IP Library Granted Patent US 9,346,642
Granted Patent B2
US 9,346,642 · App. 14/258,551 · Granted May 24, 2016

Adjustable bed mat roller

Inventor: Kufre Effiong Akpan (Maple Grove, MN)
Assignee: UMANA FAMILY CORPORATION
B65H18/22B65H18/08B65H19/2276B65H2701/1922
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,346,642
App. No.
14/258,551
Granted
May 24, 2016
Kind
B2
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 (8)

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.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2017
From: UMANA FAMILY CORPORATION
To: AKPAN, KUFRE E
Reel/Frame 042564/0810 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2017
From: AKPAN, KUFRE E
To: MAT PROCESSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 042565/0819 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13893447 · May 14, 2013
Continuation 12657756 · Jan 27, 2010
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