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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Pomerleau, Springfield, MA (US);
Joseph R Vivirito, South Windsor, CT (US);
Assignee:
Gerber Garment Technology, Inc., Tolland, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B / ; B26D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364140 ; 36447409 ; 269 21 ; 83451 ;
Abstract
A scheme for controlling the vacuum holddown in a cutter table of the type having a conveyorized support surface comprised of a plurality of bristle members which create a permeable bed through which a vacuum is communicated employs separate zone regions on the vacuum bed which are controllably energized and de-energized in response to command signals generated by a controller in response to cutter head movement which anticipates the position of the knife prior to its arrival at a given zone in order that material set up in reaction time in the valve system is allotting for.