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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2012
Jean-marc Scherrer, Riedisheim, FR;
Mario Maheux, Quebec, CA;
Jean-Marc Scherrer, Riedisheim, FR;
Mario Maheux, Quebec, CA;
Other;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for tensioning the fabric of a device for restoring a removable panel, characterized in that it comprises at least one structure, a thermal chamber arranged inside said structure and able to heat said flexible fabric, an internal frame elastically secured to said thermal chamber, and at least one actuator secured to the structure and able to move the thermal chamber so that, on the one hand, the thermal chamber is moved between a 'fabric at rest' position and a 'fabric stretched' position and, on the other hand, to move the internal frame between a “fabric at rest” position and an intermediate position located between said “fabric at rest” and “fabric stretched” positions, the flexible fabric resting on part of the thermal chamber and being held by its peripheral edge between the internal frame and the structure. The invention also proposes a method for coating a removable panel that uses the tensioning device.