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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7401771 | Device for laying a flexible material web A device for laying a flexible material web 1 on a point of deposit 4 and which has at least one pair of deposit rollers 2, 3 that rotate in opposite directions. The deposit rollers 2, 3 form part of a deposit carriage 5 which is r... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7239340 | Draw frame including a sliver quality sensing camera A draw frame for drafting a sliver includes a drafting unit having a plurality of roll assemblies spaced from one another in a direction of sliver advance. One of the roll assemblies is an output roll assembly situated at a downstream end of the drafting unit as vie... | 07/03/2007 |
| 6152438 | Floor supported fabric spreading machine A fabric spreading machine including a dispensing system frame, a fabric dispensing assembly secured to the frame, a floor mounted track and a drive system secured to the frame for traversing the track. Also disclosed is a loading and unloading system for... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5826868 | Control system for a cloth spreading machine A control system for a material spreading machine pre-determines a machine velocity trajectory plan so that the velocity and acceleration of the machine down the spreading table can be controlled in real time. The control system includes encoders which pr... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5353477 | Process for laying a nonwoven or the like, and nonwoven laying device A nonwoven laying device has at least two reciprocating carriages accelerated at the reversal points of their moving path. The device has an upper carriage and a laying carriage, and at least two circulating conveyer belts guided by guide rollers of the c... | 10/11/1994 |
| 4944502 | Card webber A card webber is disclosed including two rotating conveyor belts carried by deflection rollers and two folding carriages movable between a first position and a second position. Variable velocity actuators are provided, a first velocity actuator associated... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4606533 | Machine for converting rolled cloth into sheets A machine for laying out flat sheets made from tubular fabric in which a horizontal cross bar is hingedly connected to a supporting frame and is in contact with the fabric being fed, so that variations of the tautness of the fabric causes the cross bar to... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4575065 | Web laying machine and method A web laying machine has a laying carriage driven back-and-forth over the laying table in a web laying direction. The laying carriage includes a chassis, an upper part mounted on the chassis and movable transversely to the laying direction relative to the... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4477065 | Belt feed apparatus for cloth spreading machine A cloth feed apparatus for a cloth spreading machine adapted to travel reciprocably and longitudinally over a cloth spreading table in order to spread successive layers of cloth, from a cloth supply roll mounted transversely of the machine. The cloth feed... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4475729 | Drive platform for fabric spreading machines A drive platform assembly is provided for attachment to the carriage of an existing manually-operable fabric spreading machine to convert the machine to motorized operation. The drive platform is connected to the fabric spreading carriage of the fabric sp... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4462583 | Variable cloth feed speed control for cloth spreading machine A variable speed control device operatively connected between the wheel of the longitudinally movable frame of a cloth spreading machine and a cloth feed roll on the frame, including a pair of variable pitch pulleys linked by an endless belt, and a manual... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4339118 | Cloth spreading method and apparatus A cloth spreading apparatus for use with an automatic cloth cutting machine. The apparatus is used in conjunction with a movable cutting surface which conveys cloth to a cutting station. The apparatus includes a spreader frame which moves on rollers along... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4262893 | Apparatus effective to tenter clothes in superimposed layers An apparatus for tentering cloths or fabrics on benches in superimposed layers is described, which comprises a motorized carriage capable of longitudinally sliding, by a reciprocating motion, on bench rails and carrying the rolls of fabric or cloth to be ... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4183514 | System for spreading flexible material In an automatic system for spreading material, such as fabric, rolled on bolts, a spreading portion includes a driven carriage supported for reciprocal movement over a fixed table and between two spaced catcher assemblies mounted on the table. A tensionle... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4179108 | Supplemental feed assembly for sheet material spreading machine In a machine for spreading sheet material having a carriage movable over a table between fold retaining assemblies and with the carriage having a supply of sheet material, a positive drive roller and fold forming apparatus, a supplemental feed assembly co... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4134558 | Brake construction for cloth-laying machine A brake construction for braking a roll of fabric journalled on a cloth-laying machine having first and second spaced frame portions, said brake construction including a brake band having a first end portion anchored to the first portion of the frame by a... | 01/16/1979 |
