Apparatus and method for automatically securing borderwires on mattress innersprings
AssigneeHartco Company
InventorsArthur Langas, Donald B. Ayres, Glenn H. Gustafson
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Abstract
Apparatus for automatically securing borderwires on mattress innersprings, including a support member for maintaining a mattress innerspring and borderwires on edge in a substantially upright position as clips are automatically wrapped along the supported edge on each side thereof. A rotatable paddle-like member is provided for rotating the mattress innerspring and the borderwires on the support member to present another edge on which clips are to be wrapped. Control means is provided for carrying out, automatically, each operation performed by the apparatus.
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Apparatus for automatically securing borderwires on mattress innersprings, comprising:
- mattress innerspring and borderwire support means on which a mattress innerspring, having borderwires positioned in opposed relation on opposite sides thereof, is supported on edge in a substantially unright position;
- clip wrapping means positioned adjacent to said support means for wrapping clips on the borderwires and the coils of the mattress innerspring along said edge to secure the borderwires to the mattress innerspring;
- drive means for advancing the mattress innerspring and the borderwires along the support means in the direction of the clip wrapping means;
- control means for sequentially deactivating the drive means and activating the clip wrapping means whereby the coils of the mattress innerspring are successively secured to the borderwires along said edge thereof, and movable means for sequentially turning the mattress innerspring and the borderwires while the mattress innerspring and the borderwires are in said substantially upright position to present a different edge of the mattress innerspring and the borderwires to said clip wrapping means until the coils of the mattress innerspring are secured to the borderwires along each edge of the mattress innerspring.
Apparatus for automatically securing borderwires on mattress innersprings, comprising:
- a frame member having an upwardly extending portion for maintaining a mattress innerspring and borderwires in a substantially upright position on the frame member, and a guide portion for receiving an edge of the mattress innerspring and borderwires;
- a plurality of clip wrapping tools positioned along the guide portion of the frame member for wrapping clips on the borderwires and the coils of the mattress innerspring along said edge;
- drive means mounted on the frame member for advancing the mattress innerspring and the borderwires along the guide portion of the frame member in the direction of the clip wrapping tools;
- control means for sequentially deactivating the drive means and activating the clip wrapping means whereby the coils of the mattress innerspring are successively secured to the borderwires along said edge;
- and turning means pivotally mounted with relation to the frame member for rotating the mattress innerspring and the borderwires through an angle to position a different edge of the mattress innerspring and the borderwires on the guide portion of the frame member.
A method of securing borderwires on the coils of a mattress innerspring, comprising:
- providing support means for supporting a mattress innerspring and borderwires on edge in a substantially upright position;
- advancing said edge of the mattress innerspring and borderwires along the support means to a clip wrapping station positioned adjacent to the support means;
- interrupting the advance of said edge of the mattress innerspring and borderwires at the clip wrapping station;
- simultaneously wrapping a plurality of clips on the borderwires and the coils of the mattress innerspring at the clip wrapping station;
- continuing the advance of said edge of the mattress innerspring and borderwires 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 edge;
- and turning the mattress innerspring and borderwires while supported in a substantially upright position on the support means until the coils of the mattress innerspring and borderwires along each of the other edges thereof have been wrapped with clips at the clip wrapping station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.