Apparatus for making hinged two piece wire fabric

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING HINGED TWO PIECE FABRIC HAVING LONGITUDINAL WIRES CONNECTED BY CROSS WIRES WHICH COMPRISES MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A SECTION OF FABRIC HAVING THE DESIRED LENGTH AND A WIDTH APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE TOTAL WIDTH OF THE TWO PIECES, MEANS ADJACENT ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR FORMING AN OPEN HOOK ON THE END OF EACH OF THE CROSS WIRES ADJACENT THERETO, MEANS FOR SEPARATING THE CROSS WIRES ESSENTIALLY ON THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER OF SAID SECTION, A GENERALLY FLAT TABLE ON THE EXIT SIDE OF SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID FABRIC LONGITUDINALLY TO THE ENTRY END OF SAID TABLE, A CARRIAGE SPANNING SAID TABLE AND MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF, A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART LIFTING MECHANISMS MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIAGE ACROSS THE WIDTH OF SAID TABLE FOR LIFTING THE FORWARD ENDS OF SAID PIECES OF FABRIC, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIAGE WITH THE PIECES OF FABRIC SUPPORTED THEREBY FROM THE ENTRY END OF SAID TABLE TO THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF, MEANS FOR FLIPPING OVER A PIECE OF HOOKED FABRIC FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID TABLE TO THE OTHER, AND MEANS SPACED APART LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID TABLE FOR CLOSING SAID HOOKS AROUND THE OUTSIDE LONGITUDINAL WIRE OF A FABRIC PIECE WITHOUT HOOKS THEREON.