Apparatus for producing spring cores

Claim 1

IN SPRING CORE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS HAVING A SPRING FORMING MACHINE UNIT FOR FORMING A SUCCESSION OF CUSHION SPRINGS FROM WIRE STOCK, IN A SPRING ASSEMBLY UNIT FOR CONNECTING A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE SPRING HOLDER TION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE SPRING HOLDER RACKS EACH DEFINING A LINEAR SERIES OF SPRING HOLDERS THERE ON, A FIRST RACK SUPPORT TRACK MOUNTABLE ADJACENT SAID SPRING FORMING MACHINE UNIT, MEANS FOR DIRECTING A SUCCESSION OF SAID HOLDER RACKS ALONG SAID TRACK IN END TO END RELATION TO EACH OTHER, CYCLIC SPRING TRANSGER MEANS ARRANGED TO TRANSFER A SUCCESSION OF INDIVIDUAL SPRINGS FROM SAID SPRING FORMING MACHINE UNIT TO A LOADING STAION OVERLYING SAID TRACK, INDEXING MEANS COACTING WITH EACH SUCCESSIVE RACK TO INTERMITTENTLY INDEX THE LATTER ALONG SAID TRACK TO BRING SUCCESSIVE HOLDERS ON THE RACK INTO UNDERLYING ALINEMENT WITH SAID LOADING STATION, RAM MEANS FOR MOVING SUCCESSIVE SPRINGS DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID LOADING STATION INTO SUCCESSIVE SPRING HOLDER ALINED WITH SAID LOADING STATION; CONTROL MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID INDEXING MEANS, SAID SPRING MEANS, AND SAID RAM MEANS INSYNCHRONISM; A SECOND RACK SUPPORT TRACK MOUNTABLE ADJACENT SAID SPRING ASSEMBLY UNIT, RACK AC-