US3280863A

US3280863A - Routing and drilling machine for door crafting

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Publication number: US3280863A
Application number: US335608A
Authority: US
Inventors: Leslie T Sturgis
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1964-01-03
Filing date: 1964-01-03
Publication date: 1966-10-25
Anticipated expiration: 1983-10-25

Description

L. 'r. STURGIS Oct. 25, 1966 ROUTING AND DRILLING MACHINE FOR DOOR CRAFTING Filed Jan. 3, 1964 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 4 TTOE/VEYS.

1966 1.. T. STURGIS 3,280,353

ROUTING AND DRILLING MACHINE FOR DOOR CRAFTING Filed Jan. 3, 1964 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 g INVENTOR.

()ct. 25, 1966 1.. T. STURGIS 3,280,363

ROUTING AND DRILLING MACHINE FOR DGOR CRAFTING Filed Jan. 5, 1964 4 SheetS -Sheet 5 FIG. 3.

INVENTOR. LESL/E r srues/s 477'OE/VEYS.

United States Patent 3,280,863 ROUTING AND DRILLING MACHINE FOR DOOR CRAFTING Leslie T. Sturgis, 139 W. Pine, Elsie, Mich. Filed Jan. 3, 1964, Ser. No. 335,608 12 Claims. (Cl. 144-3) This invention relates to door crafting apparatus, and more particularly to a device for forming the hinge and latch or lock recesses in a door so as to prepare the door for installation.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved apparatus for forming the hinge recesses and latch or lock recesses in a door, said apparatus being relatively simple in construction, being arranged to securely support the door while it is being recessed, and being operable by relatively unskilled personnel.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved door crafting jig assembly for supporting a door and for form-ing the hinge mortises therein and the lock or latch recess therein, the device being arranged so that the door is positively and securely held in a fixed position while it is being crafted, the hinge mortises and lock or latch recess being accurately located without requiring the use of templates or other locating means, and the apparatus being arranged so that it can be operated by persons of a relatively unskilled type, whereby the doors can be crafted accurately and neatly at very low cost.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved apparatus for positively guiding and positioning a door for forming the hinge mortises and the lock or latch recess therein, the apparatus being durable in construction, being reliable in operation, and minimizing the amount of handling of the door required in forming the hinge mortises and lock or latch recess therein.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved door crafting apparatus for forming the hinge mortises and lock or latch recess in a door in a rapid and eflicient manner, the apparatus being adjustable to accommodate different sizes of doors and being especially suitable for mass production techniques in door crafting.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of an improved door crafting apparatus constructed in accordance with the present invention.

FIGURE 2 is a front elevational view of the door crafting apparatus shown in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a transverse vertical cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 of FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary enlarged vertical cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 5 is a vertical cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary vertical cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 66 of FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 7 is a fragmentary perspective view, with parts in cross section, showing the tool assembly employed in the apparatus of FIGURES 1 to 6 for forming the edge lock set recess portion in a door.

FIGURE 8 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 88 of FIGURE 3.

Referring to the drawings, 11 generally designates an improved door crafting apparatus constructed in accordance with the present invention. The apparatus 11 comprises an upstanding supporting frame 12 which may be of generally rectangular shape, as illustrated, and which may comprise a plurality of vertical legs 13 of angle iron, or thelike, which are rigidly connected together at their top ends and which are braced by diagonal brace rods 14, to define a rigid frame structure, cooperating with longitudinally extending

side bars

15 and 16 secured to the upper portions of the legs 13, and transversely ex tending end cross bars 17 and 18 rigidly secured between the ends of the

longitudinal side bars

15 and 16. The frame 12 is provided with a lateral extension 19 at the intermediate portion of one side thereof, namely, the side adjacent the longitudinally extending bar 16, for a purpose presently to be described. Said intermediate extension includes the transversely extending horizontal top

cross bar members

20 and 21 connected by the longitudinally extending

angle bar members

22 and 23.

