Method for the butt joining of two textile pieces

• US 20060213612A1
• Filed: 01/12/2004
• Published: 09/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises LLC (Hanesbrands Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises LLC (Hanesbrands Incorporated)
• Inventors: Perron, Maurice, Nectoux, Philippe, Roy, Pascal
• Granted Patent: US 7,828,925 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 156/304.400
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 11/14 Panti-hose; Body-stockings
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/245 made by welding or gluing joining of plastics by welding or gluing B29C65/00; sewing machines for concurrently making thread and welded seams D05B17/00; thermal or chemical fixing of seams and hems D06M
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2793/00 Shaping techniques involving a cutting or machining operation
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2793/009 after shaping
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 48/08 flexible, e.g. films
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/4815 Hot melt adhesives, e.g. thermoplastic adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/4835 Heat curing adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/5042 covering both elements to be joined
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/505 and placed in a recess formed in the parts to be joined, e.g. in order to obtain a continuous surface
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/5057 positioned between the surfaces to be joined B29C65/5035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/5071 and being composed by one single element
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/5078 and being composed by several elements
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/72 by combined operations or combined techniques, e.g. welding and stitching
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/03242 of sheets being positioned in abutment, e.g. after folding open of an overlap joint
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/1122 Single lap to lap joints, i.e. overlap joints B29C66/45, B29C66/472, B29C66/52272 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/1142 Single butt to butt joints
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/1222 comprising at least a lapped joint-segment
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/1224 comprising at least a butt joint-segment
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/1312 Single flange to flange joints, the parts to be joined being rigid the parts to be joined being flexible B29C66/133
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/43 Joining a relatively small portion of the surface of said articles B29C66/45 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/43441 : with two right angles, e.g. for making T-shaped pieces, H-shaped pieces
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/522 : Joining tubular articles B29C66/53241 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/5227 : for forming multi-tubular articles by longitudinally joining elementary tubular articles wall-to-wall (e.g. joining the wall of a first tubular article to the wall of a second tubular article) or for forming multilayer tubular articles
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/54 : Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-shells, to form hollow articles, e.g. for making balls, containers; Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-cylinders, to form tubular articles
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/729 : Textile or other fibrous material made from plastics
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/73161 : Roughness or rugosity
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/91411 : of the parts to be joined, e.g. the joining process taking the temperature of the parts to be joined into account
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/919 : characterised by specific temperature, heat or thermal flux values or ranges specific electrical resistance values B29C66/81262
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 69/001 : a shaping technique combined with cutting, e.g. in parts or slices combined with rearranging and joining the cut parts for reinforced material B29C70/545; B29C49/4278, B29C51/268 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2101/10 : Thermosetting resins
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2313/00 : Use of textile products or fabrics as reinforcement B29K2105/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2995/0072 : Roughness, e.g. anti-slip
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2023/005 : Hoses, i.e. flexible
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2024/006 : multi-channelled
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/4857 : Trousers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1052 : with cutting, punching, tearing or severing

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for flat edge-to-edge assembly of two portions of textile parts by means of a gluing ribbon overlapping the two edges. According to this process, before the gluing ribbon is put into place, two borders adjacent to the edges are glued onto each other, so as to hold the edges close to each other. The two glued borders are shorn close to where the two edges are fixed together, and the gluing ribbon (28) is applied overlapping the two edges that are brought together. The shorn glued borders are flattened when applying the gluing ribbon.

Claims

1. A process for flat edge-to-edge assembly of two facing edges of two textile parts using a gluing ribbon overlapping the two edges, comprising

gluing together two borders of the two textile parts, one of said two borders being adjacent to one of the two facing edges, and the other of said two borders being adjacent to the other of the two facing edges to hold the two edges together;

shearing said two borders close to the two edges;

applying said gluing ribbon to overlap the two facing edges and said shorn glued borders; and

flattening said shorn glued borders when applying said gluing ribbon.

2. The process according to claim 1, wherein said shorn glued borders become unglued and flattened when said gluing ribbon is glued.

3. The process according to claim 1, wherein the two facing edges of said textile parts are made of knit fabric.

4. The process according to claim 3 wherein said two textile parts are made from a tubular knit.

5. The process according to claim 3 further comprising before the step of gluing together said two borders of said two textile parts, cutting longitudinally with gluing strip said two textile parts to obtain two pairs of portions of textile parts.

6. The process according to claim 5 wherein said two textile parts are two tubular knits, said two tubular knits being glued to each other to create a gluing strip.

8. The process of claim 1, wherein said two borders of said textile parts are thermoglued together.

9. The process of claim 1, wherein said gluing ribbon is thermoglued to said shorn borders.

10. The process of claim 1, wherein said gluing ribbon is a heat-activatable ribbon.

7. (canceled)

11. A process of making a garment formed from two tubular textiles comprising:

providing two tubular textiles;

gluing together a portion of said two tubular textiles along a line parallel to their longitudinal axes to form a symmetrical garment;

cutting along a longitudinal axis of said portion to form a pair of glued shorn borders, each of said pair of glued shorn borders having a facing edge;

applying a gluing ribbon to overlap said two facing edges and said glued shorn borders; and

flattening said glued shorn borders when applying said gluing ribbon.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising hot pressing said gluing ribbon to said glued shorn borders.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein said tubular textiles are knitted.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein said tubular textiles are formed using a Jacquard circular knitting machine, a shuttle loom or a non-weaving process.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein said garment is a pair of tights.