Batchwise quilting of printed materials
US6796254B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD05C5/04
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The order in which panels 13 are to be quilted, the amount of quilting-induced shrinkage, and the amount of crop between adjacent panels 13 are stored in a machine readable file 13 for use in operating a print line 10. Such information 13 is printed or otherwise placed on the material 11 at the print line 10 so as to be readable by a sensor 22 at a quilting station, where the information 13 is read and used to control the quilter 21. Panels 15 are quilted according to a schedule and in batches in the most efficient manner, and panels are cut according to information read from records on the material. Shrinkage is compensated for and appropriate crops are made between panels. The printing line prints series of panels on a web 11 in rolls 14 that can be fed, last-printed panel first, into the quilter.
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