Innerspring manufacturing and assembly system and components for selectable coil orientation, position adjustment and coil conveyance

摘要

Innerspring assembly manufacturing machinery includes a coil forming machine for forming individual wire form coils from a supply of wire, a geneva to transfer individual coils from the coil forming machine to a coil conveyor, a coil orientation device to change a radial orientation of a coil about a longitudinal axis of the coil in the coil conveyor, and an innerspring assembler for receiving a coil from the conveyor in an orientation determined by the coil orientation device. The coil orientation device includes first and second pairs of rollers mounted for linear translation toward and away from a coil conveyor and into contact with a coil in contact with the coil conveyor. The first or second pair of rollers are driven to rotate while in contact with the coil in contact with the conveyor to rotate the coil about a longitudinal axis of the coil.

主权项

1. A coil orientation device comprising first and second pairs of rollers, each pair of rollers mounted for linear translation toward and away from a coil conveyor and into contact with a coil in contact with the coil conveyor,
the first or second pair of rollers driven to rotate while in contact with the coil in contact with the conveyor to rotate the coil about a longitudinal axis of the coil, wherein the first pair of rollers is mounted above the coil conveyor, and the second pair of rollers is mounted below the coil conveyor.