Improvements in Mattress Stuffing Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1895
COBIT LELE DE MOITIATION.
Improvements in Mattress Stuffing Machines.
We, EDWIN NAPIER STEPHENSON, of No. 31 Milk Street, City of Boston,
Mechanic, and DAVID HUNT, of No. 413 Boylston Street, City of Boston,
Physician, both in the County of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, United States
of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:
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This invention has for its object to improve the operation and simplify the
construction of mattress stuffing machines, and, more particularly, to render such a
niachine practically automatic throughout the stuffing process.
A machine according to this invention is described referring to the accompanying
drawings.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, intermediate portions of the frames being broken
away to allow of the entire machine being shown in a single figure.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the opposite side of the machine.
Figure 3 is a plan of the machine.
Figure 4 is a rear end elevation, Figure 5 is a transverse vertical section of the
press-box and frame upon the line 5-5 of Figure 6, looking toward the left.
Figure 6 is a vertical longitudinal section.
Figure 7 is a horizontal section on the dotted line 7-7 of Figure 6, the parts
below being shown in plan.
Figure 8 is a perspective of the mechanism which automatically works the
friction-shoe on the live-pulley on the counter-shaft.
Figure 9 is a perspective of the slides forming part of the mechanism shown
in Figure 8.
Figure 10 is a perspective of the windlass, the friction-pulley, and one member
of the friction clutch.
Figure 11 is a plan of the plunger bar, an intermediate portion being broken
away to reduce the length of the figure.
Figure 12 is a side elevation of the plunger bar.
Figure 13 is a plan of the end portions of the presser-bar.
Figure 14 is a diagrammatic side elevation of the parts controlling the clutch
and belt-shifter by which the machine is started and stopped.
Figure 15 is a detail view of the latch-lever by which the belt-shifter is operated
to reverse the mechanism moving the plunger, and to retract the plunger.
Figure 16 shews a small portion of the plunger-bar, shewing the spring-operated
latch-lug mounted on it.
I indicates the lower, horizontal portions, or sills, of the machine-frame, from
which at suitable intervals rise uprights 2, those at the end of the frame being
somewhat higher than the intermediate posts. Upon the posts are fixed transverse,
horizontal beams 3, on which rests a press-box 4, its bottom and sides being
permanent parts of the structure. At one end of the press-box is hinged a top, or
cover 5, carried on a transverse-bar 6, held in boxes 7, the latter being secured to
the vertical faces of posts 8, one of which stands upon each side of the press-box,
at its end. Between its ends the bar 6 is also supported by a bearing 9, which forms
part of a bracket 10. This bracket is rigidly bolted to an upright brace 12, rising
from a longitudinal beam 13, which is arranged near the centre of a rectangular
structure at the end of the press-box, between the posts 8 and two similar posts 8*

page_text: at the other angles of the structure. The posts 8 and 8% are extended upwards and
the space enclosed contains the main portions of the mechanism by which the
various parts of the stuffing-machine are operated. Horizontal beams 1* are also
arranged just beneath the sides of the press-box and bolted, at one end, to the
posts 8, which are connected to the posts 8ª by longitudinal and transverse braces,
which, serve as supports for the operating mechanism.
The top, or cover, of the press-box is composed of a series of longitudinal
strips 14 and 15, the strips 14 being removable, in order to adapt the press-box to
mattresses of various widths. Each strip 14 and 15 has a central, longitudinal
rib 16, and the transverse-bar 6 is passed through holes at the ends of these
ribs. Trusses 17 are also provided for the strips, their struts 18 being placed
on the ribs, at or near their middles, and angle irons 19 are attached at, or
near, the same points, to stiffen the ribs, the angle-rous being bolted to the strips
and to the vertical ribs. This construction, in conjunction with the trussing of the
ribs 16, gives the cover stiffness and strength to resist the bursting strain produced
by the action of the plunger upon the material forced from the press-box into the
mattress. At the free end of the cover short pieces 20 are fixed on the ends of the
ribs 16, and in notches in the upper edges of these strips a transverse bar 21 is
seated, flush with faces of the-e pieces. This bar extends from side to side of the
press-box, and it is confined in the notches of the pieces 20 by metallic strips 22,
which are fixed by screws 23. The removable, or separable strips 14 are attached
to the transverse brace-bar 21 by bolts 24 which pass up through the pieces 20 and
bar 21, and have thumb-nuts 25 upon their upper ends. In order to vary the
width of the press-box, one of the side-walls 26 (Figure 5) is made laterally
adjustable.
