GB2261680A - Apparatus for making a textile workpiece - Google Patents

Apparatus for making a textile workpiece Download PDF

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GB2261680A
GB2261680A GB9124940A GB9124940A GB2261680A GB 2261680 A GB2261680 A GB 2261680A GB 9124940 A GB9124940 A GB 9124940A GB 9124940 A GB9124940 A GB 9124940A GB 2261680 A GB2261680 A GB 2261680A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06H—MARKING, INSPECTING, SEAMING OR SEVERING TEXTILE MATERIALS
    • D06H7/00—Apparatus or processes for cutting, or otherwise severing, specially adapted for the cutting, or otherwise severing, of textile materials
    • D06H7/04—Apparatus or processes for cutting, or otherwise severing, specially adapted for the cutting, or otherwise severing, of textile materials longitudinally
    • D06H7/06—Removing selvedge edges
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06H—MARKING, INSPECTING, SEAMING OR SEVERING TEXTILE MATERIALS
    • D06H5/00—Seaming textile materials
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06H—MARKING, INSPECTING, SEAMING OR SEVERING TEXTILE MATERIALS
    • D06H7/00—Apparatus or processes for cutting, or otherwise severing, specially adapted for the cutting, or otherwise severing, of textile materials
    • D06H7/02—Apparatus or processes for cutting, or otherwise severing, specially adapted for the cutting, or otherwise severing, of textile materials transversely
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B2503/00—Domestic or personal
    • D10B2503/06—Bed linen

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Abstract

An apparatus (10) for making a textile workpiece such as a duvet cover comprises feeding apparatus (24, 26) for feeding at least a pan of two webs of fabric in close proximity to each other, securing means such as a sewing machine (20) for securing at least a part of the two webs of fabric together and a cutting device (22) operative to cut the webs of fabric into pieces of a certain length. The sewing machine (20) may be associated with further cutting means for trimming the fabric to the desired width. <IMAGE>

Description

APPARATUS FOR MAKING A TEXTILE WORKPIECE This invention relates to an apparatus for making a textile workpiece and particularly but not exclusively to an apparatus for making textile workpieces comprising two webs of fabric which are joined together to form a sleeve, for example a duvet cover or a quilt cover.
It is known to manufacture quilt covers by cutting the length and width of a web of patterned fabric so as to provide two lengths of fabric. The patterned sides of these two lengths of fabric are subsequently placed face to face and the edges of the lengths of fabric are sewn together to provide a sleeve. Separate machines are used to cut the fabric and to sew the edges of the two lengths of fabric together. The pre-cut fabric must be transferred by a trolley to the sewing machines The machinists must then place the two lengths of fabric face to face . It is difficult for the machinists to place the lengths of fabric exactly in register.
The present invention has been made from a consideration of this problem.
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided an apparatus for making a textile workpiece comprising feeding apparatus for feeding at least a part of the two webs of fabric in close proximity to each other, securing means for securing at least a part of said two webs of fabric together and a cutting device operative to cut the webs of fabric into pieces of a certain length.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention the webs of fabric are secured together before the cutting device cuts the fabric. The width of the webs of fabric may also be cut to the desired size. This may be achieved at or adjacent the site of the.securing means. The two webs of material may have a pattern on one side thereof and if so the patterned sides of the webs of fabric are fed face to face before securing the two webs together. At least one tensioning roller may be provided for maintaining the desired tension of the webs as they pass through at least a part of the apparatus. The apparatus is preferably used for making textile workpieces comprising two lengths of fabric which are joined together to form a sleeve such as covers for bedding, for example quilt covers and duvet covers.
According to a second aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of making a textile workpiece comprising feeding at least a part of two webs of fabric in close proximity to each other, securing at least a part of said two webs together and subsequently cutting the webs of fabric into pieces of a certain length.
In order that the present invention may be more readily understood a specific embodiment thereof will now be described by way of example only with reference to the single accompanying drawing which is a diagrammatic illustration of one apparatus of the present invention.
Referring to the drawing an apparatus for making a textile workpiece 10 comprises a metal framework 12 having three sections 14,16,18. Rolls or piles of webs of a fabric are located below the first section 14 of the framework 12. A sewing machine and edge cutter 20 is mounted in the second section 16 of the framework 12 and a cutting apparatus 22 for making a transverse cut across the webs of fabric is mounted on the third section of the framework 12.
In use two supplies of textile material are located below the first section 14 of the framework 12.
The material from the first supply is fed over feed rollers 24 to the sewing machine and edge cutter. The material from the second supply is fed over rollers 26 to the sewing machine and edge cutter. The material from the two supplies is fed in such a way that the patterned sides of the two webs of material are directed face to face as they approach the sewing machine and edge cutter 20. The webs are sewn together lengthwise along their edges and the excess width of the material is cut away by the sewing machine and edge cutter 20. The joined webs are subsequently fed over stationary rollers 26 and a tensioning roller 28 and then to a transverse cutting station where the material is cut into the desired lengths. The sleeves of material are then passed out of the apparatus via an end roller 30.
The present invention therefore provides an apparatus which feeds pre joined webs of material to a cutting station. There is no need to transfer material between two machines and this apparatus offers a considerable advantage in that no time and effort is wasted in manually placing pre cut lengths of fabric in register before securing them together.
The apparatus of the present invention may be used to produce eight duvet covers per minute or possibly more. This is far in excess of that previously achieved.
It is to be understood that the above described embodiment has been described by way of illustration only. Many modifications and variations are possible.

