Patent ID: 6405589
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: A41H,B65H,D06H

Abstract:
An arrangement for examining a textile material section, by visual inspection by an examiner, the examining arrangement comprising a laying area arranged in the field of vision of the examiner, in which the material section is positionable to be laid flat for examination of a side of the material section, the arrangement comprising:a turning device for reversing the material section, starting from a position for examining the first side of the material section such that the material section is positioned so that it is laid flat in the laying area for examination of a second side of the material section, the turning device includes at least one gripping member arranged above the laying area, said gripping member being attachable to an edge of the material section, said gripping member being displaceable substantially parallel to the surface of the laying area in a tranverse and/or longitudinal direction of the material section in order to reverse the material section wherein a lateral distance between said gripping member and an opposite edge of the material section is variable; and at least one conveyor belt being mounted relative to said gripping member having a side extending in the laying area, said side conveyor belt being movable for positioning the material section in the laying area.