Patent ID: 7124696

Claim:
A portable carpet binding machine comprising: a) a housing defining an interior region; b) a drive mechanism supported by the housing and at least partially disposed in the interior region; c) a prime mover operatively coupled to the drive mechanism for providing motive power to the drive mechanism; d) a sewing assembly driven via the drive mechanism for sewing a strip of material to a piece of carpet; and e) a carpet feeding assembly including a feed driver mechanism and a coacting puller mechanism operating in substantially synchronous movement to linearly feed the piece of carpet relative to the sewing assembly; the feed driver mechanism including a feed-dog driven by the drive mechanism that intermittently engages a lower surface of the piece of carpet to thereby advance the piece of carpet forward; the coacting puller mechanism including a first feed roller being independently driven and engaging an upper surface of the piece of carpet and a second feed roller engaging the lower surface of the piece of carpet, the first and second feed rollers being driven by the drive mechanism to pull the piece of carpet forward substantially simultaneously with respect to advancement of the carpet by the feed-dog of the feed driver mechanism.