To the outer face of the side-wall 26, at or near each of its ends, is fixed a
horizontal, outwardly projecting rack 27, having teeth on the lower edge gearing
with a pinion 28, on a shaft 29 (Fig. 2), which can turn in boxes 30 bolted to
the upright 2, and to one of the posts 8. One end of the shaft 29 extends some-
what beyond the post 8 and carries a hand-wheel 31 by turning which the
rack-bars 27 can be moved out, or in, along guides 32 (Fig. 2). Upon the front
end of the shaft 29 the pinion 28 is duplicated, one on each side of the post 2", and
gears with two rack-bars 27 their outer ends being connected by a bar 26ª
(Figs. 2 and 3). A set-screw 33 passes through the guide 32 and by turning this
screw the rack-bar 27 can be clamped and rigidly held, and as this locks the
shaft 29, the rack-bar 27 at the other end of the shaft is also held immovable.
Thus the side-wall 26 being adjusted to the proper place can be rigidly held there
until a number of mattresses are stuffed. The side-wall 26 has an external truss-
brace 35. The open, front end of the press box is clo-ed, up to a certain point in
the operative stroke of the plunger, in order to effect a certain compression of the
material with which the mattress is to be filled, before it is pushed into the tick.
The press-box is then opened automatically to permit the compressed material to
pass into the tick. This opening and closing is effected by means of a gate 36,
which is raised or lowered by means of duplicate levers 37, (Fig. 5) fulcrumed
upon upright brackets 38 and connected to the ends of the gate by links 39.
At the front end of the press-box is a spout 40, corresponding in interior
dimensions with the interior of the press-box, so that the plunger may pass without
obstruction liom the box into the spout, the space enclosed by the spout and box
being continuous and uninterrupted, as shown in Fig. 6, and the gate 36 being
arranged to move vertically between the outer end of the press-box and the inner
end of the spout. The plunger moves, in making its effective stroke, through, or
so far through the dength of the spout as to push all the stuffing into the tick.
The confined space within which it moves is enclosed, for the greater part of the
length of the stroke, by the top, or cover, which is raised, after each operation, and
then lowered, and locked in its lowered position, before each forward movement
of the plunger, by the following means :-The hinged top, or cover, is raised and
lowered by a cable 41, attached near its free end, (Fig. 6), and carried thence over

page_text: a guide pulley 42 on a shaft 43, carried in boxes 44: upon a frame 44. From the
pulley 42, the cable 41. is carried to the drum 45 of a windlass, rotated by a shaft 46
journalled in boxes 47, one of them supported upon a horizontal beam 48, extending
between the posts 8 and 8ª and serving as a brace to stiffen and support these posts,
and the other supported upon a parallel beam 48 which lies beneath one of
the beams 44. By the rotation of the drum 45, the cover of the press box is
lowered and raised at the proper times. The frame 44° consists of two parallel
beams 44, each supported by short uprights 49, rising from horizontal transverse
beams 50, one of which connects the two posts 8; and the other the two posts 8* at
the top of the frame. The shaft 46, carrying the drum 45; has a large spur-gear 51,
which is driven by a pinion 52, on a power-shaft 53, which is journalled in boxes 54,
upon the two beams 48. This shaft has on it. a wide pulley 55 connected by
belts to three separate pulleys on the counter shaft below (Figs. 3 and 4).
Upon the shaft 46, carrying the drum 45, is keyed' a friction-clutch 58, which can
he engaged with, and disengaged from a friction-pulley 59 loose on the shaft 46:
The friction-pulley 59 is shown in Fig. 10, positively connected to the drum 45.
The friction-clutch 58 is of any suitable form, capable of being frictionally engaged
with the clutch-pulley 59 by a lever arm 60, (Fig. 3), which is pivotted at one end
to the transverse beam 50 connecting the posts 8. This lever arm is arranged to
swing. in a horizontal plaue and is moved in opposite directions by a link 62,
connected to it near its end:.
