Patent ID: 8561510

Claim:
An adjustable foam insertion machine, comprising: a frame, a foam material feed, a foam material cutter assembly, a foam material holder, a foam material inserter, and a controller; and said frame having a work table upon which a work piece having a channel may be placed and a foam spacer inserted; and said foam material feed having a drive which drives a foam material into an entrance slot within said foam material cutter assembly; and said foam material cutter assembly having, a cutter, a top actuator, said entrance slot, a cutter housing, an exiting slot, and an inserter slot within which an inserter tongue slidably fits; and said foam material holder having a holder tongue connected with a bottom actuator; and said foam material inserter having said inserter tongue connected with a middle actuator which forces a cut foam material through said exiting slot; and said controller controlling said drive, said top actuator, said bottom actuator, and said middle actuator wherein said holder tongue advances substantially flush with a bottom wall of said entrance slot prior to said cutter advancing toward said foam material and said cutter advances toward said holder tongue and pinches said foam material there between and cuts said foam material forming said foam spacer and said cutter and said holder tongue then positioned whereby said foam spacer is aligned with said exiting slot and actuation of said inserter tongue forces said foam spacer through said exiting slot and into said channel of said work piece.