A plurality of spaced parallel transversely extending rollers 24 are journaled in the frame 12 in a common horizontal plane and being located to support a door 25 thereon in a horizontal position. Secured longitudinally to the frame at one side thereof, namely, above and parallel to the side bar 15 is a stop bar 26 engageable with the upper portion of the longitudinal edge of the door 25 to limit the position of the door to a position of abutment with said stop bar 26, for example, as illustrated in FIGURE 3. The opposite side portion of the frame is provided with a pair of laterally projecting

rectangular bracket structures

27, 27 having outer longitudinally extending arms 28 to which are pivoted respective swingable

horizontal levers

29, 29 provided at their inner ends with rollers 30, journaled to the inner ends of the levers and being engageable with the longitudinal edge of the door 25, as shown in FIGURE 1. The levers 29 are biased in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed in FIGURE 1, by the provision of biasing springs 31 which are connected between the outer ends of the levers 29 and the brackets 28, the springs 31 acting to move the rollers 30 inwardly, whereby said rollers are engageable with the longitudinal edge of a door 25 to urge the door toward the stop bar 26. The rollers 30 are thus arranged substantially in the same horizontal plane as the stop bar 26, namely, in a plane whereby the rollers 30 will engage the longitudinal edge of a door 25, the stop bar 26 being located to be engageable with the top portion of the opposite longitudinal edge of the door, as above explained, to retain the door in its intended position on the rollers 24. The door is further retained in working position by the provision of further stop members 32 and 33 secured to the upper end portions of

respective levers

34 and 35 pivoted to the opposite end portions of the longitudinal side bar 15, the

levers

34 and 35 being located at the inner sides of the side bar 15 and being pivoted thereto respectively at 36 and 37, as shown in dotted view in FIGURE 2. The lower ends of the

levers

34 and 35 are connected to diametrically opposite end portions of a crank disc 38 by

respective link bars

39 and 40, the disc 38 being rotatably mounted, as shown at 40, to the lower end portion of a depending bracket 41 secured to the side bar 15. The crank disc 38 is provided with an operating handle 41' so that it may be manually rotated. In the position shown in FIGURE 2, namely with the crank disc rotated so that the

link rods

39 and 40 are at their positions of maximum extension horizontally, the

levers

34 and 35 support the stop members 32 and 33 in upstanding, substantially vertical positions extending trans versely at the opposite ends of the frame. Under these conditions, at least one of the stop members, for example, the stop member 32, may be utilized to limit the positioning of the door 25 longitudinally, so that the door is located in a predetermined position on the frame, namely, with its transverse end edge in abutment with the stop member 32. By rotating the disc member 38, the

link bars

39 and 40 may be retracted, whereby the

levers

34 and 35 are rotated in direct-ions to move the 3 stop'members 32and 33 outwardly and downwardly, whereby'a door 25 is free to pass longitudinally through the frame.

As previously mentioned, the levers 29 carrying the

rollers

30, 30, are biased by the springs 31 in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed in FIGURE 1, so that the rollers 30 act against the longitudinal edge of a door 25 supported on the rollers 24. The levers 29 may be re strained'against clockwise rotation by the provision of abutment screws 42 threadedly engaged through end portions '43 of the bracket assemblies 27 and engageable with abutment elements44 provided on the levers 29.

The transverse support rod 45 is mounted in the intermediate portion of the frame. 12 subjacent the top horizontal cross bar :20,-as shown in FIGURES 4 and 5. Secured to the under side :of the top flange of the cross bar 20 are a plurality of inverted U-shaped bracket members 46 having longitudinally projecting top flange portions47. "As shownin FIGURES 4 and 5, the support rod 45 extends through the sidearrns of the bracket members 46, and pivoted on the rod 45 between the arms 46 are respective pairs of

roller supporting arms

48, 48 connected bycross plates 49, and by a sleeve 50 receiving the rod- 45. Respective rollers 51 are journaled between the ends-of the-

arms

48, 48, said arms being biased downwardlyby coiled springs 52zsurrounding guide bolts 53 extending between the top plates 47 and the cross arms 49; and being provided at their bottom ends with nuts 55. a

The arms 48a-re free to swing around the rod 45, but.

are biased downwardly by-the'action of the coiled springs 52, whereby the rollers 51 exert a downward holdingforce on a door 25 supported on the bottom rollers 24.

It will be thus apparent that a door 25 may be moved onto the frame structure 12, rolling on the bottom rollers 24 and being held down thereon bythe top rollers 51,

one side edge of the door being'engaged by the resiliently mounted rollers 30 to urge the door against thelongrtu dinal stop bar 26',"and that movement longitudinally on the frame may=be limitedby the abutment of the forward transverseredge of the door with thezstop member 32, moved to'its elevated position, by the operation ofthe crank disc 38. The door may thus be positively 'posi-' tioned'in apredetermined location on the frame and may thus be supported horizontally: for forming the hinge mortise recesses Land the lock set recessestherein, -by

means now-to be'described. I

Designated generally at 60 is arouter frame comprising a pair of parallel longitudinally extending rods 61 and 62' which.:are rigidly: connected together. at their ends by ver-- tical cross members), 63 "andwhich are resiliently-secured to respective

