TENSIONING MECHANISM FOR A TEXTILE FEED TO A STEPPED OPERATION DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTER

摘要

A textile feed for a stepped operation digital textile printer, comprises a textile feeding mechanism, and a tension storage mechanism. The textile feeding mechanism feeds the textile in a forward direction onto the printer, but is at the same time mechanically connected to a tension storage mechanism which is tensioned by the forward feeding. At the end of the feed step, the tension storage mechanism releases respectively stored tension to cause the feed mechanism to briefly reverse feed, thereby to pull the textile taut and take up any slack caused by the feeding step. The textile is thus kept taut, to allow effective digital printing by the printer.

主权项

1. A textile feed for a stepped operation digital textile printer, comprising a textile feeding mechanism configured to feed said textile in a forward direction onto said digital textile printer, said feeding mechanism being mechanically connected to a tension storage mechanism, such that forward motion of said feeding mechanism applies tension to said tension storage mechanism, said tension storage mechanism configured to release said tension to cause said feed mechanism to feed in a second, reverse direction after feeding in said forward direction, thereby to pull said fabric taut after said feeding in a forward direction.