Patent ID: 6716149
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B65H,D05B,D06H

Abstract:
A method for positioning, for cutting and folding purposes, fabric labels for articles of clothing, shoes, hats, bags and similar articles, said labels presenting a central portion (13) containing at least one brand name or similar signs, and two opposing lateral tails (11b) folded against the rear face of the central portion, comprising:advancing a continuous fabric tape (10) consisting of a succession of label portions (11n) joined together, cyclically halting the tape (10) in such a manner that its front end becomes disposed in a cutting and folding station (30) where it undergoes separation of each label portion (11n) from the front end of the tape (10) and folding of the two opposing tails (11b) of the label along two fixed folding planes (B1 and B2), a position of a cutting plane being in fixed geometrical relationship with fixed folding axes, characterised by comprising, in each cycle: determining the length of each label portion (11n) by sensing, at a fixed point of the path, the passage of a predetermined corresponding point (13â€²) of each label portion (11n) in succession; advancing the tape (10) under the control of an encoder means; and halting each label portion (11n) within the folding station in a position in which the central portion (13) is in constant geometrical relationship with the fixed folding axes (B1 and B2), following processing of the determined value representing the length of the label portion (11n).