Fabric cutting system
AssigneeAtex Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDanny Severino, Paul Van Hulle, Timothy Warner
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Abstract
A fabric cutting system and/or method can include a mandrel having a body and first and second legs, a chuck, the chuck configured to receive either one of the legs or body to rotatingly support the mandrel. The mandrel can be rotated and the fabric mounted on the mandrel can be cut about the leg at a location beyond the end of the other leg. One of the legs can include a leg extension removable from a leg base that when removed allows the other leg to be cut beyond the end of the leg base. The fabric can be cut with a cutting laser, which may be a multi-axis laser, and/or have low power.
Claims14
A fabric cutting system, comprising:
- a mandrel configured to support a tubular fabric having a plurality of fabric limbs, the mandrel comprising a body, a first leg, and a second leg shorter than the first leg;
- a chuck fixedly attached to a work surface and configured to receive either one of the mandrel legs or body to rotatingly support the mandrel;
- and
- a fabric cutting tool,
- wherein when the first leg is inserted into the chuck, the mandrel can be rotated and the fabric mounted on the mandrel can be cut about the first leg at a location beyond the end of the second leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.