CN112716199A - Bagged spring bed core and mattress - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a bagged spring bed core and a mattress, wherein the bagged spring bed core comprises a first bagged spring string and a second bagged spring string, the first bagged spring string is longitudinally compressed, and the second bagged spring string is longitudinally stretched. According to the bagged spring bed core, the first bagged spring strings and the second bagged spring strings are transversely and alternately arranged, and the first bagged spring strings are longitudinally compressed to enable adjacent bagged springs to be tightly leaned to form a support, so that the bagged springs can be prevented from being recessed when the bagged spring bed core is longitudinally compressed; the ductility of the second bagged spring string is offset by longitudinally stretching the second bagged spring string, tension can be provided when the bagged spring bed core is transversely pressed, and the first bagged spring string is prevented from expanding outwards.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of bagged spring mattresses, in particular to a bagged spring bed core and a mattress.
Background
The mattress core of the bagged spring mattress is formed by combining a plurality of bagged spring strings, each bagged spring string is composed of a plurality of bagged springs, a cloth bag is welded on a piece of complete flexible cloth, the bagged springs are packaged after the springs are loaded, the continuous bagged springs form the bagged spring strings, due to the adoption of the cloth, the bagged spring strings have extensibility in the longitudinal direction, the bagged springs expand outwards or are recessed when the mattress core is transversely or longitudinally pressed, the existing bagged spring mattress core is manufactured by mutually adhering the bagged spring strings with the same specification to form the mattress core, and the manufacturing mode of the mattress core enables the quantity of the springs to be increased so as to increase the cost of the mattress core.
In the related art, in order to ensure that the periphery of the bed core is stable in size and does not deform when being pressed, a reinforcing member is generally arranged on the edge, and the reinforcing member is mostly made of round and/or flat materials and is mostly metal, and is generally called as a metal binding. The installation process of the bed core of the metal wrapping is complex, and the material cost is high; after the edge is covered, the bed core can not be rolled, so that the occupied space is large during transportation, the transportation cost is increased, and the sleeping experience is also influenced by the metal at the edge during daily use.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to at least one of the problems of the prior art, and provides a bagged box spring mattress and a mattress, which can prevent the edges from deforming when pressed.
According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bagged spring bed core, comprising a first string of bagged springs and a second string of bagged springs, the first string of bagged springs and the second string of bagged springs being arranged and connected in a laterally alternating manner; wherein the first string of pocketed springs is compressed longitudinally to arrange the pocketed springs closely to support adjacent pocketed springs from each other; and the second bagged spring string is longitudinally stretched to ensure that the bagged spring bed core does not extend in the longitudinal direction.
The bagged spring bed core at least has the following beneficial effects: the first bagged spring strings and the second bagged spring strings are alternately arranged, and the first bagged spring strings are longitudinally compressed to enable adjacent bagged springs to closely lean against each other to form a support, so that the bagged springs can be prevented from sinking inwards when the bagged spring bed core is longitudinally compressed; through the spring cluster in bags of vertical tensile second, offset its ductility, can provide the pulling force when the spring bed core in bags is transversely compressed, prevent that first spring cluster in bags from expanding outward, so, produce when can avoid spring bed core in bags edge compression all around betterly and warp, compare with the spring bed core in bags that the tradition adopted metal to bordure, can avoid using the metal to bordure, the transportation and the installation of the spring bed core in bags of being convenient for.
According to the pocket spring bed core provided by the embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, at least one first welding seam is arranged between the pocket springs of the second pocket spring string, the first welding seam is arranged on each of two sides of the pocket springs of the second pocket spring string, the adjacent first welding seams between the pocket springs of the second pocket spring string do not enclose the springs to form a preset gap, and the axial distance of the adjacent pocket springs of the second pocket spring string is 1, 2 or 3 times that of the adjacent pocket springs of the first pocket spring string.
