool guides positioned to correspond to the screw holes of the leaves of the hinge to be attached and adapted to guidingly receive tools.

8. In an apparatus for use in the affixing of hinges to work parts to be hingedly connected comprising work holder for supporting work parts in parallel side-by-side relation, a jig comprising a body member provided with longitudinally spaced work spacers adapted to project between the pair of work parts positioning them for the at tachment of a hinge thereto, said spacers being spaced longitudinally of the body member to position a hinge between them, said jig having tool guides positioned to correspond to the screw holes of the leaves of the hinge to be attached and adapted to guidingly receive tools.

9. A jig comprising a body member provided with spaced pairs of work spacers adapted to spacedly position a pair of work parts for the attachment of a hinge thereto, said pairs of spacers being longitudinally spaced to guidingly support a hinge between them, said jig body member being provided with magnets positioned to supportingly hold the leaves of a hinge with the knuckles thereof in pintle receiving alignment, said jig having tool guides positioned to correspond to the screw holes of the leaves of the hinge to be attached and adapted to guidingly receive the shanks of drills or the blades of screw drivers, said tool guides being provided with opposed pairs of springable screw supports converging downwardly below the guides and adapted to yieldingly support screws disposed in the guides, the inner edges of said supports being spaced to provide clearance for drills of tools disposed in said guides 10. A jig comprising a body member provided with spaced pairs of work spacers adapted to spacedly position a pair of work parts for the attachment of a hinge thereto, said pairs of spacers being longitudinally spaced to gnidingly support a hinge between them, said jig having tool guides positioned to correspond to the screw holes of the leaves of the hinge to be attached and adapted to guidingly receive the shanks of drills or the blades of screw drivers, said tool guides being provided with opposed pairs of springable screw supports converging downwardly below the guides and adapted to yieldingly support screws disposed in the guides, the inner edges of said supports being spaced to provide clearance for drills of tools disposed in said guides.

11. A jig comprising a body member provided with i spaced pairs of work spacers adapted to spacedly position pair of work parts for the attachment of a hinge thereto, said pairs of spacers being longitudinally spaced to guidingly support a hinge between them, said jig body member being provided with magnets positioned to supportingly hold the leaves of a hinge with the knuckles thereof in pintle receiving alignment, said jig having tool guides positioned to correspond to the screw holes of the leaves of the hinge to be attached and adapted to guidingly receive tools.

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