Patent ID: 6786164
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: D05B,D05D

Abstract:
A modular system for continuously supplying material to an automated quilting machine, the modular system comprising:a fill material supply system for receiving and holding various forms of fill material to be selectively supplied to the quilting machine, the fill material supply system including at least two components selected from the group consisting of: (a) a cradle for receiving and dispensing fill material in roll form, (b) a foam log peeling device for receiving foam fill material in solid log form and configured to cut away and dispense a continuous web of foam fill material at a desired thickness, (c) a fan-folded fill device for receiving and dispensing fill material folded into bale form, and (d) a fiber lay-down device for creating and dispensing fill material in fiber form; an automated tick magazine for receiving and storing fabric cover material, staging and feeding the cover material for processing, cutting the cover material at a specified length, splicing newly selected cover material to the end of the material being fed into the laminating structure; and laminating structure downstream of the fill material supply system and automated tick magazine, the laminating structure constructed to select and receive at least one form of fill material from the fill material supply system and the fabric cover material from the tick magazine and to direct the fill material and the cover material into a layered workpiece for presentation to the quilting machine.