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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Robert Allen Humbarger, Fairborn, OH (US);
Paul V Camposeo, Huber Heights, OH (US);
Terry William Hurtig, Dayton, OH (US);
Omega Automation, Inc., Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
An automated inflatable cushion folding process is provided wherein cushion tension, and, as a consequence, cushion wear, is reduced during the folding process. An inflatable cushion portion of a cushion assembly is folded by installing a cushion assembly in a cushion fixture and a cushion receiving mechanism such that an inflatable cushion portion of the cushion assembly is positioned along a cushion path extending between the cushion fixture and the cushion receiving mechanism and creating at least one fold in the inflatable cushion portion at a fold location along the cushion path by actuating a fold developer and moving the cushion fixture incrementally towards the fold location.