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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1987
Filed:
May. 12, 1986
Fletcher D Adamson, Alexander City, AL (US);
James M Caldwell, Alexander City, AL (US);
Russell Corporation, Alexander City, AL (US);
Abstract
A garment portion loader utilizes a plurality of photo-electric sensors to determine the positions of garment portions at selected stations including a delivery assembly which supplies garment portions for loading, a pick-up assembly which removes garment portions from the delivery assembly and places them on an alignment conveyor, and an alignment assembly which aligns the garment portions with a pre-established standard relative to the alignment conveyor. A rejection assembly is provided to remove garments which are not properly aligned. The loader may be controlled by a microprocessor receiving input from the sensors and controlling the various assemblies.