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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1990
H Joseph Gerber, West Hartford, CT (US);
Gerber Garment Technology, Inc., Tolland, CT (US);
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for cutting sheet material wherein the material is cut in bites or segments by bringing in stepwise fashion successive lengthwise segments to a cutting station incomplete cutting of a line or pattern piece when the line or pattern piece is continued from one segment to another is avoided by a retracing of the line of cut in the vicinity of the line's or pattern piece's transition from one segment to another. Therefore, when the cutting tool, following the advancement of the material to bring a fresh segment to the cutting station, is returned to the vicinity of a previously cut point it retraces a portion of the previously cut line to promote complete separation of the desired material from the waste material despite possible relaxation or other shifting or mispositioning of the material between the times of the cutting tool's first and second arrivals at the transition point.