Milliken Research Corporation

Walter Engels

Michael W Gilpatrick

Charles E Willbanks

Kenneth B Higgins

Apparatus and method to properly cut to size the carpet tiles which are used to complete the carpeted areas adjacent walls, doors, etc. in an area to be carpeted. The apparatus encompasses a machine which is placed against a carpet tile already in position and has spring loaded arms which extend therefrom to a point abutting the wall or door structure to fix the position of a cutter on the apparatus so that it cuts the actual size necessary to fill the gap between the previously laid tile and the wall or door sensed by the spring loaded arms.

Carpet tile cutting machine

A rotor for cutting the loops or surface of a fabric having a plurality of segmented blades interconnected together to form a helix which when used to cut the surface of a fabric does not cause a rowing effect in the surface. The cutting blades in adjacent rows are positioned to be between two blades on any one row.

Cutting rotor blade segment

Pile fabric cutting device

Method and apparatus to remove wrinkles in a running web of material by the use of rotating members on the selvedges of the fabric in conjunction with vacuum pressure to urge the selvedges outward and to slightly overfeed the fabric.

Method for smoothing and brushing pile fabric

Method and apparatus for brushing the pile of a pile fabric and removing wrinkles in a running web of the material by the use of rotating members on the selvedges of the fabric in conjunction with vacuum pressure to urge the selvedges outward and to slightly overfeed the fabric.

Apparatus for brushing pile fabric

An extrusion die to extrude a water paste onto a web material. The die consists of two separate chambers which equalize the pressure of the water paste prior to extruding same through an elongated slot onto a web of material.

Water paste extrusion die

Wrinkle remover for a web of running material

An improved sculpturing apparatus having an asymmetric blade, improved fabric support means and an improved screen for applying stiffening agent is disclosed. The apparatus allows the fabric support structure to be adjusted to the curvature of the cutting blade to maintain the fabric to be cut into contact with the cutting means.

Pile fabric sculpturing apparatus

An improved sculpturing apparatus having an asymmetric blade, improved fabric support means and an improved screen for applying stiffening agent is disclosed.

Method to prevent the accidental cutting of the selvedge backing material of a pile fabric being sheared by a rotating cutting apparatus by maintaining the selvedge in a tensioned condition in response to an automatic control which senses the position of the selvedge of the fabric.

Method to protect fabric selvedge on loop pile cutting machine

Apparatus to sense and guide the edge of a backing material having a raised surface. A double sensor is provided to either sense the edge of applied substance or the edge of the backing material or selvedge. The double sensor employs a pair of flag members to vary the pressure of a fluidic sensing device in response to the position of the selvedge to automatically control the position of a selvedge protection device.

Selvedge detector and guide

A device for sculpturing pile fabrics which have been treated by stiffening the fibers thereof in selected regions. The device includes means for advancing the fabric, a support and a blade which severs the stiffened fibers as they pass over the support but allows the unstiffened fibers to deflect away from the blade.

Apparatus for sculpturing pile fabrics

Apparatus to prevent the accidental cutting of the selvedge backing material of a loop pile fabric being cut by a rotating cutting apparatus. The apparatus includes a plurality of fingers which engage the selvedge to maintain it in a tensioned condition in response to an automatic control which senses the position of the selvedge of the fabric.

Selvedge protection apparatus for loop pile fabric cutting machine

A pile fabric manufacturing apparatus having a mechanism to sense and guide the edge of the cut loop pile fabric. A double sensor is provided to either sense the edge of the pile or the edge of the backing material or selvedge to correctly maintain the predetermined position of the fabric.

Growing community of inventors

Tryon, NC, United States of America

Walter Engels