| US 7,501,037 B2 | ||
| Methods and systems for the automated manufacture of composite doors | ||
| Jon Christopher Stroup, Klamath Falls, Oreg. (US); David Patrick Dailey, Sunbury, Pa. (US); John Robert Walter, Mifflinburg, Pa. (US); Thomas Scott Reich, Sunbury, Pa. (US); Mark John Strocko, Elysburg, Pa. (US); Randy Jon Clark, Klamath Falls, Oreg. (US); and Brent David Olson, Klamath Falls, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Assigned to JELD-WEN, inc., Klamath Falls, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 01, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/882,785. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/483980, filed on Jul. 01, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0028921 A1, Feb. 10, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B32B 38/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 156—267 [156/250; 156/292; 156/300] | 26 Claims |
| 1. A process for making doors comprising the following steps for the assembly of an individual door:
(a) assembling a frame for the individual door, the frame comprising a pair of rails and a pair of stiles;
(b) positioning and attaching the assembled frame and a first door skin;
(c) positioning and attaching the assembled frame and a second door skin, wherein the process is substantially continuous,
each of the steps (a)-(c) is substantially automated, and the doors are made substantially in tandem, such that the assembly
of the individual door is substantially independent of the assembly of any other door and a first design of the individual
door is varied from a second design of a previously assembled door; and
(d) stacking the individual door on top of the previously assembled door prior to trimming both the individual door and the
previously assembled door while stacked.
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