Multi-thread automated winding for articles of apparel
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsClemens Paul Dyckmans, Thomas Feix, Simon Stegmueller, Fionn Corcoran-Tadd
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Abstract
A system for manufacturing an article of apparel includes a plate with a plurality of projections. The system also includes a winding head with a plurality of adjacent thread guides. The thread guides among the plurality of thread guides are configured to simultaneously dispense respective continuous threads. The system also includes an actuator configured to move the winding head over the plate to wind the continuous threads around the plurality of projections on the plate.
Claims19
A system for manufacturing an article of apparel, the system comprising:
- a plate comprising a plurality of projections;
- a winding head comprising a plurality of adjacent thread guides, wherein the thread guides among the plurality of thread guides are configured to simultaneously dispense respective continuous threads;
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- an actuator configured to move the winding head over the plate to wind the continuous threads around the plurality of projections on the plate, wherein the actuator is configured to cause the winding head to translate relative to a lateral plane, and wherein the winding head is configured to rotate up to 180 degrees or more on a rotation axis perpendicular to the lateral plane.
A method of manufacturing an article of apparel, the method comprising:
- threading a plurality of continuous threads onto a plurality of projections in a projection set disposed around a winding field by passing a plurality of thread guides on a winding head between the plurality of projections, wherein threading the plurality of continuous threads comprises a first passing step wherein respective continuous threads are each passed through a respective gap defined between a respective pair of adjacent projections among the projection set;
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- a second passing step wherein every continuous thread among the plurality of continuous threads is passed through a single gap defined between a single pair of adjacent projections among the projection set, and wherein the second passing step either follows or precedes the first passing step,
- wherein the thread guides simultaneously dispense respective continuous threads such that continuous threads are wound around the plurality of projections to form a thread layer comprising a plurality of thread lines, with each thread line extending between two respective projections of the plurality of projections and across the winding field.
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