Method and system rapid piece handling
Abstract
The advent of high-speed fabric cutters has made necessary the development of automated techniques for the collection and sorting of garment pieces into collated piles of pieces ready for assembly. The present invention enables a new method for such handling and sorting of garment parts, and to apparatus capable of carrying out this new method. The common thread is the application of computer-controlled shuttling bins, capable of picking up a desired piece of fabric and dropping it in collated order for assembly. Such apparatus with appropriate computer control relieves the bottleneck now presented by the sorting and collation procedure, thus greatly increasing the overall rate at which garments can be assembled.
- Inventors:
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- 9504 Arvilla, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 870637
- Patent Number(s):
- 5564553
- Assignee:
- Spletzer, Barry L. (9504 Arvilla, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A41 - WEARING APPAREL A41H - APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING, FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
D - TEXTILES D05 - SEWING D05B - SEWING
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- method; rapid; piece; handling; advent; high-speed; fabric; cutters; automated; techniques; collection; sorting; garment; pieces; collated; piles; assembly; enables; apparatus; capable; carrying; common; thread; application; computer-controlled; shuttling; bins; picking; desired; dropping; appropriate; computer; control; relieves; bottleneck; collation; procedure; greatly; increasing; overall; rate; garments; assembled; computer control; apparatus capable; /198/
Citation Formats
Spletzer, Barry L. Method and system rapid piece handling. United States: N. p., 1996.
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Spletzer, Barry L. Method and system rapid piece handling. United States.
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"Method and system rapid piece handling". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/870637.
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abstractNote = {The advent of high-speed fabric cutters has made necessary the development of automated techniques for the collection and sorting of garment pieces into collated piles of pieces ready for assembly. The present invention enables a new method for such handling and sorting of garment parts, and to apparatus capable of carrying out this new method. The common thread is the application of computer-controlled shuttling bins, capable of picking up a desired piece of fabric and dropping it in collated order for assembly. Such apparatus with appropriate computer control relieves the bottleneck now presented by the sorting and collation procedure, thus greatly increasing the overall rate at which garments can be assembled.},
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