摘要:
A quilting machine includes a multiple needle quilter with a panel cutter located in-line therewith and downstream thereof and having an accumulator therebetween. A programmable controller operates the quilter to stitch a programmed series of one or more patterns on a web. A feed roller angular encoder measures the quilted web length fed under tension to the accumulator. A detector signals when the accumulator is full, whereupon the controller causes web to be fed from the accumulator to the panel cutter, where it passes without tension thereon toward a photo sensor. The photo sensor signals the controller which activates the cutter to sever a predetermined panel length from the web. The controller then reads information from the encoder and the accumulator detector to determine the amount of stressed quilt required to replenish the cutoff panel length. The ratio of measurements is then processed to determine the elongation change or "shrinkage", which information is used to control the relative feed at the quilter, cutter and fabric supply and to track the quilted patterns and splices in the fabric of the web through the machine.
摘要:
Quilts (120) are made from unquilted comforter bags (206) without premounting the panel on a rectangular frame (11,11a). A leading edge clamp (50,250) is preattached along the leading edge of a panel and fed from an operator station (15) onto a shuttle (20) movably mounted on the frame of a programmed single needle quilting machine (10,10a). Opposed belt conveyors (61,62) on opposite sides of the shuttle (20) advance the clamp (50,250) and pull the panel onto the shuttle (20), gripping the side edges of the panel as it is pulled. A trailing edge clamp bar (48) frictionally engages the panel as the panel is pulled onto the shuttle (20). The shuttle (20) reciprocates longitudinally under a sewing head (18) that moves transversely on the frame (11,11a) to stitch a pattern in the panel. A pickup head (86) engages the clamp (50,250) on the shuttle (20) and moves it to an outfeed table (81,281) at the top of the frame where the clamp (50,250) releases the quilted panel (120), folded once, onto the table (81,281) from which it conveyed to a stacker (200) by belt conveyors (82) or a moveable conveyor table (283). Preferably, the quilted panels (120) are conveyed to an elevator platform (302) at the operator station (15) that lowers a stack (320) of quilts (120) onto a cart (204) on which the unquilted panels (206) were supplied. When a quilted panel (120) is free of the shuttle (20), another front edge clamp (50,250) is clamped to the next panel to similarly pull it onto the shuttle (20). When a clamp (50,250) has released a quilted panel (120) at the outfeed table (81,281), it is returned by the pickup head (86) to the operator station (15) where it is released for reuse.
摘要:
The quilting of rectangular comforter bags, mattress cover panels or other similar panels is provided without the need to premount the panel on a rectangular frame. A leading edge clamp is preattached along the leading edge of a panel and the clamp is fed from an operator station to the upstream end of a shuttle movably mounted on the frame of a programmed single needle quilting machine. Opposed belt conveyors on opposite sides of the shuttle advance the clamp and pull the panel onto the shuttle, with the belts gripping the side edges of the panel as it is pulled. A trailing edge clamp bar frictionally engages the panel to provide trailing edge securement to the panel, with the belts and leading edge clamp providing securement around the other edges to stretch the panel on the shuttle. The shuttle reciprocates longitudinally under a sewing head that moves transversely on the frame at a quilting station, while the sewing head operates to stitch a pattern in the panel. A pickup head then engages the clamp and directs it along a conveyor across an outfeed table at the top of the frame, pulling the quilted panel over the table where the clamp is released to drop the panel on the table, where it is folded and conveyed to a stacker. When a first quilted panel is free of the shuttle, another front edge clamp similarly pulls another panel onto the shuttle. When a clamp has released a panel at the outfeed table, it is returned by the conveyor to the operator station for reuse.
摘要:
A method of testing a sleep support member, the method including: identifying the sleep support member; determining a tested comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member before the identified sleep support member is provided to a customer; and determining whether the tested comfort/support value is within a predetermined tolerance level of a goal comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member. An apparatus for testing a sleep support member, the apparatus including: an identification unit configured to identify the sleep support member; a comfort/support testing unit configured to determine a tested comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member before the identified sleep support member is provided to a customer; and an analysis unit configured to determine whether the tested comfort/support value is within a predetermined tolerance level of a goal comfort/support value for the identified sleep support member.
