Patent ID: 7168456
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for the removal of one or more CD oriented yarns from an edge of a woven industrial textile having first and second planar surfaces and comprised of a plurality of interwoven warp and weft yarns oriented transversely to one another in each of the machine direction (MD) and cross-machine direction (CD), the apparatus comprising: a frame that is at least equal in length to the width of the fabric from which the yarns are to be removed; a movable table including: wherein; the yarn removal device is movable in a vertical direction out of the fabric plane, and in a horizontal direction parallel to the MD direction; the distance between the cutter and combined hooked needle & thread catcher in the yarn removal device is adjustable; the yarn removal device is caused to reciprocate cyclically such that: the table is moved in a direction generally parallel to the CD of the fabric and the cycle is repeated until sufficient CD yarns are removed from a desired width and length of the fabric.