摘要 |
An apparatus for inserting tuft assemblies (P) through a mattress (M), with retention disks (D1, D2), comprising a mattress locking structure composed of: two walls (2, 3), flat and parallel with a space for accommodating the mattress for compression; a first carriage (11), supported by one (2) of the walls with a first disk feeder (87a) and a tuft insertion device (10); a second carriage (23), supported by the second wall (3) supporting a second disk feeder (87); an actuator (13-20; 24-31) for the carriages (11, 23); each one of the feeders (87, 87a) for disks (D1, D2) comprises a disk magazine (91) that is supported on a respective carriage (11, 23) and contains disks arranged in stack acted upon by a pusher (93) in order to keep a front disk (D1a, D2a) of the stack in a pick-up position; and pick-up elements each with a transfer element (36, 51, 59, 64), supported by a carriage. <IMAGE> |