In the pocket spring bed core according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, only one first welding seam is disposed between at least two pocket springs at two ends of the second pocket spring string in the longitudinal direction.
The pocketed spring bed core of an embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, wherein in the transverse direction, the axes of the pocketed springs of the second string of pocketed springs are aligned with the axes of the pocketed springs of the first string of pocketed springs.
The bagged spring bed core provided by the embodiment of the first aspect of the invention has a first layout structure, the first layout structure comprises N first bagged spring strings and 1 second bagged spring string which are alternately arranged in sequence, and N is more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 5.
The pocket spring bed core according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the invention has a second layout structure, the second layout structure comprises 1 first pocket spring string and N second pocket spring strings which are alternately arranged in sequence, and N is more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 5.
The pocketed spring bed core of an embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, having a third layout comprising 1 string of said first pocketed springs and 1 string of said second pocketed springs alternately arranged in sequence, said second string of pocketed springs being adhered adjacent to said first string of pocketed springs, adjacent four pocketed springs adjacent to said first string of pocketed springs forming a void, said pocketed springs of said second string of pocketed springs being selectively adhered in said void.
The pocket spring bed core according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, wherein the first pocket spring strings are arranged at the front and rear edges of the pocket spring bed core in the arrangement direction of the spring strings.
The pocketed spring bed core of an embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, the first and second strings of pocketed springs each comprising a continuous plurality of pocketed springs, the pocketed springs comprising a pocket and springs disposed within the pocket.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mattress comprising the pocket spring mattress core described above.
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The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples;
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a pocket spring bed core according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary, schematic top view of the pocket-spring bed core of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a pocket spring bed core according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary, schematic top view of the pocket-spring bed core of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a second string 20 of pocketed springs according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 6 is a partial, schematic top view of a pocket spring bed core according to a third embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the internal structure of a pocketed spring according to an embodiment of the invention;
reference numerals: a first string of pocketed springs 10, a second string of pocketed springs 20, a first weld 21, pocketed springs 30, a pocket of bags 31, springs 32, a predetermined gap 40, a void 50.
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Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the description of the orientation, such as the upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, the meaning of a plurality of means is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of means is two or more, and larger, smaller, larger, etc. are understood as excluding the number, and larger, smaller, inner, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.
In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly limited, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solutions.
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the present invention provides a bagged spring bed core, which includes a first bagged spring string 10 and a second bagged spring string 20, wherein the first bagged spring string 10 and the second bagged spring string 20 are transversely and alternately arranged and connected; wherein, the first pocketed spring string 10 is longitudinally compressed to make the pocketed springs 30 arranged closely, so that the adjacent pocketed springs 30 form a support with each other; the second string of pocketed springs 20 is longitudinally stretched so that the pocketed spring mattress core is no longer extended in the longitudinal direction.
Specifically, the first string of pocketed springs 10 is longitudinally compressed, and under the condition that the springs are ensured not to be irreversibly deformed, the first string of pocketed springs 10 cannot be recompressed in the longitudinal direction, so that the adjacent pocketed springs 30 form a support with each other, the second string of pocketed springs 20 is longitudinally stretched, and under the condition that cloth is ensured not to be damaged, the second string of pocketed springs 20 is in a tight state and does not continue to extend, and the longitudinal extensibility between the pocketed springs of the second string of pocketed springs is offset through stretching, so that the whole pocketed spring bed core does not extend in the longitudinal direction.
In the bagged spring bed core of the embodiment, the first bagged spring strings 10 and the second bagged spring strings 20 are alternately arranged, and the first bagged spring strings 10 are longitudinally compressed, so that the adjacent bagged springs 30 are closely leaned against each other to form a support, and the bagged springs 30 can be prevented from being concave inwards when the bagged spring bed core is longitudinally compressed; by longitudinally stretching the second string of pocketed springs 20 to counteract their extensibility, tension can be provided when the pocketed spring bed core is laterally compressed, preventing the first string of pocketed springs 10 from expanding outward. So, under the combined action of first spring cluster 10 in bags and the spring cluster 20 in bags of second, produce when can avoiding spring bed core edge in bags to warp all around betterly, improve the structural stability of spring bed core in bags, compare with the spring bed core in bags that the tradition adopted metal to bordure, can avoid using the metal to bordure, can reduce material cost, the transportation and the installation of the spring bed core in bags of being convenient for to improve user's sleep and experience.