vertical endrods

64,64. Thus, as

shown in FIGURE 5, the rods61and 62-are slidably en-' gaged through

topandbottom collar members

65 and 66 which are in turn resiliently fastened to the vertical'rods 64- by bolts 67 secured to the rods 64-:and p'rovidedwithl coiled'springs 68 bearing between thecollars and the heads of 4 the bolts. ported on the main frame-structure *12, extending slidably'through outwardly projecting lugs 69 and 70 secured to .the main frameabove and below the'router frame 60,

the rods 64 being providedwith heads 71 and 72 at their top and bottom ends, and coiled springs 71"being pro- The' rods 64 are in turn resiliently supvidedaon-the-rods :bearingbetween the heads71, 72 and i the lugs 69,70, so that the rods are resiliently supported and are biased toward centered positions between thelugs.

69 and .70. it

The

router frame rods

61 and 62 are connected at their intermediate portions by

vertical bar members

73, 73,.

gitudinallyrextending cam plates 75 secured to the top 1 longitudinal angle: bar.76 of frame structure 12 located above the longitudinal stop bar 26. The cam slots 74 are designed to guide the frame 60'through longitudinal and vertical excursion movements corresponding to the size and shape of the hinge mortise recesses to be formed in the adjacent longitudinal edge of a door 25 supported on the rollers 24. For forming said mortise recesses, respective routing units 77 are mounted horizontally in the routing frame 60, said routing units 77 being motor driven and being arranged horizontally with their axes extending transversely, namely, with, their axes extending parallel to the rollers 24, the units 27 being provided with router elements'78 'which are located to engage the side edge of a door 25 and to form the hingelmortisesrecesses therein as thetframeiv60 is moved through a course of movement determined by the longitudinally-- elongated S-shaped.cam-slots74,' in cooperation with the projectionsprovided on the top .ends of the vertical cross members 73. It will be readily apparent that the router units 77 suitably located on the frame bars 61 -and 62, for example as illustrated in FIGURE'Z, and with the units 77 simultaneously energized, all of the required mortise recesses to receive the intended hinges .will be formed simultaneously'in the: edge of the door by the I above-described manual movement of the frame 60 through a course --of travel determined by the S-shapedt cam slots 74.

As shown in FIGURE 2, the routing units 71 are preferably secured to the rods-61 and 62 in fixed relative positions, namely, at the positions corresponding tothe; standard spacings and locations of the desired hinge mortise recesses to be formed in the door 25.

As shown in FIGURE 6, transversely extending-angler bars. 80 and 81 are provided in the frame structure, said similar angle bar 84. A pair of horizontal, transversely extending .parallel guide rods -85, are connected be-- tween the longitudinally. extending rod members 83 and- 84, and..slidably. mounted on the

rods

85, 85 is thesupportingflcarriageh86 of a horizontal boring unit-87 hav-.- ing a boring element .88 adapted'to form the-horizontal 1.

lock set recess in thelongitudinaledge of the door 25. --'Secured to the rear portion of the unit 87 is a cross arm 89 to the opposite ends of which are connectedthe parallel downwardly and inwardly. inclined biasing spring-

cylinders

90, 90, the cylinders slidably'receivingplungers 91 7 Y connected by rods 92 to a longitudinally extending cross-- a bar 93 adjustably. secured between the angle bars 80 'and 81, for example,'bythe provision of spaced apertures 94 in the horizontal top flangesv of .the angle bars for'receivng the fasteningbolts 95 by means of which the bar 93 is connected to said angle bars 80 and 81....As shown in FIGURE 7, coiled springs '96 surround the plunger rods '92, bearrng between the -plungers 91 and the centrally apertured end wall-s 97 of the cylinders 90, biasing-theboring units 87 inwardly.

As shown in FIGURE 7, the carriage members86-may be providedwith parallel rods .98, 98, extending parallel to the main. guide

rods

85, 85,. and the motor-driven-boring unit 87 maybe slidably mounted on thecarriage rods 98," 9.8, whereas the'carriage member .86 may 'be secured. 5 1n an ad usted position on the-

main guide rods

85, 85 by the provision of set screws 99 on the underside of the carriage,which when tightened, locked thelcarriage in a predetermined fixed position on the

main support rodsv

85, 85. The horizontal boring unit 87 is thus slidable on its support rods 98' under the' biasing force of the springs 96 in the cylinders 90.

Secured to the cross arm 89 is an outwardly extendingthreaded rod 100 on which is threa-dedly .engageda nut 101, the rod 100 being rotatably secured in any suitable manner to the intermediate. portion of the arm 89 and.

being provided'at its-outer end with a crank handle 102.

