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US 9,290,349 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.
Claims10
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 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 a mixture of aluminum oxide and titanium oxide particles having sizes in the range of 10 μm to 50 μm, said powder coating being coated with a sealant,
- wherein said first transport face has a surface finish averaging around 3.7 RA at 2.5 mm.
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A method for transporting a fabric, the method comprising:
- 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 comprises a belt extending partially around the roller and 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;
- and
- providing the fabric between said first transport face and said second transport face,
- wherein said first transport face has a surface finish averaging around 3.7 RA at 2.5 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.