Patent ID: 6076291
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A method of advancing a substantially rectangular piece of cloth to a cloth treatment apparatus, the piece of cloth having front and rear borders related to direction of advancement, comprising the steps of:initially spreading out and advancing the piece of cloth in a spread-out state and at a given rate of conveyance between a subjacent conveyor and a superjacent conveyor that abuts on the subjacent conveyor; andat least partially straightening folded edges, if any, on at least one of the front and rear borders of the piece of cloth, in the plane of the piece of cloth prior to the piece of cloth entering said cloth treatment apparatus;wherein a folded edge on at the least one of the front and rear borders on the piece of cloth is straightened by effecting, at least briefly, a different rate of conveyance between the superjacent and the subjacent conveyors, in a manner so that the folded edge is straightened due to the different rate of conveyance and resulting friction between the piece of cloth and the subjacent and the superjacent conveyors.