Weaving finishing device
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsTory M. Cross, Bhupesh Dua
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Abstract
A dynamic finishing device that is able to finish one side of a product independently of a second side of the product while the product is being woven is provided. The sides may be finished in a non-linear fashion by the dynamic finishing device. Additionally, one or more finishing devices can be dynamically positioned in an interior portion of the woven product as it is being woven. Once positioned, the finishing devices may create apertures, pockets, and/or tunnels in the woven product and finish the edges of these creations. Finishing in the interior portions of the woven product occurs in the direction of the warp and in the direction of the weft.
Claims13
A finishing device, the finishing device comprising:
- a positioning mechanism;
- a finishing mechanism, the finishing mechanism coupled with the positioning mechanism;
- and wherein the finishing mechanism having at least a cutter that operates to cut both warp and weft threads.
A finishing device system, the finishing device system comprising:
- at least a first positioning mechanism and at least a second positioning mechanism;
- at least a first finishing mechanism coupled with the first positioning mechanism;
- at least a second finishing mechanism coupled with the second positioning mechanism, wherein the first finishing mechanism is independently positionable with respect to the second finishing mechanism;
- said at least first and second finishing mechanism each having at least a cutter that operates to cut both warp and weft threads;
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- a logic unit programmably-coupled to the first positioning mechanism, the second positioning mechanism, the first finishing mechanism, and the second finishing mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.