Fabric turner
CA 2049445 C · Owner: Harrington, Richard L. · Inventors: Blessing, Hubert; Wafford, Lawrence; Harrington, Richard L.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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An apparatus is disclosed for selectively inverting flexible and limp planar workpieces such as fabric. The apparatus includes a primary workpiece propeller having a cylindrical means for contacting the workpiece about a central rotating axis. A slot of sufficient size to receive the workpiece is positioned in a substantially vertical orientation beneath the primary propeller. The slot preferably has a flared upper end positioned directly beneath and in contact or near contact with the propeller. The fabric is drawn into the slot by the rotation of the propeller and follows the contour of the flared open end of the slot. The fabric enters into the slot until the trailing edge of the fabric …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed August 20, 1991 and granted February 11, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 20, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 20, 2013.
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