Automated method and system for producing an inflatable product
AssigneeIntex Marketing Ltd.
InventorsZhi Xiong Huang, Hong Wen Li, Yaw Yuan Hsu
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Abstract
An automated system and method are disclosed for producing an inflatable product having a first sheet, a second sheet, and a plurality of tensioning structures between the first and second sheets. The system includes an upstream tensioning structure production subsystem that produces the tensioning structures and a downstream preassembly production subsystem that couples the tensioning structures to the first and second sheets. The subsystems may operate simultaneously to produce the inflatable product in an automated, efficient, and repeatable manner.
Claims11
A method for producing an inflatable product including a first sheet and a second sheet, the method comprising:
- aligning a leading end of a first tensioning structure with a first welder and the first sheet, the first welder movable in a first plane;
- aligning a trailing end of the first tensioning structure with a second welder and the second sheet, the second welder movable in a second plane spaced apart from the first plane;
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- simultaneously welding the leading end of the first tensioning structure to the first sheet and the trailing end of the first tensioning structure to the second sheet by simultaneously operating the first and second welders.
A method for producing an inflatable product including a first sheet and a second sheet, the method comprising:
- aligning a leading end of a first tensioning structure with a first welder and the first sheet;
- aligning a trailing end of the first tensioning structure with a second welder and the second sheet;
- simultaneously welding the leading end of the first tensioning structure to the first sheet and the trailing end of the first tensioning structure to the second sheet by simultaneously operating the first and second welders;
- conveying the first sheet to the first welder in a first direction;
- conveying the second sheet to the second welder in a second direction opposite the first direction;
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- conveying the first and second sheets and the first tensioning structure between the first and second welders in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.