Handling method and device for simultaneous processing of textile pieces
AssigneeHBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
InventorsYannick Rey, Michel Calonne, Marc Genevoy
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Abstract
A device for processing a supple porous textile piece having at least one first surface and one second surface adjacent to the first surface, the process being carried out on the second surface and not on the first surface The device includes a departure area and an arrival area for placing the textile piece. The departure area is equipped with a non-porous mobile mask with a shape corresponding to the first surface. The device also includes a processing area equipped with processing means, a pick-up head with a suction plate having a shape corresponding to that of the mask. The pick-up head being moveable among the departure area, the processing area, and the arrival area.
Claims10
A method for processing a textile piece, comprising:
- placing the textile piece on a non-porous mask having a shape corresponding to at least a portion of the textile piece;
- moving a pick-up head above the textile piece, said pick-up head having a shape corresponding to said shape of said non-porous mask;
- moving said pick-up head to carry the textile piece and said non-porous mask to a processing area;
- processing a processed portion of the textile piece while a non-processed portion of the textile piece is held between said non-porous mask and said pick-up head;
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- drawing suction through said pick-up head so that the textile piece is held between said non-porous mask and said pick-up head.
A device for processing a porous textile piece, comprising:
- a non-porous mask having a shape corresponding to at least a portion of the textile piece;
- a pick-up head having a suction plate, said suction plate having a shape corresponding to said shape of said non-porous mask, wherein suction applied by said suction plate sandwiches the textile piece between said non-porous mask and said suction plate;
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- a processing area for processing the textile piece while the textile piece is sandwiched between said non-porous mask and said suction plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.