Patent ID: 6099453
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An apparatus for folding an inflatable gas bag, said apparatus comprising a folding tool having:a spiral strip (8) for defining between turns thereof a spiral free space (9) for receiving a gas bag in an uninflated, collapsed state so that it has a prescribed shape with lower and upper fabric layers of the gas bag being uniformly folded in two plies; anda folding aid (16) for fixing the gas bag at a center portion of the spiral strip and, starting from an imaginary center, pressing said gas bag into said spiral free space (9) for causing fold lines in said fabric layers progressively spiraling radially outwardly, out to an edge of the gas bag so that, along a horizontal plane, alternating areas between fold lines are made in said fabric layers which extend perpendicular to the horizontal plane.