Patent ID: 6910360

Claim:
An apparatus for making mattress and upholstery spring coils from first, second, third and fourth wires, the apparatus comprising: first and second powered wire feeding devices having respective input sides and output sides; a first wire guide disposed adjacent the input side of the first powered wire feeding device and simultaneously supporting the first and second wires; a first actuator operatively connected to the first wire guide and being operable to move the first wire guide between first and second positions to align the first and second wires, respectively, with the first powered wire feed device; a second wire guide disposed adjacent the input side of the second powered wire feeding device and simultaneously supporting the third and fourth wires; a second actuator operatively connected to the second wire guide and being operable to move the second wire guide between first and second positions to align the third and fourth wires, respectively, with the second powered wire feed device; a third wire guide disposed adjacent the output sides of the first and second powered wire feeding devices and adapted to receive wires being fed by the first and second powered wire feeding devices; a spring coiling machine disposed adjacent the third wire guide and a programmable control connected to the powered first and second wire feeding devices, the first actuator, the second actuator and the spring coiling machine, the control being operable to cause one of the first, second, third and fourth wires to be fed to the spring coiling machine and further cause the spring coiling machine to form the one of the first, second, third and fourth wires into a spring coil of a desired coil diameter and pitch.