Patent ID: 7669540

Claim:
An apparatus for feeding and slitting a stack of compressible soft goods being supported on an upper surface of a table comprising: a frame adapted to be mounted adjacent a table; a motor; a first powered slitting wheel rotatably driven by an input shaft rotatable by the motor; a second powered slitting wheel rotatably driven by the motor and contacting the first slitting wheel to provide a cutting action; a powered conveyor driven by the motor and adapted to be positioned adjacent the table and comprising a conveyor belt adapted to contact and support a lower surface along an edge of soft goods; and a compression assembly disposed above the conveyor and adapted to contact an upper surface along an edge of the soft goods, the compression assembly comprising an actuator operatively coupled to the frame, a gear housing operatively coupled to the actuator, gears inside the gear housing, an input gear of said gears being rotatable by the input shaft and rollers for contacting an upper surface of the soft goods and moving the soft goods, said rollers being operatively coupled to an output gear inside the gear housing.