In lowering the cover of the press-box to the position shown in Fig. 6, the
cable 41 has to be paid off the drum 45 while the cover descends without causing
shock. For this purpose I fix upon the shaft 46, which carries the drum 45, a
friction-pulley 64 having.around it a friction band, or strap 65. One end of this
friction-band is fixed, and the band is carried around, the friction pulley 64 and has
attached to it a weight 67, which draws the friction band 65 closely around the
pulley 64 and creates such a degree of friction as moderates the speed of the
drum 45 and can quite stop the drum and Hold the cover motionless at any point in
its movement. In order to lower the cover the friction of the band 65 on the
friction-pulley 64 may be lessened by exerting an upward pull upon the weight 67.
To enable the operator to do this conveniently, I attach to the weighted end' of
the band 65 a strap 68, which is connected to a cord 69, the latter being carried
over guide-pulleys 70 and 71 within convenient reach of the operator, who usually.
stands at the front end of the machine, and can regulate the rapidity of the
descent, of the cover by more or less strain of the cord 69: When the cable 41 is
paid off from the windlass 45, the friction-clutch is out of engagement with the
windlass.
When the cover is lowered into the position shown in Fig. 6, its free end is
sustained against the interior compression exerted by the plunger, by, a presser-
bar 72, shown in Fig. 13, which extends between posts 2 at the front end of the
machine, its ends lying in and being. guided by vertical channels 73, on the inner
faces of these posts. The presser-bar is raised and.lowered by means of screws 74,
swivelled in a horizontal, transverse beam 75 (Fig. 5) their lower ends being
engaged in threaded holes 76 in the presser-bar (Figs. 5 and 13). The screws 74
are revolved by bevel gear 77, 78; the latter on a shaft 79, journalled in boxes 80:
When lowered to the position shown in Figure 6, the presser-bar rests upon the
front ends of the pieces 20:
The shaft 79 is worked by bevil gear 84, 83 the latter on a vertical shaft 81,
(Fig. 3) supported in boxes 82.
The levers 37 which move the gate 36 are operated by a bell crank lever 85,
having a fulcrum 86 about the central, longitudinal line of the machine. The end
of this lever is connected by a crosshead 87, to the levers 37, and a weight 88 is
mounted on the bell crank lever 85, by which the gate 36 is partly counterbalanced.
The excess of weight of the gate keeps it closed except when the levers 37 and 85,
are operated to raise it and open the inouth of the press box.
To the aim of the bell crank lever 85, is jointed a rod 89, which extends beneath

page_text: the machine frame to the rear part of the press box where it is inclined upwards
and linked to the end of a trip lever 90 which is mounted on a horizontal
fulcrum 91, lying between two vertical plates 92, (Figs. 6 and 7) at the rear of,
and below the bottom of the press box. Between the vertical plates 92 is also
mounted an angular cam 93, having anti-friction rolls 94, on its arms. One of
these rolls lies, normally, against the inclined rear edge of the lever 90, above its
fulcrum 91. The other roll lies above the upper ends of the vertical plates 92,
and upon one side of the plunger bar 95.
The plunger bar lies in the middle longitudinal line of the machine, as shown in
Fig. 3, and is of such length that it may carry the plunger head 96 from the
extreme rear end of the press box into the spout far enough to drive the compressed
stuffing material out of the press box and into the tick. It is provided, for this
purpose on its upper face with a rack 97, gearing with a pinion 98, carried by a
shaft. 99. This shaft is supported in boxes 100 and 101, (Figs. 1 and 7), on
horizontal beams 102 and 103, which lie on opposite sides of the plunger bar
(Figs. 4 and 7). The shaft 99 has on it a spur gear 104 which is driven by a
pinion 105, upon the end of a shaft 106. This shaft has bearings in boxes 107,
two on the beams 102 and 103, and the third on a parallel beam 108, extending
between the posts 8 and 8" at the left hand of the machine frame (Fig. 7). Upon
the side of the plunger bar adjacent to the angular cam 93 is formed, or mounted, a
cam rib 109, (Figs. 7 aud 11), the front end of which is behind that of the rack 97;
it is in the same plane with the end of the angular cam 93, which rises above the
vertical plates 92, and stands in the path of the cam rib 109. Thus the plunger
moves forward a certain distance before the cam rib has any action upon the angular
cam 93. During this time the gate 36 remains closed and the plunger head 96,
therefore compresses the material used for stuffing the mattress, all the strain
required to bring the material to a required density being thus exerted upon the
walls of the box, and not upon the tick, which is not calculated to withstand such
strains and would, in nearly all cases, be likely to tear, or burst open, if subjected
to it. When this compression is effected the gate 36 is lifted by the engagement
of the cam rib 109 with the angular cam 93, and the compressed stuffing material
is pushed smoothly into the tick which is filled to the degree required by the
expansion of the compressed mass which takes place after it passes out of the press
box. The gate 36 is kept open until the plunger completes its stroke. as shown in
Fig. 6, and thus has been retracted to such a point that the cam rib 109 passes off
the angular cam 93 whereupon the weight 88 moves the bell crank lever 85, and
levers 37, closing the gate 36 in readiness for another operation.
