ADJUSTABLE BED MAT ROLLER

• US 20150097067A1
• Filed: 04/22/2014
• Published: 04/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mat Processing, LLC
• Original Assignee: Kufre Effiong Akpan
• Inventors: Akpan, Kufre Effiong
• Granted Patent: US 9,346,642 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 242/535.4
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 18/08 Web-winding mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 18/22 by friction band
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 19/2276 The web roll being driven by a winding mechanism of the coreless type
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/1922 for covering surfaces such as carpets, roads, roofs or walls

Abstract

An bed roller machine for use in rolling a rug having a leading edge, comprising a main body having a main bed, a plurality of belts configured to move the leading edge of the rug into the cavity and up, a first set of fingers, each finger of the first set having a surface having a first concave cylindrical curvature, wherein the surfaces of the first set are aligned, and wherein the first set of fingers are movable as a set, and a second set of fingers, each finger of the second set having a surface having a second concave cylindrical curvature looser that that of the first surface, wherein the surfaces of the second set are aligned, and wherein the second set of fingers are movable as a set.

Claims

1. An bed roller machine for use in rolling a rug having a leading edge, comprising:

a main body having

a main bed;

a hood having a mouth defining a cavity;

a plurality of belts configured to move the leading edge of the rug into the cavity and up;

a first set of fingers, each finger of the first set having a surface having a first concave cylindrical curvature, wherein the surfaces of the first set are aligned, and wherein the first set of fingers are movable as a set; and

a second set of fingers, each finger of the second set having a surface having a second concave cylindrical curvature looser that that of the first surface, wherein the surfaces of the second set are aligned, and wherein the second set of fingers are movable as a set,

wherein the fingers of the first and second set of fingers are interleaved and positioned in the cavity proximate the end of the plurality of belts.