Referring to fig. 7, each of the first and second strings of pocketed springs 10 and 20 includes a plurality of pocketed springs 30 in series, and the pocketed springs 30 include pockets 31 and springs 32 disposed in the pockets. A plurality of continuous cloth bags 31 are formed on a complete cloth in a welding and separating mode, a spring 32 is installed in one cloth bag 31 and then packaged to form a bagged spring 30, and the bagged springs 30 are combined to form a bagged spring string.
The adjacent first bagged spring string 10 and the second bagged spring string 20 can be fixed by adhesion or welding, and the first bagged spring string 10 and the second bagged spring string 20 are fixedly connected by spraying high-strength glue; the welding is fixed by ultrasonic welding, and the first pocketed spring string 10 and the second pocketed spring string 20 are connected and fixed by ultrasonic welding.
In the present embodiment, the string of pocketed springs is longitudinally compressed, so that two adjacent pocketed springs 30 are tightly attached to each other, that is, no gap is left between two adjacent pocketed springs 30, and the first string of pocketed springs 10 is formed; the string of pocketed springs is stretched to have a larger predetermined gap between two adjacent pocketed springs 30, counteracting the malleability of the string of pocketed springs, and a second string of pocketed springs 20 is formed. It will be appreciated that the predetermined gap may be sized according to actual requirements, and that the predetermined gap between two different pocketed springs 30 on the same second string 20 may be set differently.
In this embodiment, the pocket spring bed core is provided with the first pocket spring strings 10 at both the front and rear edges in the spring string arrangement direction. The compressed first string of pocketed springs 10 are positioned at the edge, which can support the edge of the pocketed spring bed core and improve its edge stability.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, further, the diameter and wire diameter of the springs of the first string of pocketed springs 10 are greater than or equal to the diameter and wire diameter of the springs of the second string of pocketed springs 20 to further enhance the pocketed spring bed core edge stability.
It is to be understood that the first string of pocketed springs 10 and the second string of pocketed springs 20 are arranged alternately, and the alternating arrangement does not refer to only 1 first string of pocketed springs 10 and 1 second string of pocketed springs 20 being arranged alternately.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, in some embodiments, the pocket spring bed core has a first layout in the form of "N1N" comprising N first and 1 second pockets of spring strings 10 and 20 alternately arranged in sequence, N ≧ 1.
Referring to Figs. 3 and 4, in still other embodiments, the pocket spring bed core has a second layout in the form of "1N 1" comprising 1 first pocket spring string 10 and N second pocket spring strings 20 alternately arranged in sequence, N ≧ 1.
Specifically, in the first layout structure and the second layout structure, N is preferably not more than 5, so that the problem that the bagged spring strings with small number are limited due to the fact that the number difference between the first bagged spring strings 10 and the second bagged spring strings 20 is too large is avoided. Wherein, when the first layout structure is adopted, the value of N is preferably 2; when the second layout structure is adopted, the value of N is preferably 4.
Referring to fig. 6, in still other embodiments, the pocketed spring bed core has a third layout structure comprising 1 first string 10 and 1 second string 20 of pocketed springs alternately arranged in sequence, the second string 20 of pocketed springs being adhered to an adjacent first string 10 of pocketed springs, a space 50 being formed between adjacent four pocketed springs 30 of adjacent two first strings 10 of pocketed springs (referring to four adjacent pocketed springs 30 arranged in a square rather than four pocketed springs 30 arranged consecutively in a longitudinal direction), the pocketed springs 30 of the second string 20 of pocketed springs being selectively adhered in the space 50. The selective adhesion means that the pocketed springs 30 of the second string 20 may be adhered in each of the gaps 50, or the pocketed springs 30 may not be adhered in a portion of the gaps.
