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US 10,626,526 B2Granted
Intermittent weaving splicer
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsBhupesh Dua, Tory M. Cross
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Abstract
Woven products using combined materials are provided. An intermittent weaving splicer terminates and combines materials having different functional and/or aesthetic properties to create woven products that reflect the different properties of the combined material. Further, a dynamic tensioner variably adjusts tension on the combined materials based on the different properties of the combined material.
Claims20
A weaving system comprising:
- a loom;
- an intermittent weaving splicing device that terminates and combines material inputs to produce a combined material output;
- a dynamic tensioner that applies variable amounts of tension to the combined material output while the combined material output is being woven wherein the variable amounts of tension depend on a property of the combined material output;
- and
- a logic unit that interacts with the loom, the dynamic tensioner, and the intermittent weaving splicing device.
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A weaving system comprising:
- a loom;
- an intermittent weaving splicing device that terminates and combines material inputs to produce a combined material output;
- a feeding component;
- a dynamic tensioner having an input port and an output port, wherein the dynamic tensioner applies variable amounts of tension to the combined material while the combined material is being woven, and wherein the variable amounts of tension depend on a property of the combined material output;
- a logic unit that interacts with the loom, the dynamic tensioner, and the intermittent weaving splicing device;
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- an expelling component that expels the combined material output from the intermittent weaving splicing device.
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A weaving system comprising:
- a loom;
- an intermittent weaving splicing device that terminates and combines material inputs to produce a combined material output;
- and
- a dynamic tensioner that applies variable amounts of tension to the combined material output while the combined material output is being woven wherein the variable amounts of tension depend on a property of the combined material output.
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