Method and apparatus for sensing the preferred side of garment portions
CA 1322130 C · Owner: Adamson, Fletcher D. · Inventors: Adamson, Fletcher D.
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Apparatus for use in on automated garment making proceess detects whether a garment portion on a continuously moving conveyor is right side up by use of a photodetector. If the garment portion is not right side up, the photodetector signals a control unit which causes flipper assembly to flip the garment portion over as it is discharged from the conveyor. The garment portion retains its original position relative to other garment portions on the conveyor and the conveyor does not stop.
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- Granted September 14, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 14, 2010.
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