Patent ID: 7594311

Claim:
An apparatus for bordering mattresses, comprising: two mattress, upper and lower, bordering assemblies, which are arranged respectively at an upper level and at a lower level and are provided with respective upper and lower worktables which are substantially mutually superimposed, the upper worktable being provided with overturning means for turning over mattresses; a mattress distribution assembly arranged upstream of said pair of bordering assemblies and adapted to send mattresses individually, on request, to the upper worktable or lower worktable; a receiving table, which is arranged substantially at the lower level of the lower worktable of said lower bordering assembly; a chute arranged at an output of the upper worktable of said upper assembly and inclined so as to convey mattresses bordered by said upper assembly toward said receiving table, said chute comprising movable elements with actuator means for actuation thereof between a planar position, in order to allow advancement of mattresses from said upper worktable toward said receiving table and an open position; mattress advancement means arranged below said chute between said lower worktable and said upper worktable in order to move mattresses that arrive from said lower bordering assembly and transfer the moved mattresses onto said receiving table; and a mattress overturning element which is functionally associated with said mattress advancement means and is provided with overturn actuation means for actuation thereof between a position for receiving a mattress that arrives from said lower bordering assembly and a position for overturning mattresses when the movable elements of said chute are in the open position.