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US 5,584,954 AGranted
Apparatus and method for attaching elastic at an angle
OwnerWalter P. H. L. van der Klugtinventor
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OwnerWalter P. H. L. van der Klugtinventor
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This disclosure relates to a machine which receives a strip or strips of material, rotates the strip or strips, and transfers the strip or strips to sheet material. The machine comprises a plurality of tables including first and second adjacent tables, and a conveyor connected to the tables for moving the tables sequentially through first and second zones and through at least one turning zone which is between the first and second zones, the adjacent tables when in the first zone having an initial orientation and having adjacent edges which are closely spaced. The turning zone includes a mechanism for moving the tables along an arcuate path and thereby separating the adjacent edges, and another mechanism for rotating the tables to a second orientation while the adjacent edges are separated, and the adjacent tables when in the second zone have the second orientation and have adjacent edges which are closely spaced. The disclosure also relates to a method of moving the tables through the zones and rotating the tables while moving the tables along an arcuate path.
A method of assembling segments cut from a article first and a second article utilizing a plurality of tables, comprising the steps of
A machine for receiving a first article, rotating segments cut from the first article, and attaching the segments to a second article, comprising a plurality of tables, continuous conveyor means for moving said tables sequentially through an application zone, a turning zone, a transfer zone and a returning zone, said tables when in said application zone forming a substantially flat continuous first bed, first delivery means for delivering said first article to said application zone and laying said first article on said first bed, cutting means for cutting said first article into segments, first means in said turning and returning zones for moving said tables through an arc and thereby separating said tables, second means in said turning and said returning zones for rotating said tables while separated, second delivery means for moving said second article closely adjacent said transfer zone and against said segments and thereby assembling said segments and second article.
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