Feeding a needling machine with a continuous spiral strip
US6363593B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 6, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD04H18/00
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A machine for needling a textile structure built up from a wound strip of material to be needled that is delivered by strip supply means comprising a storage drum containing said wound strip of textile material, an unwinding assembly for continuously extracting said strip from said storage drum, and a helical chute or “twist” for taking up said extracted strip unwound from said drum and for bringing it up to a needling table where there are friction drive means. The storage drum and the helical chute have the same axis C as the needling table.
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