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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1988
Malcolm Craven, Leeds, GB;
Mason S Small, Leeds, GB;
Abstract
A method for forming a template for use in the garment manufacture industry. Apparatus used in the method comprises a support table (10) having an opening (26) therein. A router (13) is mounted below the support table for vertical movement relative thereto and drives a routing cutter (15) that may extend through the opening (26). A blank comprising hinged, overlying plates is positioned so that part of the blank overlies the opening (26) beneath a stylus (38) which can guide a pattern attached to the blank so that the cutter forms a track in the blank having a shape corresponding to the shape of the pattern. The track is cut simultaneously through both plates, and separating cuts are made across the hinge line through the thickness of the first plate only. During the cutting operation cut material is extracted through a tube (27) connected to a source of vacuum.