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Pleating apparatus

US6022305A · kind A · utility

30Cited by
14References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 1998
Grant dateFeb 8, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 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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