Appeal No. 2000-0076
Application 08/970,231
to efficiently manufacture standard size dwellings,
substantially in
their entirety, in a factory environment prior to transporting
and placing these completed dwellings on pre-constructed
permanent foundations” (specification, page 1). Claim 1 is
illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A manufacturing facility for constructing standard
size dwellings substantially in their entirety, said
manufacturing facility being located proximate a location at
which standard size dwellings are to be sited said
manufacturing facility comprising:
a plurality of subassembly production lines, at least two
of said subassembly production lines being used for
constructing predetermined subassemblies for said standard
size dwelling, each of said predetermined subassemblies
comprising a structural section of said standard size
dwelling, from the class of structural sections including:
walls, floors, roof, foundation base frame;
a dwelling assembly alley for assembling a partially
assembled standard size dwelling therein;
hoisting means operational in each of said at least two
subassembly production lines for transporting said constructed
predetermined subassemblies to said dwelling assembly alley
for incorporation into a partially assembled standard size
dwelling being assembled therein; and
wherein said standard size dwelling is assembled
substantially in its entirety in said dwelling assembly alley
using said predetermined subassemblies, which are incorporated
into said partially assembled standard sized dwelling.
THE EVIDENCE
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