Inventors:
Richard Kuchta - Tolland CT
Vladimir Evenzon - Vernon CT
Larry Billings - Manchester CT
Philip W. Cenedella - East Douglas MA
Assignee:
Gerber Garment Technologies, Inc. - Tolland CT
International Classification:
B26D 702
Abstract:
An automated cutter bed employs a sealer which is mechanically coupled to a tool carriage and moves with it along a first coordinate direction. A first roller is connected with a second roller disposed at the take-off end of the table by an air impermeable sheet which is tensioned between the two rollers by a resilient member housed within each of the rollers causing a preload to be exerted on the air impermeable sheet material. The first roller moves between ends of the table paying out a length of the air impermeable material. As the carriage moves to the cutter datum, equalization is effected by the preloads given in each of the first and second rollers.