Removing waste selvage from woven fabric
US5560400A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 1, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD03D47/40
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for removing waste selvages (11) formed when weaving fabric on a loom includes a pair of selvage removal rollers (19, 23) fitted with friction coverings and driven against one another to form a gripping nip for engaging and drawing the waste selvage away from the woven fabric, whereby the waste selvage is first fed to the peripheral surface of the first one of the pair of removal rollers (19) over a wrapping angle larger than 150.degree. and preferably larger than 180.degree., before reaching the clamping nip between the rollers (19,23). Alternate embodiments of the invention are described.
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