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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
John T Schnebly, Watervliet, NY (US);
Thomas J Marusak, Loudonville, NY (US);
John A Corey, Melrose, NY (US);
Assignee:
Comfortex Corporation, Cohoes, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
160 841 ; 1602731 ;
Abstract
An extensible and collapsible covering (10) for framed openings. A shade, having periodically emplaced elastic rod stiffeners (28), is motivated over parallel tracks (20) by a movable sill (26). During shade manufacture, stiffeners (26) are inserted into shade pockets by a machine (100) which examines the fabric, excises flaws and creates pockets for the envelopment therein of the stiffeners. The process for flaw removal uses a single pass technique that cuts fabric around a stiffener, reforms it and bonds the cut ends so as to capture the stiffener in a pocket formed thereby.