Quilt panel cutter with quilting system batch and panel length control
US6237517A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD05D2305/08
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A quilting system that includes a multiple needle quilting machine is provided with batch processing capability by the addition of a panel cutter in-line with and downstream of the quilting machine. The panel cutter is equipped with a programmed controller that is loaded with batch information for the production, on the quilting machine, of a plurality of quilts by stitching patterns on a multilayered web of fabric. The batch information includes information of a number of quilts to be quilted as well as the patterns to be quilted on each quilt and the composition of the material on which the patterns are to be quilted. Information is derived by the panel cutter controller from sensors on the panel cutter, which information is used to control the quilting machine by adjusting the length of quilted material from the quilter. The panel cutter controller may also operate the quilter to adjust for shrinkage in web length caused by the quilting, and to synchronize splices in the web between different material layer combinations for different quilts of the series to be quilted.
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