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US 8,544,156 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for transporting a fabric
AssigneeTalon Technologies, Inc.
InventorPaul Morris
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Abstract
An apparatus for transporting a fabric having first and second transport faces for gripping a fabric therebetween and to displace the fabric along its length, in which at least one of the transport faces has an irregular surface.
Claims22
An apparatus for transporting a fabric, the apparatus comprising:
- a first transport face and a second transport face for gripping the fabric therebetween for displacing the fabric along its length, wherein said first transport face comprises a roller, and said second transport face comprises a belt extending partially around the first roller and
- wherein said first transport face has a first irregular surface and said second transport face has a second irregular surface,
- wherein the first irregular surface comprises a powder coating comprising particles having sizes in the range of 10 μm to 50 μm.
A method for transporting a fabric, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a first transport face and a second transport face for gripping the fabric therebetween and transporting the fabric along its length, wherein the first transport face comprises a roller, and wherein said first transport face has a first irregular surface and, said second transport face has a second irregular surface,
- wherein the roller is heated and wherein the first irregular surface comprises a powder coated with a sealant comprising cyanoacrylate sealer, and wherein the powder coating comprises a mixture of aluminum oxide and titanium oxide, wherein said powder coating comprises particles having sizes in the range of 10 μm to 50 μm, wherein said second transport face comprises a belt extending partially around said roller;
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- providing the fabric between said first transport face and said second transport face.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first transport face and a second transport face for gripping a fabric therebetween and for displacing the fabric along its length,
- wherein said first transport face comprises a roller, and
- wherein said first transport face comprises a first irregular surface;
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- wherein said second transport face comprises a second irregular surface, and
- wherein said first irregular surface comprises a powder coating comprising a mixture of aluminum oxide and titanium oxide, wherein said powder coating comprises particles having sizes in the range of 10 μm to 50 μm, and wherein said powder coating is coated with a sealant comprising cyanoacrylate sealer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.