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US 4,044,966 AGranted
Take-up frame for pile fabric
AssigneeScheibler Peltzer & Co.
InventorAxel Schneider
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Abstract
A take-up frame for pile fabric comprising two suspension frames disposed at the ends of a shaft in accordance with the width of fabric webs to be taken up and provided with hook bands which extend radially and into which the fabric webs are hooked, wherein the suspension frames are constructed of plastics material or the like and are provided with guideways in which hook bands of metal are disposed.
Claims2
A take-up frame for pile fabric comprising in combination:
- two one-piece suspension frames, each having a plurality of radially projecting, narrow, elongated slots formed therein, and each frame having a central hub with a cylindrical bore provided therein;
- a cylindrical shaft extending between said frames and having its ends seated in said cylindrical bores, said cylindrical shaft being made of an easily penetrable material such as cardboard and the like;
- said central hub having openings through its side in line with each of said slots;
- a plurality of hook bands, each having a plurality of hooks projecting from one longitudinal edge thereof, each of said hook bands being slidably disposed within one of the slots in one of said suspension frames, with said hooks projecting from the side of the frame facing toward the other frame;
- each of said hook bands having a pointed end that projects through the opening in line with its slot and is adapted to
- penetrate said cylindrical shaft;
- and
- said hook bands being urged longitudinally within said slot in the direction toward the hub by tension of pile fabric attached to said hooks so as to cause said pointed ends to penetrate the cylindrical shaft and thereby lock said suspension frames to the shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.