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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1997
Hiroyuki Eto, Tokyo, JP;
Matsushita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A pocket coil spring structure assembling apparatus includes a feeder mechanism for supplying a group of pocket coil springs to a positioning transfer conveyor. A positioning transfer conveyor mechanism conveys the group of the pocket coil springs supplied from the feeder mechanism to a predetermined location. A cutter mechanism mounted between the feeder mechanism and the positioning transfer conveyor mechanism separates a group of the pocket coil springs from succeeding pocket coil springs by cutting to a given length. A press holding mechanism holds and lifts the group of the pocket coil springs on the positioning transfer conveyor by pressing the radial center of each pocket coil spring from opposite ends thereof. A press holding mechanism carrier mechanism moves the press holding mechanism in four, i.e. forward, backward, leftward, and rightward, directions. A spray mechanism including a spray nozzle applies a spray of an adhesive material to the group of the pocket coil springs. A nozzle carrier mechanism moves the spray nozzle. A controller mechanism controls each of the mechanisms.