Patent ID: 7975633

Claim:
A seaming machine for use with segments of sheet material each having first and second opposed edges, the machine comprising: a frame having first and second ends defining therebetween a longitudinal direction and first and second sides defining therebetween an axial direction; a sheet-receiving area within the frame having first and second axially spaced sides; first and second axially spaced seaming devices on the frame respectively adjacent the first and second sides of the sheet-receiving area; the first seaming device adapted for seaming a first one of the segments of sheet material to a second one of the segments of sheet material along the first edges of the first and second segments; and the second seaming device adapted for seaming a third one of the segments of sheet material to the second segment along the second edges of the second and third segments; and first and second axially spaced operator supports on the frame respectively adjacent the first and second sides of the sheet-receiving area.