Patent ID: 9682852
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B68G

Claim:
1. An apparatus for forming a tube of pocket material for manufacturing a pocket spring string, including: a cartridge for guiding the pocket material, which includes at least one first element and at least one second element, wherein the cartridge has an axis, a first side defined by the at least one first element and a second side defined by the at least one second element, wherein the first side and the second side are arranged spaced from one another; a device for turning around the pocket material, which is arranged at an end of the cartridge, wherein the device includes: an adjustment mechanism which is coupled to the cartridge and configured to alter a relative position between the at least one first element and the at least one second element in a direction perpendicular to the axis, in order to adjust a spacing between the first side and the second side, wherein the folding element is configured to move toward or away from the axis when the adjustment mechanism adjusts the spacing between the first side and the second side.