Thus, the position of the nut 101 on the threaded rod 100 may be adjusted by rotating the crank handle 102.

The nut 101 is connected by parallel links 104 to a lever 105 which is pivoted at 106 to a bracket 107 rigidly secured to the frame 12. A hand-operated lever 108 is pivoted at 109 to another bracket 110 rigidly secured to the opposite side of the main frame 12, the lever 108 being accessible at said opposite side, namely, the same side at which the routing frame 60 is located, as is clearly shown in FIGURE 3. The lower end of the lever 105 is connected to the intermediate portion of the lever 108 by a toggle link 111, the linkage thus defined operating as a toggle linkage, so that the lever 108 is locked in its elevated position wherein the toggle link 111 is above the pivotal connection 109 by the action of the springs 96, whereby to hold the horizontal boring unit 87 in a retracted position. Upon downward movement of the handle 112 of the lever 108 to lower same below the dead center position thereof, the horizontal boring unit 87 is released and the springs 96 are all-owed to expand and to move the horizontal boring unit 87 inwardly, whereby to cause the boring element 88 thereof into the edge of a door 25, whereby to bore a lock set recess therein to a desired depth. The horizontal boring unit 87 is retracted and locked in a retracted position by rotating the lever 108 from the dotted view position thereof shown in FIGURE 3 back to the full line position thereof, in which position the toggle linkage locks the boring unit 87 in its retracted position.

As will be readily apparent, the normal position of the boring unit 87 may be adjusted by rotating the crank handle 102, which thus adjusts the position of the nut 101 on. the threaded rod 100. This adjustment also may be employed to adjust the depth of penetration of the boring element 88 in the door edge.

Connected between the upper angle bars 22 and 23 in the frame extension 19 are a pair of transversely extending parallel

horizontal support rods

113, 113 on which is slidably mounted the carriage portion 114 of a conventional vertical boring unit 115, similar to a drill press. Rotatably mounted in the

members

22 and 23 parallel to the support rods 113 is a threaded adjusting rod 115' which is provided at its outer end with a crank handle 116 and which threadedly engages the supporting carriage portion 114 of the vertical boring unit 115, so that that position of the vertical boring unit may be adjusted transversely by rotating the crank handle 116. The vertical boring unit 115 is provided with the boring element 117 adapted to form the vertical lock set recess in the horizontal disposed door 25, intersecting the recess formed in the edge of the door by the horizontal boring unit 87. The vertical boring unit 115 may be angularly adjusted around the supporting spindle 118 in the conventional manner, and the lateral position of the unit may be adjusted by rotating the crank handle 116, so that the vertical boring element 117 may be accurately positioned to engage the door 25 at the required location to form the lock set recess.

In operation, with the stop members 32 and 33 lowered, namely, with the disc 38 rotated approximately 90 or more from the position thereof shown in FIGURE 2, a door 25 is placed on the frame 12, for example, being moved onto the rollers 24 from a conveyor adjacent to the forward end of the frame, for example, adjacent to the right end of the frame, as viewed in FIGURES 1 and 2. Under these conditions, the

boring units

87 and 115 are in their retracted positions, the vertical unit 115 being elevated and the horizontal unit 87 being retained in retracted position by its retaining toggle linkage, the handle member 112 being in its elevated position shown in full line view in FIGURE 3. The door 25 is moved along the rollers 24, being engaged from above by the hold-down rollers 51 and being engaged at one longitudinal side edge thereof by the rollers 30. This urges the door against the longitudinal stop bar 26, as shown in FIGURE 1, and as illustrated in dotted view in FIGURE 3.

