US1352157A - Spring-inserting tool - Google Patents

Description

L. A. SUEKOFF.

SPRING INSERTING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1919.

- PatentedSept. 7, 1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

Application filed September 5, 1919. Serial No. 321,977.

To all whom it may concern ment or tool for the insertion or introduc-.

tion of springs to the interior of cushions and mattresses of that type in which coiled springs are employed as the resilient element of the structure.

Various forms of spring-filled cushions and mattresses are in use. One of these is illustrated, described and claimed in my pending application for United States Letters Patent filed January 30, 1919, Serial No. 273,957. The form covered by that applicationv includes a series of individual pockets or cells for the springs, the fabric being so arranged that a single wall or ply of material only is employed to separate each spring from those contiguous thereto. In the formation of the cushions or mattresses the fabric portion is first completed, the division walls being so related that the springs may be then inserted individually into their respective pockets or cells.- To effect this with minimum expense, and with economy of labor and time, it is desirable that all the springs for a single unit or grouping of the pockets or cells be introduced simultaneously to the interior of the fabric portion and the springs for the respective pockets or cells successively in-' serted therein. This enables a speedy application of the springs to the fabric portion, and immediately upon the introduction of each spring into its pocket or cell its expansion therein distends the fabric and the spring is held in place without the necessity of fastening-means of any sort.

The present invention has in contemplation the production of a simple tool or implement particularly designed for accomplishing the above-recited ends, and it embraces novel means for holding in compres-. sion or folded condition the number of springs requisite for the ockets or cells of a'unit or grouping to acilitate their simultaneous introduction within the fabric portion of the cushion or mattress, and their proper positioning in relation to their respective pockets or cells for release therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tool or implement of the character stated which may be produced at small cost; the parts of which are easily organ- 1zed and assembled, and one which may be used by unskilled labor with maximum speed in the introduction of the springs to the fabrlc portions of the cushion and mattress structure.

Other objects and advantages of the inventlon will appear as the-nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consisting substantially in the novel construction,v combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims. It will be understood, of course, that the form shown is but an illustrative embodiment thereof and 'is not to be considered in a llmiting or restrictive sense.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section of the fabric portion of a cushion structure illustratmg the herein described tool in its initial position of application when introducing the springs to the interior thereof. 1g. 2 is a similar view the tool being positloned for discharge of the" springs into their respective pockets or cells.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cushion 'structure, the dotted lines indicating the inserted springs as positioned by the tool, and. the tool being illustrated in its initial position of application-to the structure.

Fig. 4 is a detail section of the cushion structure illustrating the springs distended in their respective pockets or cells.

Fig. 5 is a face elevation of the tool.

Fig. 6 is an edge elevation thereof; and

Figs. 7 and 8 are transverse sectional views on the lines 7-7 and 8-8, respectively, Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail, and

more particularly Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 thereof,

it will be observed that the herein described tool is formed of a pair of elongated flat members 10 and 11, each of said members being provided at appropriate points between its ends, and at one-edge thereof, with having eyes 14 and 15 arranged in interfitting relation, and being held together by means of pintles'lG, whereby the members 10 and 11 are adapted to be swung with respect to each other into open and closed pchinge lugs '12 and 13, respectively, said lugs sitions. The member 11 is slightly shorter than the member 10, and .said member is provided at one of its ends with an enlarged ber 11 fitting in rear of the head 17 so that in the introduction of the tool to the fabric portion of the cushion or mattress said guide-head will serve to open the way for.

the member 11 and prevent the fabric being caught by the advancing end of the member 11. This, therefore, insures freedom of movement of the tool asit is introduced into the fabric portion of the. cushion or mattress structure.

