Cutting and embroidery process
AssigneeCadcam Technology Limited
InventorNorman Horton
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Abstract
A process for reproducing a design, especially a fabric design comprising an embroidered applique element stitched to a base fabric material, comprises the sequential steps of analyzing the design to derive data for use as stitch command data by an embroidery machine, and as cutting command data by a cutting machine, cutting out an applique element from a sheet material in accordance with the cutting command data, transferring the cut-out applique element to the base material and stitching the applique element to a base material in accordance with the stitch command data. The invention provides a far quicker, more accurate and neater embroidered applique fabric than prior semi-manual techniques.
Claims8
A process for the creation and sewing of the design of an applique material to a base material, comprising the steps of:
- creating the design on a computer screen;
- analyzing the design so created to derive
- (a) cutting command data for use by a cutting machine, and
- (b) stitch command data for use by an embroidery machine;
- automatically cutting the design from applique material using a cutting machine acting in response to the cutting command data;
- and
- automatically edge-embroidering over the cut edges of the applique material using an embroidery machine acting in response to the stitch command data.
A process for reproducing a design, comprising the steps of:
- analyzing the design to derive
- (a) data for use as stitch command data by an embroidery machine,
- (b) data for use as cutting command data by a cutting machine, and
- (c) data for use as sign painting data by a sign painting machine;
- automatically cutting out an applique element from a sheet material in accordance with the cutting command data;
- before or after the cutting step, automatically painting a design on the sheet material in accordance with the sign painting data;
- transferring the cut-out and painted applique element to a base material;
- and
- automatically stitching the applique element to the base material in accordance with the stitch command data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.