When the full length of the door 25 has been moved 8 onto the frame 12, being supported on the rollers 24 and compressed thereagainst by the upper rollers 51, the disc members 38 is rotated by means of its handle 41' to the position of FIGURE 2, elevating the end stops 32 and 33, and the door is moved so that its forward end engages the forward end stops 32. This places the door in proper position for forming the desired hinge mortise recesses and lock set recess therein with the routing and boring units in their previously adjusted positions, for example, the positions illustrated in the drawings. The routing unit 77 and the boring units 87 and may then be energized, and the operator may then move the router frame 60 along a path of movement wherein the follower elements on the top ends of the inner vertical bar members 73 follow the longitudinally elongated S-shaped slots 74, whereby to simultaneously form the three desired hinge mortise recesses in the edge of the door engaged by the routing elements 78. Simultaneously, the operator releases the retaining toggle linkage associated with the horizontal boring unit 87 by rotating the lever 108 downwardly past the dead center position thereof, allowing the springs 96 to advance the horizontal boring unit 87, namely, to move the boring element 88 thereof inwardly into the adjacent longitudinal edge of the door. The boring element 88 will advance inwardly to a position determined by the position of adjustment of the nut member 101 on the threaded adjusting rod 100, which is thus a depth-regulating adjustment. After the hinge mortise recesses have been formed by the manual movement of the router frame *60 in the manner above described, name- 1y, after the follower elements at the top ends of the bar members 73 have been moved from one end to the other of the associated S-shaped slots 74, and after the horizontal lock set recess has been formed by the inward movement of the horizontal boring unit 87, the unit 87 is retracted by rotating the lever 108 to its full-line upper position shown in FIGURE 3. The same operator may then proceed to the opposite side of the frame 12 and operate the vertical boring unit 115 to form the vertical lock set recess in the door intersecting the previously formed horizontal lock set recess at right angles thereto. Alternatively, another operator located at the opposite side of the frame 12 may then operate the vertical boring unit 115.

It will be noted that the horizontal boring unit 87 and the router frame 60 are both under the control of the same operator, since the release handle 112 for the horizontal boring unit is located adjacent to the gang router frame 60. Thus, if two operators are employed, namely, one operator to manipulate the router frame 60 and the handle 112, and another operator to manipulate the vertical boring element 115, a door 25 may be rapidly crafted without requiring any measurements or other timeconsuming operations, and the operations may be performed by relatively unskilled personnel.

After the door 25 has been crafted in the manner above described, the stop members 32 and 33 are lowered by rotating the disc member 38, and the door is moved off the apparatus, for example, onto a receiving conveyor located adjacent to the left end of the frame 12, as viewed in FIGURE 1.

It will be readily apparentfrom the above description that doors may be rapidly crafted, with high accuracy and without requiring highly skilled personnel, so that the apparatus above described is especially suitable for 1mass-production methods of preparing doors for instalation.

In routing the mortise recesses for receiving the hinge plates in the longitudinal edge of the door, the door is first engaged against the stop bar 26, which moves the edge of the door against the router element 78 of the respective router unit 77. Since the units are yieldable because of the provision of the springs '68, the units are forced outwardly, but when they become energized the elements 78 begin to rout out the material of the door edge. Thus,

7 T the springs 68'apply'inward force on the'routerpnits 77 so that the operator need merelyfurnish the guidingforce required to move theframe'Gtl along a path definedbv-r the S-sh-aped slots'74i The depth ofthehingemorti-se recesses thus'formed'will betuniform and Will'be' con-".-

trolled by the engagementof the collar elementsr65; 66' with the rods, thereby limiting the inward movement of the router unit 77 under the-force of thenspringc68 While a specific embodiment of an improved 'doorr crafting apparatus has beendisclosed in the foregoing" description, it will be understood thatzvari'ous'modifications within the spirit of theinventionmayoccur to thoseskilled in the art." Therefore, it is intended that nolimita-a".

tions be placed on the inventionexcept as defined by the scope'of theiappended claims;

What is claimed is: 1. A door crafting apparatus comprising a support adapted to horizontally support a -door,upstanding stop means at the margins of the support engageable by'edge portions of adoor to limit horizontal displacement thereof on thersupport, router meansrmovably mounted onone side of the support and being arrangedto form hinge mortise recesses in a longitudinal edge of a door on the support, boringmeans mounted horizontally on the opposite side of the support and being arranged to form a horizontal lock set recess in the adjacent longitudinal edge of 'a door on the support, and further boring means mounted vertically on the support above and'adjacent the first-named 'boringmeans and being arranged to form a lockv set recess extending through the'door substantially perpendicular-to and intersecting said first-named lock set recess.

2. A door crafting apparatus comprising an upstanding supportingframe, a plurality of spaced parallel-transverse rollers journaled in said frame in a common horizontal plane and being located'to support a door thereomin a horizontal position, a plurality of hold-down rollers resiliently mounted on said frame above said plane and being engageable with a door supported on said firstnamed rollers, to exert downward holding'for'ce thereon,

stop means pivoted to said frame and being swingable to an upstanding position engageable'with a transverse end edge of a door supported on said first-named rollers,

resiliently mounted biasing means on the frame engageable with one longitudinal edge of the door, stop means on the frame engageable with the'opposite longitudinalv edge of the door, router means movably mounted onthe frame adjacent said last-named stop meansand being arranged to form spaced hinge mortise recesses in said opposite longitudinal edgeof .a door .supportedonsaidfirst-named rollers, boring. means mounted horizontally on the frame and being arranged .to form' a horizontal lock set recess in said one longitudinaledge-of a door supported on the rollers, and further boringmeans' mounted vertically on thehframe above said plane'and' adjacent said first-namedboring 'means and being arranged to form a lock set-recessextending throughfthe door substantially perpendicular'to and intersecting said first-namedlock set recess. a

