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Method and container for verfying whether all fragments of a broken needle are present

US10443171B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GROZ-BECKERT KG · DE

Inventors

Reiner Schmidt · Albstadt, DE
Stanley Tarique Gunasekera · Albstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 23, 2013
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 6, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD05D2305/50
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Quality assurance in sewing a textile sewn sequentially in a plurality of workstations (11) can be provided using a carriage 14 that can be moved between the workstations (11). Should a needle (12) break off in a workstation (11), the carriage (14) is moved to this workstation (11). The fragments (13) of the needle (12) are arranged in the container (20) and once it has been established that all the fragments (13) have been removed from the workstation (11) a replacement needle is provided for this workstation. The container (20) has an accommodation space (21) delimited by a main body (22) and a lid (23). A retaining magnet (34) is arranged in the region of a base (32) of the main body (22) extending along one axis (A) to retain magnetizable fragments (13) of a needle (12).

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