Apparatus for producing a garment with barrier device
AssigneeParagon Trade Brands, Inc.
InventorLorraine Dawn Wilson
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Abstract
An apparatus for producing a garment with a raised barrier formed of ribbon material. The apparatus includes a conveyor for carrying garment material in a direction along a flow path. A ribbon storage provides elongate ribbon for application to the garment material to form the barrier. A ribbon feeder having a first feeder head moves across the flow path to apply the ribbon to the material on the conveyor in a curved contour. An adhesive applicator applies adhesive along one edge of the ribbon such that the resulting free edge of the ribbon may form a raised barrier on the finished garment.
Claims17
A machine for applying non-woven ribbon to material for disposable garments, said non-woven ribbon being elongate and having first and second opposing non-woven ribbon edges, said machine comprising:
- a conveyor operable to carry a sheet of material having opposing edges along a flow path;
- a ribbon feeder having first feeder head that moves across the flow path in a periodic fashion to secure the non-woven ribbon along the first non-woven ribbon edge to the material on the conveyor in a sinusoidal curved contour, with the second non-woven ribbon edge being unsecured to the material to provide a raised barrier, said first feeder head positioning said non-woven ribbon on said disposable garment substantially entirely on a front portion of said disposable garment corresponding to a front waist portion of said disposable garment;
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- an elastic band applicator for applying in a non-linear, periodic fashion two sets of elastic bands to said sheet material.
A machine for applying non-woven ribbon to material for disposable garments, said non-woven ribbon being elongate and having first and second opposing non-woven ribbon edges, said machine comprising:
- a conveyor moving along a flow path and operable to carry a material for garments;
- a non-woven ribbon feeder having a feeder head movable across the flow path to apply the non-woven ribbon to material on the conveyor in a sinusoidal curved contour, said feeder head positioning said non-woven ribbon on said disposable garment substantially entirely on a front portion of said disposable garment corresponding to a front waist portion of said disposable garment;
- an adhesive applicator operable to apply adhesive to the first edge of the non-woven ribbon while leaving the second edge devoid of adhesive, before the non-woven ribbon is applied to the material such that the non-woven ribbon is adhered to the material along the first edge;
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- an elastic band applicator for applying in a non-linear, periodic fashion two sets of elastic bands to said sheet material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.