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US 2016/0332249 A1Published application
Glueless pocketed spring unit construction
OwnerMartin Wolfsoninventor
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Abstract
Methods and systems for no-glue pocketed spring unit construction. Rows of pocketed springs, preferably arranged into modules of more than two pocketed springs surrounding a central hole, are ultrasonically welded together when paired vibrating probes and anvils press layers of pocketed spring fabric from the rows of pocketed springs together and a welding pulse is transmitted to the vibrating probe.
Claims24
1-126. (canceled)
A mechanism for glueless assembly of pocketed units, comprising:
- (a) at least first and second adjacent and mutually parallel rows of locator pins configured to position two or more adjacent rows of pocketed spring modules;
- wherein individual ones of said pocketed spring modules comprise more than two pocketed springs which together surround an opening;
- and wherein individual ones of said pocketed springs each comprise a coil spring inside a pocket made of a flexible material;
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- (b) one or more welding pairs of probes and contact prongs configured to receive said rows of pocketed spring modules from said locator pins and to close together to compress thermally weld pocket material between two adjacent pairs of pocketed springs from two different rows of pocketed spring modules.
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A mechanism for glueless assembly of pocketed spring units, comprising:
- at least one probe and at least one anvil having a noncontact portion and a contact portion, said contact portion parallel to and configured to press flush against said probe during thermal welding, said noncontact portion configured to be distal from said probe when said contact portion and said probe are pressed flush, said probe and said anvil configured to be relatively moveable,
- wherein two rows of pocketed spring modules are welded together when layers of pocket fabric corresponding to both of said rows of pocketed spring modules are pressed between said probe and said contact portion and a welding pulse is transmitted to said probe.
147-182. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.