US 2006/0131353 A1Published application

Method and machine for treating textile articles

AssigneeCortese S.p.A.

InventorCarmelo Cortese

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Abstract

According to he method for treating textile articles, the textile articles to be treated are fed on to shapes (2) fitted to supporting members (10). Gliding independently each other on a platform (5) of the boarding or semi-boarding machine, and positioned in mutual contact at respective sides along a polygonal pathway defined by guiding means (4). The supporting members (10) are transported in step along the polygonal pathway, by the engagement with towing means (20) acting independently at each linear stretch of the polygonal pathway, so that in each step at least one position at the concurrence of two linear stretches of the polygonal pathway is maintained unoccupied. At least one of the supporting members (10), on which the textile articles to be treated are fed, is arranged in a halt position upstream from a semi-boarding station (S) and then is moved to take the shapes (2) into the semi-boarding station (S). After the semi-boarding treatment, this supporting member (10) is transferred to a station where the textile articles, treated, are extracted from the shapes (2).

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Dependent claims

1) Method for treating textile articles, characterized in that it comprises the phases of:

(a). feeding the textile articles to be treated on to shapes (2) fitted on supporting members (10), sliding independently each other on a platform (5) bound to the fixed structure (3) of a boarding or semi-boarding machine, and positioned in mutual contact by respective sides along a polygonal pathway defined by guiding means (4) associated with said platform (5);
(b). transporting in step said supporting members (10) along said polygonal pathway, by the engagement with towing means acting independently, in suitable relation of phase, at each linear stretch of said polygonal pathway, so that in each step at least one position at the concurrence of two linear stretches of said polygonal pathway remains unoccupied;
(c). arranging at least one of said supporting members (10) for said shapes (2), on to which said textile articles to be treated are fed, in a halt position upstream from a semi-boarding station (S) along a stretch of said polygonal pathway;
(d). moving said supporting member (10), along said stretch of the polygonal pathway, so as to take said shapes (2) inside said semi-boarding station (S), in order to accomplish the treatment of said textile articles;
(e). transferring said supporting member (10), when the semi-boarding treatment is completed, to a station for the extraction of said textile articles, treated, from said shapes (2).

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9) Machine for treating textile articles, characterized in that it comprises a loading station, where the textile articles to be treated are fed on to shapes (2) fitted to supporting members (10), sliding independently each other on a platform (5) bound to the fixed structure (3) of the machine and positioned in mutual contact at respective sides along a polygonal pathway defined by guiding means (4) associated with said platform (5);

in step towing means (20) for said supporting members (10), acting independently, in suitable relation of phase, at each linear stretch of said polygonal pathway, so that in each step at least one position at the concurrence of two linear stretches of said polygonal pathway remains unoccupied;
a semi-boarding station (S) positioned along a stretch of the said polygonal pathway and is able to receive said shapes (2) fitted to said supporting members (10), in order to accomplish the treatment of said textile articles;
an station for extracting the said textile articles, treated, from said shapes (2).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.