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EP 0260172 A3 19890315 - METHOD AND APPARATUS TO RETAIN PILES OF FABRIC BEFORE CUTTING

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS TO RETAIN PILES OF FABRIC BEFORE CUTTING

Publication

EP 0260172 A3 19890315 (FR)

Application

EP 87401841 A 19870807

Priority

FR 8612555 A 19860908

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4807504A] The invention relates to the preparation of a stack of knitted fabric panels for subsequent cutting. It consists in spreading the knitted panels under extension over the needles of a needle table, covering the formed stack over with a sheet of material impervious to air, creating a reduced pressure inside the stack by sucking in the air contained between the table and the sheet, retracting the needles from the stack and proceeding to the cutting while keeping up the suction throughout the cutting operation. The needle table comprises a table top perforated with holes, a movable support on which are fixed the needles and a tight box containing the movable support and equipped with suction means.

IPC 1-7

A41H 15/00; A41H 43/00

IPC 8 full level

A41H 15/00 (2006.01); B26D 7/01 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A41H 15/00 (2013.01 - EP US); B26D 7/018 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 83/939 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10T 83/0443 (2015.04 - EP US); Y10T 83/0481 (2015.04 - EP US); Y10T 83/263 (2015.04 - EP US); Y10T 83/748 (2015.04 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE CH DE ES GB IT LI NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0260172 A2 19880316; EP 0260172 A3 19890315; EP 0260172 B1 19900228; DE 3761738 D1 19900405; ES 2014315 B3 19900701; FR 2603622 A1 19880311; FR 2603622 B1 19900323; US 4807504 A 19890228

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 87401841 A 19870807; DE 3761738 T 19870807; ES 87401841 T 19870807; FR 8612555 A 19860908; US 8967287 A 19870826