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.
Claims20
An assembly, comprising:
- 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,
- wherein 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.
An assembly, comprising:
- a actuation device, the actuation device having at least one belt defining an actuation surface that is movable with respect to an outer surface of a support device,
- wherein the actuation device has an engaged state and an open state,
- wherein the actuation surface at least partially surrounds the support device when in the engaged state, and
- wherein at least a portion of the actuation surface moves away from the support device when transitioning from the engaged state to the open state.
A method, comprising:
- placing a textile component on a surface of a support device;
- placing the support device into engagement with an actuation device, the actuation device having at least one actuation surface that at least partially surrounds the support device;
- and
- moving the textile component with respect to the support device by moving the actuation surface while the actuation surface is engaged with the textile component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.