3. A door crafting apparatus comprising: a support adapted to horizontally support a door, upstanding stop 1 means at the margin of the support-engageable byan edge of a door .to limit horizontal displacement zthereof onrthe support, a router supportingframe, means =sup'-' porting said frame for vertical and longitudinal move ment in a vertical plane-parallel andradjacent to one" side of the support, a plurality of horizontal, inwardly directed, transverselyarranged 'router -units mounted on said frame and having routing elementsengageable-with a longitudinal edge of a door supportedonuthe support,

I 7, 'bormg means mounted horizontally on the opposite side of-the support and beingsarranged to form a horizontal I lock set recess in the adjacent longitudinal edge of a door on the support, and further boring means mountedvertically on the support'above and. adjacent thefirst-named' boring means and being arranged to form a lock setrecess" extending through, the door substantially perpendicular to and intersecting said first-named lock set recess.

4. A door crafting apparatus comprising a support :adapted to horizontally support a door, 1 upstanding stop meansat the margin of thesupport engageable by .an

edge of a door to limit horizontal displacement thereof 1 on the support, a router supporting frame extendmg-longrtudinally and vertical. in a vertical plane parallel and adjacentwto one side of the support, a plurality of longitudinally spaced vertical supportingrods slidably connected to the "support for verticalimovement, spring means biasing saidsupporting rods :towar-d normal positions a relative to the support; means slidably and resiliently connectingsaid router supporting frame to said vertical supporting rods and guiding said frame longitudinally" relative to the support, a pluralityof horizontal, inwardly directed transversely arranged router units mounted on said frame and'havingzrouting elements engageable with a longitudinal edge of a door on the support, boring means'mounted horizontally on the opposite side of the support and being arranged to form a horizontal'lock set recess in the adjacent longitudinal edge 'of a door on the v supp0rt,"and furtheriboring means mounted vertically on the support above and adjacent the first-named boring means andbeing arranged to form a lock set recess exadjacent to one side of the support, a plurality of longitu dinally spaced vertical supporting rods slidably and resiliently connected to the support for vertical movement, horizontal outwardly projecting stud means on the rods/supporting collar' means slidably mounted on said stud means, spring means biasing said supporting collar means'inwardly, means slidably connecting said router supporting frame to said collar means for longitudinal movement parallel to said side of the support, a plurality of spaced horizontal inwardly directed transversely ar-,

ranged router units mounted on said frameand having routing elements engageable with a longitudinal edge of a door on the support, boring means mounted horizontally on the opposite side of the support and being arranged to form a horizontal lock setrecess in the adjacent longitudinal edge of a door on the-support, and further boring means mounted vertically on the'support above and adjacent thefirs't-named boring means and being arranged to form a locksetrecess extending through the door substantial-1y "perpendicular to and intersecting said firstnamed lock set recess. 55

6. A door-crafting apparatus comprising a support adapted to horizontally support a door, upstanding stop means at the margin of the support engageable by an edge of a door to limit horizontal displacement thereof on the support, router means'movably mounted on one. side of the'support and being'arranged to form hinge mortise recesses in a longitudinal edge of a door on the support, cooperating cam and follower means on the support and the router frame guiding the router frame in a substantially S-shaped path'of movement parallel to said side of the support, boring means mounted horizontally on'the'opposite side of the support and being arranged to form a horizontal lock set recess in the adjacent longitudinal edge of a door on the support, and further boring means mounted .vertically on the support above and adjacent the first-named boring means and being arranged to form a lock set recess extending through thedoor substantially perpendicular to and intersecting said' first-named lock set recess.

7. A door crafting apparatus comprising a support adapted to-hor1zontallysupport a door, upstanding stop means at the margin of the support engageable by an edge of a door to limit horizontal displacement thereof on the support, a router supporting frame extending longitudinally and vertically in a vertical plane parallel and adjacent to one side of the support, a plurality of longitudinally spaced vertical supporting rods slidably and resiliently connected to the support for vertical movement, horizontal outwardly projecting stud means on the rods, supporting collar means slidably mounted on said stud means, spring means biasing said supporting collar means inwardly, means slidably connecting said router supporting frame to said collar means for longitudinal movement parallel to said side of the support, a plurality of spaced horizontal inwardly directed transversely arranged router units mounted on said frame and having routing elements engageable with a longitudinal edge of a door on the support, cooperating cam and follower means on the support and the router frame guiding the router frame in a substantially S-shaped path of move ment parallel to said side of the support, boring means mounted horizontally on the opposite side of the support and being arranged to form a horizontal lock set recess in the adjacent longitudinal edge of a door on the support, and further boring means mounted vertically on the support above and adjacent the first-named boring means and being arranged to form a lock set recess extending through the door substantially perpendicular to and intersecting said first-named lock set recess.

