Assemblies for textile manufacturing and related methods
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsGuillermo Raffaele, Haley L. Toelle
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Abstract
One general aspect of the present disclosure includes an assembly including: a support device having a surface for receiving a textile component; and an actuation device, the actuation device having at least one actuation surface that at least partially surrounds the support device, where the actuation surface is movable with respect to the surface of the support device such that, when the textile component is held by the support device, movement of the actuation surface with respect to the surface of the support device causes movement of the textile component with respect to the surface of the support device.
Claims17
An assembly, comprising:
- a support device having a surface for receiving a textile component, wherein, when the textile component is received by the surface of the support device, the surface contacts an inner surface of the textile component;
- an actuation device, the actuation device having an actuation outer surface that at least partially surrounds the support device and an actuation inner surface;
- and
- a top shaft and a bottom shaft, wherein translational movement of the top shaft transitions the actuation device between an engaged state and an open state, wherein the bottom shaft is mechanically coupled to the actuation inner surface, wherein the bottom shaft is driven via a motor and has a fixed translational position,
- wherein the actuation outer surface is movable with respect to the surface of the support device such that, when the textile component is held by the support device, movement of the actuation outer surface with respect to the surface of the support device causes rotational movement of the textile component with respect to the surface of the support device.
An assembly, comprising:
- a support device, the support device having an outer surface and a cylindrical shape;
- an actuation device, the actuation device having at least one belt defining an actuation outer surface that is movable with respect to the outer surface of the support device in a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction that is opposite the first rotational direction, and an actuation inner surface;
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- a first shaft and a second shaft, wherein translational movement of the first shaft transitions the actuation device between an engaged state and an open state, wherein the second shaft is mechanically coupled to the actuation inner surface, wherein the second shaft is driven via a motor, wherein the second shaft has a same position when the actuation device is in the engaged state or the open state,
- wherein the actuation outer surface at least partially surrounds the support device when the actuation device is in the engaged state, and
- wherein at least a portion of the actuation outer surface moves away from the support device when the actuation device is transitioning from the engaged state to the open state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.