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Belt-loop supply apparatus

US6105523A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 11, 1998
Grant dateAug 22, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 11, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD05B35/068
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A belt-loop supply apparatus incorporating a tape supply unit which is capable of supplying, to a tape cutting position, an elongated tape for forming a belt loop; a tape cutting unit for cutting the tape supplied to the tape cutting position to form a belt loop having a predetermined length; and a belt loop supply unit incorporating a pair of bending members for holding two ends of the cut belt loop, bending the two ends of the belt loop toward the central portion of the belt loop and supplying the belt loop, the belt-loop supply apparatus having: a moving unit for controlling moving speed of the bending members to move the bending members to a sewing position of a machine.

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