Slidably mounted on the members 10. and 11 is a locking sleeye 18, and by means of this sleeve the members 10 and 11 are held in folded relation with respect to each other,

and thereby prevented from being forced apart under pressure exerted by the compressed springs held there-between. This locking sleeve 18 maybe readily removed from the handle portion or ends of the members 10 and'11to permit the same to be thrown to open position, when such is desired. v

In the use of the herein described tool the members 10 and 11 are moved to closed position as illustrated in the drawings. "When so folded together they are slightly spaced. apart, as in Figs. 2,3 and 6. This spacing permits the introduction of a series of the springs 19, after the same have been compressed, to the space between the members 10 and 11, and when so introduced the springs are held in the compressed condition referred to. To now apply the springs to the interior of the fabric portion 20 of the cushion or mattress structure the tool isinserted' along one of the continuous division walls 21 of the structure with the flat face of the tool presented to that wall. This pdsition ofthe tool is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. \Vhen inserted to the desired extent the tool is turned at right angles 'to'its initial position, or to that position illustrated in Fig. 2, and with each of the compressed springs 19 opposite to the pocket or cell which it is to occupy presmembers arranged with a space there besure is applied to each one of the springs crosswise of the tool so as to force the springs out from between the members 10 and 1 1 and into the pocket or cell. l/Vhen each of the compressed springs thus leaves the tool it expands against the end portions of the pocket or cell, as illustrated in Fig.

. tion is continued until the entire cushion or mattress structure is filled with the springs, which operation is quickly and easily performed. It will be understood that as the tool is introduced into the fabric portion the guide-head 17 enables the tool to follow a free path there-through, this head preventing the fabric becoming caught in the tool, and easily penetrating the spaces between the division walls of the pockets or ce ls.

ture herein illustrated is that embodied in my pending application, Serial 1T0. 273,957, and includes a plurality of units 22 which are formed of strips folded upon themselves, the opposite portions thereof being connected by'the division walls 23 the upper and lower ends of which are connected... as at 24 to the parallel portions of the units 22. These units are then arranged in parallel relation with the continuous division walls 21 arranged between contiguous units, the walls 21 being suitably stitched or fastened to the contiguous units. The fastenings, however, of the continuous walls 21 and the walls 23 are applied only to the upper and lower. edges of the walls 21 and the upper and lower ends of the walls 23. Inasmuch as the edge portions of the walls 23 have no connection with the continuous walls 21 the tool may be readily inserted between said ed e portions and the continuous walls 21. for the easy insertion of the respective coiled springs to their respective pockets or cells.

I claim:

1. A tool of the class described,'compris- -ing separated parallel elongated members adapted to receive a series of coiled springs in compressed relation and to hold the same compressed, and means arranged on said members for guiding the same in their in- The form of the cushion or mattress struc- T hus provision is made troduction into the position of discharge of the springs therefrom.

'2. A tool of the class described, comprising a pair of parallel flat elongated tween for accommodating a series of coiled springs in compressed relation, means for holding said members against separation under the pressure of said springs, and means for guiding the members to the position of discharge of the. springs therefrom ing there-between. a plurality of coiled springs in compressed relation, and means for holding said members against separation under pressure of said springs.

4. A tool of the class described, comprising a pair of elongated flattened members hingedly connected together but normally held inspaced relation to accommodate a plurality of coiled springs in compressed form, and means for preventing separation of said members under pressure of said springs. y

5. A tool of the class described, comprising a pair of elongated members hingedly connected together, said members, in their folded position, being slightly spaced apart to accommodate aplurality of coiled springs in compressed form, a guide-head carried by one of said members and overlapping the contiguous end of the latter, and means for locking said members against separation under pressureof the compressed springs.

6. A tool of the class described, comprising a pair of elongated flattened members hingedly connected together at one of their edges, said members being slightlyispaced apart when in their folded positionto receive a plurality of compressed coiled springs, means for guiding said tool when the same is introduced for the discharge i of the springs therefrom at their point of application, and means for locking said members against separation under pressure of said springs. ,7

7. A tool of the class described, comprising a pair of elongated flattened members hingedly connected at one of their edges and normally spaced apart in their folded position, whereby to accommodate a plurality of compressed coiled springs, one of said members being shorter than the other, a guide-head carried by the longer member and arranged to overlap the contiguous end of the shorter member, and means for locking said members to prevent separation of the same under pressure of the coiled I springs.

8. A tool of the class described, compris-' ing a pair of flattened'elongated parallel members hingedly connected together at one of their edges, said members when folded being slightly spaced apart to receive a plurality of compressed coiled springs, one of said members being shorter than the other, a guide head carried by the longer member and arranged to overlap the shorter member when the members are folded together, and a locking sleeve slidably mounted on said members to hold the same against separation under pressure of the coiled springs. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. V v

LOUIS A. SUEKOFF.

Vitnesses: LUCILE V. PIEKAL,

Ross Comm.

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