8. A door crafting apparatus comprising a support adapted to horizontally support a door, upstanding stop means at the margin of the support engageable by an edge of a door to limit horizontal displacement thereof on the support, router means movably mounted on one side of the support and being arranged to form hinge mortise recesses in a longitudinal edge of a door on the support, a first boring unit arranged horizontally at the opposite side of the support, said boring unit having an inwardly extending boring element, means slidably supporting said first boring unit for horizontal transverse movement on the support, means biasing said boring unit inwardly, means to at times retain said boring unit in an outwardly retracted position, said boring element being engageable with the adjacent longitudinal edge of a door on the support when said retaining means is released, whereby to form a horizontal lock set recess in said adjacent longitudinal edge, and a second boring unit mounted vertically on the support above and adjacent the first boring unit and being arranged to form a lock set recess extending through the door substantially perpendicular to and intersecting said first-named lock set recess.

9. A door crafting apparatus comprising a support adapted to horizontally support a door, upstanding stop means at the margin of the support engageable by an edge of a door to limit horizontal displacement thereof on the support, router means movably mounted on one side of the support and being arranged to form hinge mortise recesses in a longitudinal edge of a door on the support, a first boring unit arranged horizontally at the opposite side of the support, said boring unit having an inwardly extending boring element, means slidably supporting said first boring unit for horizontal transverse movement on the support, means biasing said boring unit inwardly, a manually operated toggle linkage connected between the first boring unit and the support and arranged to at times retain said boring unit in an outwardly retracted position, said boring element being engage-able with the adjacent longitudinal edge of a door on the support when said toggle linkage is released, whereby to form a horizontal lock set recess in said adjacent longitudinal edge, and a second boring unit vmounted vertically on the support above and adjacent the first boring unit and being arranged to form a lock set recess extending through the door substantially perpendicular to and intersecting said first-named lock set recess.

10. A door crafting apparatus comprising a support adapted to horizontally support a door, upstanding stop means at the margin of the support engageable by an edge of a door to limit horizontal displacement thereof on the support, router means movably mounted on one side of the support and being arranged to form hinge mortise recesses in a longitudinal edge of a door on the support, cooperating cam and follower means on the support and the router means guiding the router means in a substantially S-shaped path of movement parallel to said side of the support, a first boring unit arranged horizontally at the opposite side of the support, said boring unit having an inwardly extending boring element, means slidably supporting said first boring unit for horizontal transverse movement on the support, means biasing said boring unit inwardly, a manually operated toggle linkage connected between the first boring unit and the support and arranged to at times retain said boring unit in an outwardly retracted position, said boring element being engageable with the adjacent longitudinal edge of a door on the support when said toggle linkage is released, whereby to form a horizontal lock set recess in said adjacent longitudinal edge, said toggle linkage being provided with an operating member extending adjacent said router means, and a second boring unit mounted vertically on the support above and adjacent the first boring unit and being arranged to form a lock set recess extending through the door substantially perpendicular to and intersecting said first-named lock set recess.

11. A door crafting apparatus comprising a support adapted to horizontally support a door, upstanding stop means at the margin of the support engageable by an edge of a door to limit horizontal displacement thereof on the support, a router supporting frame extending longitudinally and vertically in a vertical plane parallel and adjacent to one side of the support, a plurality of longitudinally spaced vertical supporting rods slidably and resiliently connected to the support for vertical movement, horizontal outwardly projecting stud means on the rods, supporting collar means slidably mounted on said stud means, spring means biasing said supporting collar mean inwardly, means slidably connecting said router supporting frame to said collar means for longitudinal movement parallel to said side of the support, a plurality of spaced horizontal inwardly directed transversely arranged router units mounted on said frame and having routing elements engageable with a longitudinal edge of a door on the support, a first boring unit arranged horizontally at the opposite side of the support, said boring unit having an inwardly extending boring element, means slidably supporting said first boring unit for horizontal transverse movement on the support, means biasing said boring unit inwardly, a manually operated toggle linkage connected between the first boring unit and the support and arranged to at times retain said boring unit in an outwardly retracted position, said boring element being engageable with the adjacent longitudinal edge of a door on the support when said toggle link-age is released, whereby to form a horizontal lock set recess in said adjacent longitudinal edge, said toggle linkage being provided with an operating member extending adjacent said router support ing frame, and a second boring unit mounted vertically on the support above and adjacent the first boring unit and being arranged to form a lock'set recess extending to the door substantially perpendicular to and intersecting said first-named lock set recess.