The tick is drawn loosely over the exterior of the spout 40, as seen in Fig. 6, and
is gathered thereupon in folds, or plaits, to bring its closed end up to the mouth of
the spout.
As the hair, or other stuffing, is pushed into the tick, the plaits are
drawn off the spout under suitable tension imparted by press rolls 110, which are
mounted upon the ends of pivotted arms 112, and drawn against the outer faces of
the spout by springs 113, (Fig. 1). The arins 112 are jointed to brackets 114 on
the posts 2, (Figs. 1, 2, and 6).
The mechanism so far described is driven by the power shaft 53, which is
supported in boxes 54 and 116, arranged upon the two side beams 48, which connect
the upper ends of the posts 8 with the posts 8ª. Upon one end, which projects
beyond the frame is fixed the pulley 117, (Fig. 4) which is driven by any suitable
motor. On the power shaft is the wide pulley 55, connected by a crossed belt 118
and a straight belt 119 to two pulleys 120 and 121 loose (Fig. 7), upon the
countershaft 106, directly beneath the shaft 53. Between these pulleys is fixed a
pulley 122. By shifting the two belts 118 and 119 alternately, from the loose
pulleys to the middle pulley, the countershaft 106 can be made to revolve in either
direction.
The vertical shaft 81 at the front end of the press box is driven by bevel gear 123
and 124 from a horizontal shaft 125 (Fig. 1) lying in boxes 126. A vertical
shaft 127 supported in boxes 128 has a bevel wheel 129, (Figs. 1, 3, 4) gearing with

page_text: a wheel 130 on the power shaft 53. On its lower end is a bevel wheel 131, lying
etween and gearing with two bevel wheels 132 and 133, both loose on the shaft 125.
Between these wheels is a double clutch 134, for clutching the shaft to either of
the bevel wheels 132 or 133, when the clutch is moved by a lever 135, having its
fulcrum on a bracket 136. To the lower end of this lever are attached two
connecting rods 137 and 138, the former extending along the bottom of the frame
to a hand lever 139, pivotted on a bracket 140, near the front end of the press box.
The other rod 138 extends also to the end of the frame and is connected to one arm
of a bell crank 141, the other arm of which is connected by a rod 142 to one arm
of a bell crank 143, pivotted upon a bracket 143", a little below the upper end of
the post 2; its pivot is at such a point that when the double clutch 134 clutches 133,
one arm of the bell crank 143 is in the path of a lug 144 on the end of the presser
bar 72, (Figs. 3 and 13). As 72 rises by the operation of the screws 74, the lug 144
engages the arm immediately before the presser bar reaches its highest position,
and by rocking the bell crank 143 it operates the clutch lever 135, and brings the
clutch 134 to middle position out of engagement with both wheels 132 and 133.
This operation immediately stops the shafts 125 and 81, and the parts which raise
the presser bar.
When the cover is lowered to the position shown in Fig. 6, the hand lever 139
is operated by the attendant in order to start the mechanism by which the presser
bar 72 is lowered. To stop this mechaniɛm. when the presser bar is lowered to the
proper point, I connect the hand lever 139 by a rod 145 to the lower end of a
lever 146. The upper end of this lever is rounded and is placed in the path of the
lug 144, (Figs. 3 and 13) on the end of the presser bar 72, a recess 148 being
formed in the post 24, (Fig. 1) in order to bring the end of the lever within the
maximum range of movement of the lug. The lever 146 is so placed that the
lug 144 operates at the moment when the presser bar reaches its lowest position.
