Printing and quilting method and apparatus
US6848846B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD05D2305/22
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A quilting machine (10, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) is provided with a printing station (20, 125, 225, 325, 425, 525, 611, 626, 631) and a quilting station (44, 127, 227, 327, 427, 527, 627, 632). The printing station is located either in line and preferably upstream of the quilting station, with a conveyor (520) extending through each of the stations to convey a web of quilting material through the machine, or is off of the quilting line such that the material with a pre-applied pattern thereon is transferred, preferably in web form, to the line of the second station for the application of a pattern in registration with the first applied pattern. At the quilting station, registration longitudinal and transverse registration is measured and skewing or rotation of the material is determined. Opposite transverse sides of the material are differently adjusted to orient and register the material. A master batch controller (90, 135, 235, 335, 435, 535) assures that the proper combinations of printed and quilted patterns are combined to allow small quantities of different quilted products to be produced automatically along a material web. Ticking is preprinted with a plurality of diffe…
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