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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1983
Filed:
May. 21, 1980
Joel Doyen, Ste Savine, FR;
Jean-Pierre Raisin, Troyes, FR;
Agence Nationale de Valorisation de la Recherche, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;
Abstract
A handling device and installation for bringing to a second station, in a predetermined and fixed orientation and position, a piece, and in particular a supple piece in sheet form such as a fabric, situated in a first station in an approximative position. The installation includes photoelectric edge detectors for locating the position of the piece at the first station, drive motors for bringing and positioning a carriage opposite so-called gripping zones which are predetermined locations on the piece, and shoes for gripping the piece at the first station at the gripping zone and moving the piece to the second station whereby pieces of fabric are supplied in a predetermined orientation to a sewing station.