The movement produced by the lug 144 produces sufficient movement in the lever
to enable it to swing the hand lever 139 and disengage the double clutch.
When the presser bar has risen to a suitable height, the windlass 45 is automatically
started to lift the cover of the press box to the position shown in Fig. 1. For this
purpose I mount upon the post 2*, at the right hand side of the machine, a straight
lever 149, one end of which lies in the path of a lug 147 on the end of the presser
bar 72, as it rises. This lever is so placed that it is operated by the presser bar as
it approaches its highest position. The lever is connected by a rod 150 to one end
of a straight lever 151. The other end of 151 is connected by a vertical rod 152
to the end of the horizontal arm of a bell crank lever 153 (Fig. 2) pivotted on the
ight side of the frame. The depending arm of the bell crank is connected by a
rod 154, which extends along the lower part of the frame, to a second similar bell
crank 155, pivotted on the lower part of the post 8 on the same side of the
machine. The horizontal arm of the bell crank 155 is connected by a vertical
rod 156 to the horizontal arm of another bell crank 157, (Figs. 3 and 4) which turns
in a vertical plane, its other arm being connected by the link rod 63 with the
lever 159, which releases the friction clutch 58 by which the windlass 45 18 operated
to lift the cover.
As the cover reaches its highest elevation, its edge meets the
angular arm 158 of said lever 159, (Fig. 3) which has its fulcrum 160 on a bracket 161,
projecting from the beam 48, at the left hand of the frame. The rear end of this
lever is connected by the link rod 62 to the lever 60, and by its movement the
friction clutch 58 is released and the action of the windlass 45 ceases.
The top
is held in its raised position by means of the friction strap 65.
The belts 118 and 119 are shifted by the following mechanism. Upon each side
of the shaft 106 is arranged a belt shifter 162 and 163 parallel with the axis of
the shaft. Each has an elongated slot 164, through which one of the belts passes,
a loop or keeper 165 upon 162 and 166 upon 163. The belt 118 lies in the former
and 119 in the latter. The belt shifter 162 is operated by an arm 167 upon a
vertical rock shaft 163, this arm being connected to the shifting bar by a liuk 169
(Fig. 7). The rock shaft is worked by a connecting rod 170 attached to an

page_text: arm 171 on the shaft, and extending thence beneath. the press box, (Fig. 1) to the
front end of the machine, where it is connected to the lower end of a lever 172.
This lever has its fulcrum 173 upon a bracket 174 (Figs. 2 and 3). Its upper end
approaches the face of the post 2 and lies in the path of the lug. on the presser
bar,,thie lug being a little longer than the lug upon the opposite end of the presser
bar. This action takes place when the presser bar 72 reaches its lowest position.
By it the belt 118 is thrown upon the fast pulley 122, thereby setting the shaft 106
in motion, driving the shaft 99, and forcing the plunger forward into the press box.
By this turn of the rock shaft 168,,an arm 171 on it is turned into the path of a
lug on the plunger. bar 95, (Figs. 11 and 12) so placed that it engages the arm 171
just as the plunger completes its forward movement. This lug. turns the rock
shaft. 168 and moves the belt shifter 162. in such manuer: as to carry the: Welt 118
from the fast pulley. 122,. back to the loose pulley 120.. At the same moment a
lug: 176 at the end of the rack on the plunger bar, engages an arm 177 on a rock
shaft 1.78; which has an arm 179, connected by a link 180 to the belt shifter 163!.
By this action the straight belt 119 is shifted from the loose pulley 121. to the fast
pulley 122, and. the shaft 106 is again set in motion,. but. in the opposite direction
retracting the plunger bar. As its backward movement is completed; a lug: 176",
at a suitable distance from the forward end of the rack bar. 97, engages the arm.177
and moves the rock shaft so as to restore the belt 119 to the loose pulley, 121,, and.
arrest the movement of the plunger.
