Patent ID: 7284305

Claim:
An installation for automatically cutting a textile web with reduced wrinkling comprising: a textile web; a first guide roller having a first guide surface for directing the textile web to a tension roller; a let-off roller having a let-off roller surface contacting the textile web located between the first guide roller and the tension roller to compensate for web tension fluctuations as the web is passed through the installation; a tension roller having a tension roller axis; and an automatic laser cutting apparatus comprising a cutting table, a movable laser cutting tool, and a vacuum system, wherein the cutting table comprises a perforated conveyor belt having a conveyor guide surface for directing the textile web from the tension roller and wherein the textile web is held by suction to the conveyor by the vacuum system; wherein the angle formed from the let-off roller surface normal to the ground and the textile web from the let-off roller to the tension roller is from about 2 to 25 degrees; and wherein the tension roller holds the textile web in about 0.2 to 0.6 pounds per linear inch.