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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2017
O&m Halyard, Inc., Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Eric C. Steindorf, Roswell, GA (US);
Anthony S. Spencer, Woodstock, GA (US);
Joseph P. Weber, Suwanee, GA (US);
Mark T. Pamperin, Cumming, GA (US);
David L. Harrington, Cumming, GA (US);
O&M Halyard, Inc., Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Abstract
An automated method is provided for forming pleats in a textile product in a production line. The method includes conveying a web of the textile product on a conveyor in the production line. The web is folded using a folding board at a folding station in the production line. The method includes removing heat from the folding board. The automated method can allow for high speed folding of the textile product without damaging the textile product from heat caused by friction between the web of textile product and the folding board.