Inkjet loom weaving machine
AssigneesXerox Corporation, Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
InventorsWarren Jackson, Naveen Chopra, Steven E. Ready, Karthik Gopalan, Kent Evans
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Abstract
A system for treatment of thread includes a weft thread printer having an intake positioned to receive a weft thread from a source, as well as an encoder that is configured to detect a length of the weft thread as the weft thread moves through the weft thread printer along a travel path. The system also includes a printhead positioned to apply coatings of a plurality of colors to the weft thread and yield a treated weft thread, as well as an outlet positioned to pass the treated weft thread to a loom.
Claims8
A system for treatment of thread, comprising:
- a loom that comprises:
- a warp beam configured to provide one or more warp threads, and
- a shuttle that is configured to receive a weft thread from a weft thread source, selectively control a feed rate of source weft thread, and weave the weft thread through the one or more warp threads;
- and
- a warp thread printer-that is coupled to or configured to track along with the shuttle, and that comprises a printhead and a plurality of ink containers that hold a plurality of colored inks, wherein the printhead is configured to move along the loom and selectively apply the colored inks to the one or more warp threads to yield one or more treated warp threads of multiple colors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.