Patent ID: 6390170
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for facilitating attachment of cushioning blocks to panels comprising, in combination,an outer frame assembly having a base frame, a table and a pair of end frames secured to said base frame and including vertical, horizontal and oblique members coupled to a top member, longitudinal top frame member extending between said top members of said end frames, an inner frame assembly disposed within said outer frame assembly and having a rectangular frame, oblique end members converging at an apex and a longitudinal top member extending between said apices, means for vertically translating said inner frame from a first, lowered position on said table to a second, upper position, a vertical guide member disposed on each of said pair of end frames, at least one linear bearing secured to each end of said inner frame assembly and engaging said guide member, and at least one spring biasing assembly disposed at each end of said outer frame assembly and operably coupled to said inner frame assembly.