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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael William Gilpatrick, Chesnee, SC (US);
Walter Engels, Tryon, NC (US);
Assignee:
Milliken Research Corporation, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
26-9 ; 26 75 ;
Abstract
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.