Machine for producing decorated loom-woven fabrics

Abstract

A machine for producing loom-woven fabrics decorated by embroidery or by applying decorative elements, comprising a first working station, and a second working station, with at least one head for embroidering and/or for applying decorative elements to the sheet of fabric produced in the first working station. The sheet longitudinal advancement elements for supporting the sheet of fabric on a working surface that is substantially horizontal at least at the second working station, and a movement device for moving the head for embroidering and/or for applying decorative elements along at least one direction transversely to the advancement direction of the sheet of fabric on the working surface.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a machine for producing loom-woven fabrics decorated by embroidering or by applying decorative elements such as sequins, beads, cordonnets, tapes or the like. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Many types of weaving looms, for example warp looms, warp-and-weft looms, needle looms, are known and are used to produce fabrics of various kinds, such as for example warp-and-weft fabrics, knitted fabrics, tulle, lace, both rigid and elastic, et cetera. Hereinafter, the expression “loom-woven fabric” is understood to designate a fabric obtained with these kinds of machine. [0003] The production of clothing items, but also the production of furniture items that use these kinds of fabric, has a demand for providing on these fabrics embroidery, openwork or the application of decorative elements such as sequins, beads, cordonnets, tapes or the like, aimed at improving the aesthetic appearance of the item. [0004] Currently, embroidered loom-woven fabrics a...

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Benefits of technology

[0009] The aim of the present invention is to solve the problems noted above by providing a machine that allows to produce loom-woven fabrics decorated by performing embroidery or by applying decorative elements such as sequins, beads, cordonnets, tapes or the like, with high precision in performing the embroidery or in applying the decorative elements to specific regions of the fabric.

Problems solved by technology

These processes lead to a highly appreciated product, but suffer the problem of being extremely laborious and of causing a high waste of fabric.

Dividing the fabric in order to feed it to an embroidering machine in fact consists in dividing the fabric into sheets that are approximately 15 m long and 1.5 m wide, although the dimensions may vary among embroidering machines, consequently wasting the corresponding head weave and selvages.

If one considers, for example, that current warp looms produce sheets of variable length and generally more than 3 m wide, one can see that the operation for dividing the fabric alone entails a considerable waste of fabric, which inevitably affects the overall production costs of these products.

Moreover, with methods for embroidering or applying decorative elements it is noted that it is very difficult to be able to integrate an ornamental pattern, provided on the fabric during production on the weaving machine, with embroidery or with the application of decorative elements.

With currently available machines it is not possible to achieve such precision, and therefore this particular type of decoration is performed by positioning manually, and therefore with long times and high costs, the fabric on the embroidering machine.

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