Tape edge closing machine

A mattress tape edge closing machine comprising a mattress support disposed at an acute angle to the horizontal and a sewing head arranged to sew in or near the vertical mode and means for causing each part of the edge of the support to be brought successively into register with the sewing head, said means comprising a rotatable turntable, a pair of trunnions bodily carried by said turntable, a member pivotable between the trunnions and rotatably coupled with said mattress support, a shaft, said mattress support being carried centrally on said shaft, an upwardly extending fixed column universally coupled with said shaft, a fixed four lobed cam carried by said column having dwell positions corresponding with the desired locations of the side and end edges of the mattress support relative to the table and a cam follower carried by said member to engage with said cam.

A mattress tape edge closing machine comprising a sewing head fixedly mounted to sew in or near the vertical mode and a mattress support disposed at an acute angle to the horizontal, said support having an edge region, said support being continuously rotatable in the same plane so that each part of its edge region successively registers with the sewing head.

A mattress tape edge closing machine comprising a mattress support, said support having an edge region and a sewing head, means for bringing each part of said edge region and the sewing head into register, said support comprising an open topped box having a floor moveable from a position at the bottom of the box to a position at the top of the box.