CA2284636A1 - Automatic feeder and inverter for fabric workpieces - Google Patents

Automatic feeder and inverter for fabric workpieces Download PDF

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CA2284636A1
CA2284636A1 CA002284636A CA2284636A CA2284636A1 CA 2284636 A1 CA2284636 A1 CA 2284636A1 CA 002284636 A CA002284636 A CA 002284636A CA 2284636 A CA2284636 A CA 2284636A CA 2284636 A1 CA2284636 A1 CA 2284636A1
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Frederick N. Mueller
Pedro T. Silva
Frank C. H. Kim
Kent Joell Halland
Donald L. Klusmann
Steven Alan Amigh
Timothy Matthew Blount
Wei-Chin Lin
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Levi Strauss and Co
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Frederick N. Mueller
Pedro T. Silva
Frank C. H. Kim
Levi Strauss & Co.
Kent Joell Halland
Donald L. Klusmann
Steven Alan Amigh
Timothy Matthew Blount
Wei-Chin Lin
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H15/00—Overturning articles
    • B65H15/008—Overturning articles employing belts
    • B65H15/012—Overturning articles employing belts twisted belts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/10—Size; Dimensions
    • B65H2511/16—Irregularities, e.g. protuberances

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fabric handling device. Conventionally, fabric workpieces are manually lifted, visually inspected for proper orientation, and then manually flipped as necessary. The present invention takes the workpieces from a stack in which the sides facing up alternate, and automatically places them in the same orientation prior to arrival at a sewing station. A computer controlled picker (10) is used to separate the top workpiece (11) from the remaining workpieces in the stack (12), and for depositing the workpiece on a downstream conveyor (14). An ultrasonic face detector (16) is mounted above the conveyor for determining whether the side of the workpiece facing the face detector is relatively rough or smooth. A
pivoting feeder/inverter (20) is provided at the end of the conveyor. If the workpiece is correctly oriented, the inverter/conveyor is placed in a first position so that the workpiece will not change orientation. If the workpiece is incorrectly orientated, the feeder/inverter is pivoted to a second position to enable the workpiece to enter an inverter conveyor, which will rotate the workpiece 180 degrees.
CA002284636A 1997-03-21 1998-03-16 Automatic feeder and inverter for fabric workpieces Expired - Fee Related CA2284636C (en)

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US08/821,784 1997-03-21
US08/821,784 US5967505A (en) 1997-03-21 1997-03-21 Automatic feeder and inverter for fabric workpieces
PCT/US1998/005183 WO1998042605A1 (en) 1997-03-21 1998-03-16 Automatic feeder and inverter for fabric workpieces

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EP0975541A1 (en) 2000-02-02
WO1998042605A1 (en) 1998-10-01

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