At the rear of the machine (Fig. 4) is arranged a lever 182, having a fulorum 183
on a bracket 184. It is bent above and below its pivot to form horizontal arms 186
and 185, the former, which lies on one side the fulcrum,,having its end in the path of
a spring pawi 187,.on the plunger bar. 95; (Fig. 16), which pawl passes the arm 186;
in the backward movement of the plunger bar; without acting, but in the forward.
movement it swings the arm in the direction of movement of the plunger, and, thus
throws in the other direction the arm 185 which has a loose connection to the clutchi
lever 135.
This operation shifts the clutch 134, sinoe the plunger,, having. completed its
effective stroke, and being about to move back, the presser bar must rise andi the
cover. then be lifted. As some short time is necessary for the screws 74 to raise the
presser bar, the lever 182 is operated by the last part of the forward movement of
the plunger and the clutch 134 is thus engaged with the bevel gear 131, whereby the
shafts 125 and 81 are set in motion. As the presser bar 72 rises to its highest point
it not only disengages the clutch 134, as already described, but by also aotuating
the straight levers 149 and 151, and through the connecting rod 152, bell orank.153,
rod 154, bell crank 155, rod. 156, bell crank 157, and the connecting, bar 63, the
friction clutch 58 is engaged. with its drum 59, and, by the same movement. the
releasing lever 159 is swung into such position that its angular end lies in the path
of the left hand side of the cover as it rises.
Considering the weight and momentum of the parts. I have provided a friction.
brake for the last pulley 122, ai ranged as follows:-
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Pivotted upon a bracket 107, upon. the side brace 108,.is a lever 190 which
carries a brake shoe 191, adapted to bear upon the fast pulley 122, when its action
is required. The opposite end of the lever has an aperture, or eye, which admits a
vertical rigid spindle 192, rising from a longitudinally arranged beam 193,, this
spindle extending some distance above the beam and having coiled on it a spring:194
adjustable by a thumb screw 194.
The vertically movable end of the bar 190 crosses the beam or support 193 in
which are formed. channels 195 and 195ª, parallel to the beam 193 which supports
the bearings of the upper ends of the rock shafts 168 and 178. Upon these
respectively are aims 196, and 197. The end of the arm 197 has a pin 198 which.
engages a notched.bracket 199 at the end of slide 200 (Fig..9) which lies in the
channel 195, the other end of this slide being, provided: with a bevelled rising.
edge 201, which may by the turn of the rock shaft 178, be driven under the end, of
the lever 190 and, caused. to raise it and lift the brake shoe 191.. In the other

page_text: channel 195 is arranged a longer slide 202, having a notch 203, which is engaged
by a pin 204 on the end of the arm 196, whereby the longer slide 202 is moved
parallel to the slide 200. The slide 202 is provided with a bevelled edge 205,
acting in a direction opposite to that of the bevelled edge 201. By referring to
Figs. 8 and 9, it will be seen that the movement of the slides 200 and 202 in the
same direction will normally have the effect of momentarily dropping and imme-
diately lifting the lever 190 and brake shoe 191, which will then have no effect
upon the pulley 122.
As the action of the brake shoe is only required upon the pulley 122 at the
moment intervening between its two opposite movements by which the plunger bar 95
is reciprocated, the period of its frictional pressure on the pulley is comparatively
short, but, nevertheless sufficient to quickly arrest the motion of the pulley and
enable it to draw back the plunger bar after it has fully completed its stroke.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. The combination of the press box and its hinged cover connected by rope to
the rope drum loose upon the continuously revolving shaft, the brake pulley on the
shaft and weighted friction band, the means for raising the weight and the clutch to
lock the drum upon the shaft, substantially as described.
2. In combination with the press box, the plunger, the rack and pinion for moving
it, the straight and crossed belts, belt shifters and neaus for operating them,
substantially as described.
3. In combination with the press box, the presser bar, screws for raising and
lowering it and gear for working the screws, substantially as described.
4. In combination with the press box, the gate for closing its mouth and gear for
moving the gate, substantially as described.
5. In combination with the press box and plunger, the gate for closing the mouth
of the box, and means for raising the gate after the plunger has moved a sufficient
distance to suitably compress the stuffing material within the press box, substantially
as described.
6. A machine for stuffing mattresses constructed and operating substantially as
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of August 1895.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.