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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Block, Nesconset, NY (US);
Michael Lydick, Medford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Galkin Automated Products Corp., West Babylon, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B 1/100 ; D05B 2/100 ; D05B 2/500 ; D05B 3/302 ; D05B 3/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B 1/100 ; D05B 2/100 ; D05B 2/500 ; D05B 3/302 ; D05B 3/704 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically cutting notches at specific locations on a web which are separated by predetermined lengths which are the outer dimensions of a pillowtop mattress. The web is pulled through a sewing station with a traction drive. Slack is induced in the web downstream of the traction drive. Predetermined lengths are drawn out of the slack bin in a single motion through a linear measuring device. A knife disposed in close proximity to the measuring device cuts the notches at the specific locations and subsequently severs the notched portion from the remainder of the web.