摘要:
A computer system including a control logic and a storage coupled to the control logic. The storage includes a plurality of bitcells and bitlines used to transfer data between the control logic and the bitcells. The control logic provides an address of a target bitcell to the storage. Within a single clock cycle, the storage uses the address to activate the target bitcell, to precharge bitlines coupled to the target bitcell, and to access the target bitcell.
摘要:
A device for adaptively controlling a voltage supplied to circuitry in close proximity to the device, comprising a processing module and a first tracking element coupled to the processing module. The first tracking element produces a first value indicative of a first estimated speed associated with the circuitry. The device also comprises a second tracking element coupled to the processing module. The second tracking element produces a second value indicative of a second estimated speed associated with the circuitry. The processing module compares each of the first and second values to respective target values and causes a voltage output to be adjusted based on the comparisons. The first and second tracking elements comprise a plurality of transistors, at least some of the transistors selectively provided with a transistor bias voltage to adjust transistor speed.
摘要:
A method of forming a transistor (70) in a semiconductor active area (78). The method forms a gate structure (G2) in a fixed relationship to the semiconductor active area thereby defining a first source/drain region (R1) adjacent a first gate structure sidewall and a second source/drain region (R2) adjacent a second sidewall gate structure. The method also forms a lightly doped diffused region (801) formed in the first source/drain region and extending under the gate structure, wherein the lightly doped diffused region comprises a varying resistance in a direction parallel to the gate structure.
摘要:
A compact data line arrangement (600) includes “twisted” data line pairs (604a-604c) disposed in a first direction. Each twisted data line pair (604a-604c) includes an upper segment pair (608a-608f) that is connected to a lower segment pair (610a-610f) by a twist structure (612a-612c). The upper and lower segment pairs (608a-608f and 610a-610f) can be formed with a first pitch using phase-shifted lithography. The twist structures (612a-612c) are formed from a second conductive layer, and have a greater pitch than the first pitch. The twist structures (612a-612c) are generally arranged in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. Selected twist structures (612b) are offset in the first direction with respect to adjacent twist structures (612a and 612c). The offset twist structures (612a-612c) allow supplemental conductive lines (618) to be formed from the first conductive layer that extend in the first direction, between adjacent offset twist structures (612a and 612b).
摘要:
A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) includes a Y-select circuit (218) that connects a pair of bit lines (204a and 204b) to a pair of sense nodes (210a and 210b). The Y-select circuit (218) provides a first impedance in a read operation, and a second impedance that is lower than the first impedance, in a write operation. Changes in Y-select circuit (218) impedance are achieved by driving transistors (N210a and N210b) within the Y-select circuit (218) with a first voltage during a read operation, and a second voltage during a write operation.
摘要:
An airbed having multi-zone air mattress is provided having a control that can identify the configuration of any of a plurality of hand control units connected thereto and can interpret control functions differently based on the identified unit configuration. A plurality of normally closed valves seal pressures in each of the zones when power to an air pump is off while mattress zone pressures are constantly monitored and the measurements sent by the control through a communications port for monitoring of the motion or care of a user of the bed and for analysis and diagnosis. When pump power is on, the pressure in the zones is regulated at predetermined pressure settings ideal for the user. Deviations from ideal pressure cause a programmed controller to calculate inflation or deflation times for the respective zones that would be required to inflate or exhaust the zones to the desired pressures. Ideal pressures for individual users are automatically calculated by inflating the zones to initial pressures and sealing them. Then, a user reclines on the bed and pressures are measured. From the measured pressures, ideal pressure settings are calculated that will support the user in an ideal manner, such as maintaining the user in an ideal sleeping posture with a minimum amount of pressure in the zones. The sitting up of the user, the sitting of the user on the edge of the bed, the adjustment of bed inclination angles and other non-reclining conditions are detected by analysis of the pressures in the zones or information from other sources to set pressures particularly suited to such conditions.