Apparatus for attaching strap handles

Claim 1

FOR APPLYING HANDLES OF THE TUPE COMPRISING SETS OF PARALLEL STRAPS HAVING THEIR OPPOSITE SIDES IN PARALLEL PLANE AND HAVING SPACES BETWEEN THEIR OPPOSED EDGES, EACH STRAP HAVING ENLARGED ENDS FOR ATTACHMENT TO A MATTRESS AND AN INTERMEDIATE HAND-GRIP SECTION OF LESSER WIDTH, AND SEVERABLY NECKS BRIDGING SAID SPACES BETWEEN SAID ENLARGED ENDS, APPARATUS FOR AFFIXING THE STRAPS TO A SHEET OF MATERIAL AT AN ATTACHING STATION, A GUIDE FOR FEEDING SAID SETS TO THE ATTACHING STATION EDGEWISE ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH WITH THE STRAPS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE PATH, A PAIR OF DIES ON EACH SIDE OF SAIDPATH AT THE ENDS OF THE FOREMOST HANDLE AT THE ATTACHING STATION, SUPPORT FOR EACH PAIR OF DIES, MEANS FOR PRODUCING MOVEMENT OF ONE OF SAID SUPPORTS TOWARD THE OTHER SUPPORT TO ATTACH THE ENDS OF THE HANDLES TO THE SHEET, A CUTTER DISPOSED ALONG SAID PATH IN ADVANCE OF EACH OF SAID PAIR OF DIES FOR SEVERING THE NECKS BRIDGING THE SPACES BETWEEN SAID ENLARGED ENDS OF THE FOREMOST STRAP AND THE NEXT SUCCEEDING STRAP DURING SAID MOVEMET, AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID SUPPORTS FOR TRIMMING OFF THE SEVERED NECKS DURING SAID MOVEMENT.