Machine and method for automatically fabricating multiple unit assemblies of individual pieces

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR FABRICATING A MULTIPLE UNIT ASSEMBLY OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES IN A DESIRED PATTERN AND WITH SELECTED SPACING THEREBETWEEN, SAID METHOD COMPRISING, REPETITIVELY DEPOSITING A NUMBER OF SPACED PARALLEL ROWS OF MASSES SETTABLE RESIN ON A PLANAR ASSEMBLY SURFACE IN A SPACED PATTERN SUCH THAT EACH OF SAID MASSES IS POSITIONED FOR ENGAGING PORTIONS OF THE REAR FACES AND THE ADJACENT EDGE SURFACES OF AT LEAST TWO ADJACENT ONES OF SAID PIECES IN SAID PATTERN AND SPACING, MOVING SAID PLANAR ASSEMBLY SURFACE INTERMEDIATE EACH DEPOSITION OF SAID MASSES FOR MOVING SAID MASSES OF RESIN THEREON ALONG A PATH NORMAL TO THE SAID ROWS OF MASSES OF RESIN AND TO AN ASSEMBLY STATION, ARRANGING A NUMBER OF SPACED PARALLEL ROWS OF SAID PIECES ON A GENERALLY FLAT SURFACE WITH THEIR FRONT FACES UPPERMOST AND IN SAID PATTERN AND SPACING, THE NUMBER OF ROWS OF SAID PIECES BEING A WHOLE NUMBER MULTIPLE OF THE NUMBER OF ROWS OF SAID MASSES OF RESIN DEPOSITED ON SAID ASSEMBLY SURFACE AT EACH DEPOSITION THEREOF, ENGAGING ALL OF THE FRONT FACES OF THE PIECES IN SAID GROUP WITH A PLANAR TRANSFER SURFACE UPON THE COMPLETION OF A NUMBER OF DEPOSITIONS OF RESINOUS MASSES EQUAL TO SAID WHOLE NUMBER MULTIPLE, MOVING SAID PLANAR TRANSFER SURFACE AND THE GROUP OF PIECES ENGAGED THEREBY TO SAID ASSEMBLY STATION IN REGISTRY WITH SAID PLURALITY OF MASSES OF RESIN AND WITH THE FRONT FACES SPACED THEREFROM A DISTANCE ONLY SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF THE PIECES IN SAID GROUP, DISENGAGING SAID PLANAR TRANSFER SURFACE FROM SAID GROUP OF PIECES AND SETTING UP THE RESIN IN SAID MASSES.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR FABRICATING A MULTIPLE UNIT ASSEMBLY OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES IN A DESIRED PATTERN AND WITH SELECTED SPACING THEREBETWEEN, SAID METHOD COMPRISING, REPETITIVELY DEPOSITING A NUMBER OF SPACED PARALLEL ROWS OF MASSES SETTABLE RESIN ON A PLANAR ASSEMBLY SURFACE IN A SPACED PATTERN SUCH THAT EACH OF SAID MASSES IS POSITIONED FOR ENGAGING PORTIONS OF THE REAR FACES AND THE ADJACENT EDGE SURFACES OF AT LEAST TWO ADJACENT ONES OF SAID PIECES IN SAID PATTERN AND SPACING, MOVING SAID PLANAR ASSEMBLY SURFACE INTERMEDIATE EACH DEPOSITION OF SAID MASSES FOR MOVING SAID MASSES OF RESIN THEREON ALONG A PATH NORMAL TO THE SAID ROWS OF MASSES OF RESIN AND TO AN ASSEMBLY STATION, ARRANGING A NUMBER OF SPACED PARALLEL ROWS OF SAID PIECES ON A GENERALLY FLAT SURFACE WITH THEIR FRONT FACES UPPERMOST AND IN SAID PATTERN AND SPACING, THE NUMBER OF ROWS OF SAID PIECES BEING A WHOLE NUMBER MULTIPLE OF THE NUMBER OF ROWS OF SAID MASSES OF RESIN DEPOSITED ON SAID ASSEMBLY SURFACE AT EACH DEPOSITION THEREOF, ENGAGING ALL OF THE FRONT FACES OF THE PIECES IN SAID GROUP WITH A PLANAR TRANSFER SURFACE UPON THE COMPLETION OF A NUMBER OF DEPOSITIONS OF RESINOUS MASSES EQUAL TO SAID WHOLE NUMBER MULTIPLE, MOVING SAID PLANAR TRANSFER SURFACE AND THE GROUP OF PIECES ENGAGED THEREBY TO SAID ASSEMBLY STATION IN REGISTRY WITH SAID PLURALITY OF MASSES OF RESIN AND WITH THE FRONT FACES SPACED THEREFROM A DISTANCE ONLY SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF THE PIECES IN SAID GROUP, DISENGAGING SAID PLANAR TRANSFER SURFACE FROM SAID GROUP OF PIECES AND SETTING UP THE RESIN IN SAID MASSES.