Robert Thomas Wiley

US Patent:

45653623, Jan 21, 1986

Filed:

Dec 14, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/681912

Inventors:

Robert T. Wiley - Asheville NC

Assignee:

Tex-nology Systems, Inc. - Arden NC

International Classification:

B65H 500

US Classification:

271225

Abstract:

An apparatus is disclosed for transferring a sheet of deformable material such as cloth on a first conveyer to a second conveyer at a right angle to the first conveyor. The apparatus includes a full-length clamp having an elongated support surface for grasping and supporting the sheet along a side edge adjacent to the second conveyor and aligned with the direction of movement of first conveyor. The clamp is supported on a carriage which is movable in the direction of movement of the second conveyer and means are provided to move the carriage between a clamping location where the clamp grasps the sheet and a release location spaced from the first conveyor.

US Patent:

47037059, Nov 3, 1987

Filed:

Mar 13, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/839710

Inventors:

Robert T. Wiley - Asheville NC

Assignee:

Tex-nology Systems, Inc. - Arden NC

International Classification:

D05B 2100

US Classification:

1122651

Abstract:

A method and apparatus are disclosed for feeding and securing a fabric tape enclosing a wire to a sheet of fabric, such as a mattress pad, along a predetermined circuitous path. The pad is supported in a generally planar configuration and is movable through a plane under the needle of a sewing head so that the needle traverses the circuitous path on the pad. The tape and enclosed wire are supplied to a guide rotatably mounted on the sewing head for guiding the tape and enclosed wire onto the pad towards the needle from locations circumferentially disposed about a vertical axis of the needle. Provision is made for moving the guide about the sewing head as the pad moves in the circuitous path under the needle so that the tape and enclosed wire move towards the needle generally along the circuitous path.