Patent ID: 7615128

Claim:
A method for fray-free cutting at the perimeter of an area of a textile sheet on a textile-receiving surface, comprising: programming a controller, based on the viscosity and setting time of an anti-fray substance and the characteristics of the textile sheet, to regulate the amount of an anti-fray substance dispensed on the textile-sheet surface such that the substance penetrates less than the full thickness of the textile sheet and does not reach the textile-receiving surface, the controller having programmed information regarding the perimeter of the area; applying the regulated amount of the anti-fray substance onto the sheet along a path at the perimeter by an anti-fray substance applicator movable along the surface as directed by the controller based on the programmed information; and cutting the sheet at the perimeter by a blade-type cutter movable along the surface as directed by the controller based on the programmed information.