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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1994
Kenneth J Thompson, Lexington, NC (US);
John R Everhart, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Joel C Rosenquist, Kernersville, NC (US);
Wayne G Foster, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A pocket-folding device for folding a pocket blank and securing the folded pocket to a pocket-carrying article, the device having a locating fixture supported by a frame to receive the unfolded pocket blank, a top die and movable bottom die supported by the frame, and a vacuum hand associated with the frame selectively moving to pick up the unfolded pocket blank from the locating fixture and carry it and release it over the pocket form to form side and bottom-draped edges. The pocket form and pocket blank move up to mate with the top die. The bottom die then moves up to mate with the top die to form a die cavity around the pocket form and pocket blank while selectively directed air flows into the top die and folds the draped pocket edges around the pocket form. Heat is applied to the folded pocket edges to set pocket edge creases therein, and the pocket form, pocket and bottom die move downwardly to the original bottom die position with the pocket-folded edges held between the pocket form and the bottom die. The pocket form is moved away from the pocket and bottom die. The vacuum hand moves to secure the folded edge pocket and position it at a pre-selected location on a pocket-carrying article. Appropriately programmed sewing means may subsequently sew the folded pocket to the article.