Patent ID: 8210079
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: B26D,D06H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for feeding and slitting soft goods comprising: a plurality of rollers adapted to carry the soft goods, the plurality of rollers comprising a feed roller and a pinch roller; a cross rail extending generally parallel to but spaced from the plurality of rollers; a plurality of slitting blade assemblies movably mounted on the cross rail, each of the slitting blade assemblies comprising a plurality of guide rollers and a plurality of metal cams and a slitting blade mounted on a rotatable drive shaft; a motor for rotating the drive shaft; a slitting blade positioning system movable in a direction parallel with the cross rail, the slitting blade positioning system being operable to identify and move one of the slitting blade assemblies to a desired position relative to the cross rail; a material feed motor connected to the feed roller and operable to move the soft goods past the slitting blade assembly; a control for operating the drive shaft motor, the slitting blade positioning system and the material feed motor, the control operable to cause the slitting blade positioning system to move the slitting blade assembly to a desired position on the cross rail, and the control being further operable to turn on the drive shaft motor and the material feed motor, thereby moving the soft goods past the slitting blade.