Modular tenter frame rail
OwnerFrank Catalloinventor
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Abstract
A modular tenter frame for guiding a pair of chains with pins through a predetermined path to transport an open width tubular knit web through a drying oven and/or a steaming station to a compressive treating station to improve quality of the open width tubular knit web. The frame includes a rail section. The rail section guides an associated chain with the pins through the predetermined path to transport the open width tubular knit web through the drying oven and/or the steaming station to the compressive treating station to improve the quality of the open width tubular knit web. The rail section has a pair of recessed tracks being longitudinal, facing in a same direction, being spaced-apart from each other by a space therebetween defined by a web, and receiving the chains.
Claims26
A modular tenter frame for guiding a pair of chains with pins through a predetermined path to transport an open width tubular knit web having edges and a width through a drying oven and/or a steaming station to a compressive treating station to improve quality of the open width tubular knit web, said frame comprising:
- a rail section;
- wherein said rail section is for guiding an associated chain with the pins through the predetermined path to transport the open width tubular knit web through the drying oven and/or the steaming station to the compressive treating station to improve the quality of the open width tubular knit web;
- wherein said rail section has a pair of recessed tracks;
- wherein said pair of recessed tracks in said rail section are longitudinal;
- wherein said pair of recessed tracks in said rail section face a same direction;
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- wherein said pair of recessed tracks in said rail section are spaced-apart from each other by a space defined by a web.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.