US 11,939,714 B2 · Garment sleeve attachment systems and methods

Abstract

Various examples are provided related to attachment of bands about a garment opening. In one example, among others, a sleeve band can be attached to a garment by loading the sleeve band on a band guide, aligning an opening of a garment over the sleeve band, and attaching the band to the garment along the edge of the opening. Alignment of the edges of the opening and the sleeve band can be maintained by ply aligners during attachment. In another example, a garment holding system includes a garment holder that can receive a garment and a band positioning system includes a band guide that can receive a band. Edges of the opening of the garment and the band can be controlled and maintained with ply aligners of the band positioning system.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

supporting, by a garment holding system, a garment;
positioning, by the garment holding system, an opening of the garment over a band positioned on a band guide of a band positioning system, where edges of the opening of the garment and the band are controlled with ply aligners of the band positioning system;
and
attaching the band to the garment along the edge of the opening using a joining device, where positions of the edge of the band and the edge of the opening are maintained by the ply aligners during attachment, comprising adjusting position of the edge of the band during the attachment of the band to the garment using a first ply aligner, wherein the adjustment by the first ply aligner is in response to an indication from an edge sensor monitoring the position of the edge of the band.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Garment sleeve attachment systems and methods

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