摘要 |
<p>A length of fabric (1) guided to the outlet of a tenter frame is trimmed with cutting apparatus (3). The apparatus employs a cutting blade (12) and a needle cylinder (13) which brings the fabric to a cutting zone (12) where the selvedge (4) is severed by blade 12 and removed by suction means (5). To position the fabric (1), a belt (17) running around rollers (16, 18) is arranged to press the fabric against the cylinder (13) as the fabric is released from a needle chain (2) of the tenter frame. …<??>An inclined collecting guide bow 19 is arranged beneath the length of fabric in the region of belt 17, in order to retrieve a fabric end hanging at a beginning of a piece. …<IMAGE>… </p> |