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US 4,815,182 AGranted
Apparatus and method for automatically securing borderwires on mattress innersprings
AssigneeHartco Company
InventorsArthur Langas, Donald B. Ayres
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Abstract
Apparatus for automatically wrapping clips on the borderwires and coils of a mattress innerspring which includes an adjustable alignment mechanism and adjustable clip wrapping tool mechanism for enabling the apparatus to accommodate borderwires and mattress innersprings of substantially any dimensions.
Claims20
Apparatus for automatically securing borderwires on mattress innersprings, comprising:
- mattress innerspring and borderwire support means on which a mattress innerspring and borderwires are positioned in stacked relation;
- alignment means associated with the support means for maintaining a mattress innerspring and borderwires in aligned relation to one another on said support means;
- clip wrapping means positioned adjacent to said support means for simultaneously wrapping a plurality of clips on the borderwires and the coils along the margins of the mattress innerspring to secure the borderwires to the mattress innerspring;
- adjustable means for selectively moving the alignment means and the clip wrapping means with relation to the support means to enable borderwires to be secured on a mattress innerspring of substantially any dimensions;
- and control means for sequentially actuating the clip wrapping means whereby the borderwires are successively secured to the coils along the margins of the mattress innerspring.
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A method of securing borderwires on the coils of a mattress innerspring, comprising:
- providing borderwire and mattress innerspring support means having adjustable alignment and guide means associated therewith;
- positioning borderwires and a mattress innerspring in stacked relation on said support means;
- adjusting said alignment and guide means to one of the dimensions of the borderwires and the mattress innerspring;
- advancing the stacked borderwires and mattress innerspring along the support means to a clip wrapping station positioned adjacent to the support means;
- interrupting the advance of the borderwires and the mattress innerspring at the clip wrapping station;
- simultaneously wrapping a plurality of clips on the borderwires and the coils along said one dimension of the mattress innerspring at the clip wrapping station;
- and continuing the advance of the borderwires and the mattress innerspring along the support means and the interruption thereof at the clip wrapping station until the borderwires are secured to the coils of the mattress innerspring along said one dimension thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.