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US 2022/0184817 A1Published application
Garment band attachment systems and methods
AssigneeSoftWear Automation, Inc.
InventorsMichael J. Baker, Luther Lloyd, III
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Abstract
Various examples are provided related to attachment of bands such as, e.g., collar or neck bands, sleeve bands, wrist bands, waist bands and ankle bands, etc. to a garment opening. In one example, among others, a band can be attached to a garment by loading the band between rollers in a joining position, positioning an opening of a garment extending between control surface mandrels over the band, and attaching the band to the garment along the edge of the opening.
Claims20
A method for attaching a band to a garment by a robotic system, comprising:
- loading, by a band control system, a band in an attachment position, the band extending between rollers;
- positioning, by a garment control system, an opening of a garment over the band, the opening extending between control surface mandrels aligned over the rollers;
- and
- attaching, by a joining device, the band to the garment along an edge of the opening, where alignment of the edge of the band and the edge of the opening is controlled by independently controlling stretch of the band and stretch of the opening of the garment by the band control system.
1 more element
The method of 1, wherein the joining device is a sewing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.