System and method to fabricate helical fabric
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsJean-Francois Le Costaouec, Paul Perea
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Abstract
A substantially continuous sewn helical fabric circular loom bed plate turntable system is described herein. The circular loom bed plate turntable may comprise a positive lay down delivery station, a rotating table comprising a plurality of pass-through grooves, a robotic sewing head comprising a needle configured to pass through a first subset of the plurality of pass-through grooves, and a fabric packaging station. The circular loom bed may comprise a positive lay down delivery station, a first semi-circular conveying system, a sewing zone comprising a robotic sewing head, a second semi-circular conveying system, and a fabric packaging station.
Claims15
A circular loom bed plate turntable system comprising:
- a positive lay down delivery station;
- a rotating table located adjacent to the positive lay down delivery station, wherein the rotating table comprises a plurality of pass-through grooves;
- a robotic sewing head comprising a needle configured to pass through a first subset of the plurality of pass-through grooves;
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- a fabric packaging station located adjacent to the rotating table, wherein the fabric packaging station is configured to remove a substantially continuous sewn helical fabric from the rotating table.
A circular loom bed comprising:
- a positive lay down delivery station;
- a first semi-circular conveying system;
- a sewing zone comprising a robotic sewing head;
- a second semi-circular conveying system;
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- a fabric packaging station, wherein the fabric packaging station is configured to remove a substantially continuous sewn helical fabric from the circular loom bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.