Rear discharge mat rolling machine with wrapper
AssigneeMat Processing, LLC
InventorKUFRE AKPAN
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Abstract
A mat rolling machine for rolling a mat having a leading edge and a trailing edge may include a frame, at least one first drive belt, a plurality of second drive belts, a plurality of third drive belts, and a plurality of fourth drive belts. The mat rolling machine may include a plurality of primary fingers and a plurality of secondary fingers having a smaller radius of curvature on a lower face than the plurality of primary fingers. The mat rolling machine may include at least one support member for guiding a mat along a path through the mat rolling machine, and at least one pusher for discharging a rolled mat from the rear of the mat rolling machine. The mat rolling machine may include a wrapper cartridge. The mat rolling machine may include a cutter-mechanism.
Claims15
A mat rolling machine for use in rolling a mat having a leading edge and a trailing edge, comprising:
- a frame defining a front of the machine and a rear of the machine;
- a plurality of drive belts configured to convey the mat from, the front of the machine, through the machine, to the rear of the machine;
- wherein the mat is discharged from the rear of the machine in a generally spiral configuration;
- and a wrapper cartridge coupled to the frame, the wrapper cartridge configured to dispense a stretch wrap about the mat in a generally spiral configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.