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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
George Alan Price, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
ECP Family Properties, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Abstract
A serial bus control system for an automatic sewing station for attaching a series of work pieces includes a serial bus cable connected to a power supply and a system controller. A program module is plugged into the serial bus cable and is programmed with an operations program or set of command instructions that are accessed and run by the system controller for controlling the automatic sewing station. A series of input modules are removably connected to the serial bus cable and receive inputs from various detectors monitoring the position and movement of the work pieces along a sewing path through the automatic sewing station. The input modules transmit this input information to the system controller via the serial bus cable in response to which the system controller sends command signals to a series of output modules that are connected to the operative elements of the sewing station, such as a sewing machine and upstream and downstream drive assemblies, to control the operation of the sewing machine and such other operative elements of the sewing station.