Referring to fig. 5, in some embodiments, at least one first welding seam 21 is formed between the pocketed springs of the second string 20, one first welding seam 21 is formed on both sides of the pocketed springs of the second string 20, the adjacent first welding seams 21 between the pocketed springs of the second string 20 do not enclose the springs to form a predetermined gap 40, and the width of the predetermined gap 40 is 1, 2 or 3 times the width of the pocketed springs of the second string 20. The longitudinal stretching of the second string of pocketed springs 20 is achieved by setting a predetermined gap 40.
Further, the predetermined gap 40 is eliminated by providing only one first weld 21 between at least two pocketed springs of the second string 20 at both ends in the longitudinal direction, so as to improve the stability of the pocketed spring bed core at the position of the upper edge in the longitudinal direction.
In some embodiments, in the transverse direction, the axes of the pocketed springs 30 of the second string of pocketed springs 20 are aligned with the axes of the pocketed springs 30 of the first string of pocketed springs 10.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a mattress, which comprises the bagged spring bed core. The mattress containing the bagged spring bed core has better resistance to deformation, avoids using metal wrapping edges, can reduce material cost, is convenient to transport and install, and improves the sleep experience of users.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention.
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1. A bagged spring bed core is characterized in that: the spring string comprises a first bagged spring string and a second bagged spring string, wherein the first bagged spring string and the second bagged spring string are transversely and alternately arranged and connected; wherein the content of the first and second substances,
the first bagged spring string is longitudinally compressed to enable the bagged springs to be closely arranged, so that the adjacent bagged springs are mutually supported; and
the second bagged spring string is longitudinally stretched and arranged so that the bagged spring bed core can not extend in the longitudinal direction.
2. The pocket spring bed core of claim 1, wherein: at least one first welding line is arranged between the bagged springs of the second bagged spring string, the first welding lines are arranged on two sides of each bagged spring of the second bagged spring string, springs are not packaged by adjacent first welding lines between the bagged springs of the second bagged spring string to form a preset gap, and the axial distance of the adjacent bagged springs of the second bagged spring string is 1 time, 2 times or 3 times that of the adjacent bagged springs of the first bagged spring string.
3. The pocket spring bed core of claim 2, wherein: and only one first welding seam is arranged between at least two bagged springs at the two ends of the second bagged spring string in the longitudinal direction.
4. The pocket spring bed core of claim 2, wherein: in a lateral direction, axes of pocketed springs of the second string of pocketed springs are aligned with axes of pocketed springs of the first string of pocketed springs.
5. The pocket spring bed core according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: the bagged spring bed core is provided with a first layout structure, the first layout structure comprises N first bagged spring strings and 1 second bagged spring string which are sequentially and alternately arranged, and N is more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 5.
6. The pocket spring bed core according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: the bagged spring bed core is provided with a second layout structure, the second layout structure comprises 1 first bagged spring string and N second bagged spring strings which are alternately arranged in sequence, and N is more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 5.
7. The pocket spring bed core according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the bagged spring bed core is provided with a third layout structure, the third layout structure comprises 1 first bagged spring string and 1 second bagged spring string which are sequentially and alternately arranged, the second bagged spring string is adhered to the adjacent first bagged spring string, the adjacent four bagged springs of the adjacent first bagged spring string form a gap, and the bagged springs of the second bagged spring string are selectively adhered to the gap.
8. The pocket spring bed core of claim 1, wherein: the bagged spring bed core is provided with the first bagged spring strings at the front edge and the rear edge of the spring string arrangement direction.
9. A mattress is characterized in that: comprising the pocket spring bed core of any one of claims 1 to 8.
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