Patent ID: 6155310
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: B21F

Abstract:
An automated innerspring assembly system for producing innerspring assemblies having a plurality of wire form oils interconnected in an array, the automated innerspring assembly system comprising:at least on coil formation device operative to form wire stock into individual coils configured for assembly in an innerspring assembly, and operative to deliver individual coils to a coil conveyor,a coil conveyer associated with the coil formation device and operative to receive coils for the coil formation device and convey coils to a coil transfer machine,a coil transfer machine operative to remove coils from the coil conveyor and present coils to an innerspring assembler,an innerspring assembler operative to receive and engage a plurality of coils arranged in a row, to position a received row of coils parallel and closely adjacent to a previously received row of coils, to fixedly compress two adjacent rows of coils in a fixed position and interconnect the adjacent rows of coils with fastening means, and to advance interconnected rows of coils out of the assembler and receive and engage a subsequent row of coils, a conveyor which extends from the coil formation device to a coil transfer machine, the conveyor having a plurality of flights configured to receive individual coils form the coil formation device wherein each of the flights of the conveyor are slidably mounted upon a track and connected to a chain, the chain mounted upon sprockets at ends of the conveyor.