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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1997
Michael S DeFranks, Decatur, GA (US);
Jerrol L Studdard, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Simmons Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A quilted border winder apparatus, a quilted border system and a method of making quilted borders that includes two machine halves in which a number of independent wind-up stations are radially mounted and longitudinally spaced about the axis of a main shaft for each half and in which each wind-up station is connected to the shaft by an arm. Each machine half contains an identical shaft and the two shafts are parallel, but are laterally offset one from the other. Each wind-up station is driven by an electric motor utilizing a gear box and a chain/sprocket assembly that is connected to the wind-up station through the interior of the connecting arm.