12. A door crafting apparatus comprising a support adapted to horizontally support a door, upstanding stop means at the margin of the support engageable by an edge of a door to limit horizontal displacement thereof on the support, a router supporting frame extending longitudinally and vertically in a vertical plane parallel and adjacent to one side of the support, a plurality of longitudinally spaced vertical supporting rods slidably and resiliently connected to the support for vertical movement, horizontal outwardly projecting stud means on the rods, supwardly, means slidably'connecting said router supporting 3: frame: to said collar; means for longitudinal movement parallel to said side of the support, a plurality of spaced horizontal inwardly. directed transverselynarranged router units. mountedzon said frame andjhaving routing elements engageable. witha longitudinal edge of a door on the: support, J cooperating "camr'and follower" means on: the

supportandthe 'rou-ter frame-guiding the router frame in g a substantially S-shaped longitudinally{elongated. path of movement vparallel to saidside of the support,"a first boring .unit':arranged ihorizdntally at the opposite 'side .of

the support, said boring unit havin-g an iinwardly ex-.

tending boring element, means slidablysupporting said first boring-unit for horizontal transverse movement on the support, means biasing said boring unitinwardly, a

manually operated toggle linkage connected between the firstboring unit andthesupport and arranged to at times retain said boring unit in an outwardly retracted position,

said :boring element being engageable with the adjacent longitudinal edge of a door on the support when said toggle link-age is released, whereby to form a horizontal lock-set. recess in said adjacent longitudinal edge, said toggle linkage being provided with an operating memberextending adjacent said router supporting frame, and a second boring unitmounted verticallyon the support above and=adjacent the first boring unit and being arranged to form "a lock set recess extending through thedoor substantially-perpendicular to and intersecting said first-named lock set recess.

References Cited by the Examiner-v J UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,656,862 10/1953 "Gellert et a1. 1442 X 2,790,470 4/ 1957 Graham 14427 X 2,945,520 7/1960 'Grubb .14427' WILLIAM W. DYER, JR., Primary Examiner;

W. D. BRAY, Assistant Examiner.

Claims

12. A DOOR CRAFTING APPARATUS COMPRISING A SUPPORT ADAPTED TO HORIZONTALLY SUPPORT A DOOR, UPSTANDING STOP MEANS AT THE MARGIN OF THE SUPPORT ENGAGEABLE BY AN EDGE OF A DOOR TO LIMIT HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENT THEREOF ON THE SUPPORT, A ROUTER SUPPORTING FRAME EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY AND VERTICALLY IN A VERTICAL PLANE PARALLEL AND ADJACENT TO ONE SIDE OF THE SUPPORT, A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED VERTICAL SUPPORTING RODS SLIDABLY AND RESILIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE SUPPORT FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT, HORIZONTAL OUTWARDLY PROJECTING STUD MEANS ON THE RODS, SUPPORTING COLLAR MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID STUD MEANS, SPRING MEANS BIASING SAID SUPPORTING COLLAR MEANS INWARDLY, MEANS SLIDABLY CONNECTING SAID ROUTER SUPPORTING FRAME TO SAID COLLAR MEANS FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT PARALLEL TO SAID SIDE OF THE SUPPORT, A PLURALITY OF SPACED HORIZONTAL INWARDLY DIRECTED TRANSVERSELY ARRANGED ROUTER UNITS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND HAVING ROUTING ELEMENTS ENGAGEABLE WITH A LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF A DOOR ON THE SUPPORT, COOPERATING CAM AND FOLLOWER MEANS IN THE SUPPORT AND THE ROUTER FRAME GUIDING THE ROUTER FRAME IN A SUBSTANTIALLY S-SHAPED LONGITUDINALLY ELONGATED PATH OF MOVEMENT PARALLEL TO SAID SIDE OF THE SUPPORT, A FIRST BORING UNIT ARRANGED HORIZONTALLY AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SUPPORT, SAID BORING UNIT HAVING AN INWARDLY EXTENDING BORING ELEMENT, MEANS SLIDABLY SUPPORTING SAID