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Automated apparatus for counting pillings in textile fabrics

  • US 5,936,665 A
  • Filed: 05/20/1997
  • Issued: 08/10/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A pilling detection system, comprising:

  • a pilling detection device that detects pillings which are distributed across a fabric sample;

    a feed mechanism that provides the fabric sample to the pilling detection device at a predetermined feed rate; and

    a processor that controls the predetermined feed rate of the feed mechanism and that assigns a class rating to the fabric sample based on comparing the number of pillings detected by the pilling detection device to stored historical classification data, said processor being programmed with fuzzy logic to determine said class rating based upon how said pillings are distributed across said fabric sample.

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