Fabric cutting system and method
AssigneeAtex Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDanny Severino, Paul Van Hulle, Timothy Warner
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Abstract
A fabric cutting system and/or method can include a mandrel having a body and first and second legs, a chuck, the chuck configured to receive either one of the legs or body to rotatingly support the mandrel. The mandrel can be rotated and the fabric mounted on the mandrel can be cut about the leg at a location beyond the end of the other leg. One of the legs can include a leg extension removable from a leg base that when removed allows the other leg to be cut beyond the end of the leg base. The fabric can be cut with a cutting laser, which may be a multi-axis laser, and/or have low power.
Claims12
A method of cutting a fabric, comprising:
- mounting a tubular fabric having a plurality of fabric limbs onto a mandrel comprising a body, a first leg, and a second leg shorter than the first leg, the first leg comprising a leg extension removably attached to a leg base;
- inserting the first leg into a center of a chuck;
- rotating the mandrel within the chuck;
- cutting the entire circumference of the fabric about the first leg at a location beyond the end of the second leg to provide a first fabric leg;
- removing the mandrel from the chuck;
- removing the leg extension from the leg base;
- folding a portion of the first fabric leg extending beyond the leg base back onto itself on the leg base;
- inserting the second leg into the chuck;
- rotating the mandrel within the chuck;
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- cutting the entire circumference of the fabric about the second leg at a location beyond the end of the leg base of the first leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.