Pleating apparatus
US6022305A · kind A · utility
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12Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 11, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S493/941
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system for pleating a continuous strip of foldable material including feeding the strip of foldable material between adjacent flights of cooperatively positioned endless conveyors having pleat folding arms pivotally associated therewith which are alternatively and interfittingly positioned to pleat the strip of foldable material as it movingly passes from one end of adjacent flights to the other end thereof.
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