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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1995
Steven E Ogle, Carthage, MO (US);
Raymond D Swaney, Sunrise, FL (US);
Michael L Shelton, Diamond, MO (US);
Thomas J Wells, Carthage, MO (US);
M Burl White, Coral Springs, FL (US);
L&P Property Management Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Apparatus including a mattress support for supporting a mattress lying on a first major face or panel thereof and conveying the mattress as a sewing operation, such as an edge sewing and taping operation, is performed with respect to the first major face. A mattress flipping mechanism is provided and may include a pivoting support portion of the mattress support connected to a powered lift mechanism. Mattress elevating units are provided to create slack in the top panel of the mattress for easier grasping by the operator during a sewing operation. A mattress guide arm is provided for holding the mattress down during the sewing operation. A mattress inclining mechanism is provided for selectively moving the mattress from a generally horizontal orientation used for mattress conveying and flipping operations to an inclined orientation used during sewing to gravity feed the mattress into engagement with the sewing machine.