Claims (9)

1. An apparatus for making a textile workpiece comprising feeding apparatus for feeding at least a part of two webs of fabric in close proximity to each other, securing means for securing a part of said two webs of fabric together and a cutting device operative to cut the webs of fabric into pieces of a certain length.
2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the webs of fabric are secured together before the cutting device cuts the fabric.
3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein width cutting means is provided for cutting the width of the webs to a certain size.
4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the width cutting means operates adjacent the site of the securing means.
5. An apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the webs of material have a patterned side, the patterned sides of the webs being fed face to face before securing the two webs together
6. An apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein at least one tensioning roller is provided for maintaining the desired tension of the webs as they pass through at least a part of the apparatus.
7. An apparatus substantially as hereinbefore defined with reference to the drawing.
8. A method of making a textile workpiece using the apparatus of any of claims 1 to 7.
9. A method of making a textile workpiece comprising feeding at least a part of the webs of fabric in close proximity to each other, securing at least a part of said two webs together and subsequently cutting the webs of fabric into pieces of a certain length.
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EP0860532A2 (en) * 1997-02-24 1998-08-26 Resta S.R.L. Apparatus for cutting and hemming cloths, particularly for manufacturing quilts, duvets and the like
WO2000011255A1 (en) * 1998-08-20 2000-03-02 Textiles Partners & Traders N.V. Method and system for forming a pleated textile product
WO2000030964A1 (en) * 1998-11-11 2000-06-02 Ke-Burgmann A/S Method and system for manufacturing of wall material for compensators

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GB436013A (en) * 1934-04-20 1935-10-03 Ashton Brothers & Company Ltd Improvements in or relating to pillow, bolster and like slips or ticks and bags
GB1092240A (en) * 1965-11-25 1967-11-22 Duerkoppwerke Ag Improvements in or relating to attachments for sewing machines
GB1151713A (en) * 1965-06-29 1969-05-14 Herbert Jacobs Improved Automatic Sewing Apparatus
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EP0087395A1 (en) * 1982-02-09 1983-08-31 "I.M."- S.r.l. Process and sewing machine for quilting superposed layers of fabric delivered from rolls of fabric and cut transversely after quilting
EP0275016A2 (en) * 1987-01-09 1988-07-20 RESTA COMMERCIALE S.r.l. Apparatus for automatically feeding a cloth to be quilted on a cloth-holder cylinder of a quilting machine

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GB436013A (en) * 1934-04-20 1935-10-03 Ashton Brothers & Company Ltd Improvements in or relating to pillow, bolster and like slips or ticks and bags
GB1151713A (en) * 1965-06-29 1969-05-14 Herbert Jacobs Improved Automatic Sewing Apparatus
GB1092240A (en) * 1965-11-25 1967-11-22 Duerkoppwerke Ag Improvements in or relating to attachments for sewing machines
US4260444A (en) * 1979-05-14 1981-04-07 Gene Fowler And Friends, Inc. Method of producing free-standing newspaper inserts with a tissue sample attached
EP0087395A1 (en) * 1982-02-09 1983-08-31 "I.M."- S.r.l. Process and sewing machine for quilting superposed layers of fabric delivered from rolls of fabric and cut transversely after quilting
EP0275016A2 (en) * 1987-01-09 1988-07-20 RESTA COMMERCIALE S.r.l. Apparatus for automatically feeding a cloth to be quilted on a cloth-holder cylinder of a quilting machine

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0860532A2 (en) * 1997-02-24 1998-08-26 Resta S.R.L. Apparatus for cutting and hemming cloths, particularly for manufacturing quilts, duvets and the like
EP0860532A3 (en) * 1997-02-24 1999-03-24 Resta S.R.L. Apparatus for cutting and hemming cloths, particularly for manufacturing quilts, duvets and the like
WO2000011255A1 (en) * 1998-08-20 2000-03-02 Textiles Partners & Traders N.V. Method and system for forming a pleated textile product
WO2000030964A1 (en) * 1998-11-11 2000-06-02 Ke-Burgmann A/S Method and system for manufacturing of wall material for compensators

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