Penetrable support
AssigneeGerber Garment Technology, Inc.
InventorHeinz Joseph Gerber
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Abstract
A cutting machine having a reciprocating cutting blade is provided with a penetrable support bed for holding limp sheet material during a cutting operation. The support bed is formed from a plurality of flexible bristles held in a closely packed array. The base ends of the bristles are mounted in a binder and the free ends of the bristles have flattened heads which lie in a common plane defining the support surface on which the sheet material is spread. The flattened heads are developed by heating the free ends of the bristles in the array until they are softened and then forming the heads on the free ends. The bristles are preferably made of a thermoplastic material.
Claims6
In combination in a machine having a cutting tool which penetrates through a material in a work operation, the improvement comprising:
- a penetrable bed for supporting the material under the tool during the work operation and having a plurality of flexible, elongated members supported at their base ends in side-by-side and closely packed relationship with the opposite, free ends bearing enlarged heads lying substantially in a common plane to define a support surface of the bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.