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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2013
Lectra, Paris, FR;
Stephane Bodivit, Cestas, FR;
Didier Chabirand, Cestas, FR;
LECTRA, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention provides a flattening method for flattening the edges of a swatch of flexible material from which pieces are to be cut out. The method comprises: establishing a digital representation of at least a portion of an outline (H) of the swatch of flexible material (H); establishing a specific flattening direction (D, D) and distance (V, V) for each of the points (P, P) of the scanned portion of the outline of the swatch; and for each selected point of the scanned portion of the outline of the swatch, using a presser foot of a cutter tool, to flatten the edges of the swatch along the specific flattening direction and distance established for said point, and along a flattening direction going from within the swatch towards its edges.