US3671944A — Method and apparatus for producing jacquard cards

Claim 1

Independent Claim 176 words

A method for producing information to produce Jacquard cards comprising the steps of forming a design on a record medium, analyzing the design along selected coordinate lines and producing machine readable information of the types of weave patterns along said coordinate lines and the boundary locations of each type of pAttern, overlaying by machine within the boundaries of each type of weave pattern located along said analyzed coordinate lines machine stored detailed weave information of the corresponding weave pattern determined during the analyzing step, producing by machine data corresponding to the overlaid detailed weave information, reading out said stored pattern in groups of bits of a number less than that needed to produce a complete group of Jacquard card loom control data, storing at least one of said readout groups of bits, and providing signals for the controls of a Jacquard card punching apparatus in response to said stored group of bits and at least one other group of bits for the production of a complete group of Jacquard loom control data on a Jacquard card.

Claim 2

Independent Claim 176 words

A method for producing information to produce Jacquard cards comprising the steps of forming a design on a record medium, analyzing the design along selected coordinate lines and producing machine readable information of the types of weave patterns along said coordinate lines and the boundary locations of each type of pAttern, overlaying by machine within the boundaries of each type of weave pattern located along said analyzed coordinate lines machine stored detailed weave information of the corresponding weave pattern determined during the analyzing step, producing by machine data corresponding to the overlaid detailed weave information, reading out said stored pattern in groups of bits of a number less than that needed to produce a complete group of Jacquard card loom control data, storing at least one of said readout groups of bits, and providing signals for the controls of a Jacquard card punching apparatus in response to said stored group of bits and at least one other group of bits for the production of a complete group of Jacquard loom control data on a Jacquard card.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 34 words

The method of claim 1 wherein two groups of bits are read out to provide the signals needed for controlling the Jacquard card punching apparatus to produce a complete group of loom control data.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 45 words

identifying selected ones of a plurality of prestored weave patterns for individual ones of said discrete areas, each of said pre-stored weave patterns being represented by crossing data for orthogonal pick and weave lines having a fixed orientation relative to the orientation of said design,

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 45 words

identifying selected ones of a plurality of prestored weave patterns for individual ones of said discrete areas, each of said pre-stored weave patterns being represented by crossing data for orthogonal pick and weave lines having a fixed orientation relative to the orientation of said design,

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 22 words

generating pick and weave crossing data for discrete areas of said design in accordance with the weave patterns identified in step (2),

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 22 words

generating pick and weave crossing data for discrete areas of said design in accordance with the weave patterns identified in step (2),

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 134 words

A converter responsive to groups of bits of a first type, each group of said first type having a number of bits less than a predetermined number, means for receiving the groups of bits of said first type, means responsive to the first received group of bits of said first type for producing a first group of control signals of a second type, means responsive to the second received group of bits of said first type for producing a second group of control signals of said second type, the total number of control signals in said first and second groups of control signals of said second type being equal to said predetermined number, and means for reading out said first and second groups of control signals of said second type at the same time.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 134 words

A converter responsive to groups of bits of a first type, each group of said first type having a number of bits less than a predetermined number, means for receiving the groups of bits of said first type, means responsive to the first received group of bits of said first type for producing a first group of control signals of a second type, means responsive to the second received group of bits of said first type for producing a second group of control signals of said second type, the total number of control signals in said first and second groups of control signals of said second type being equal to said predetermined number, and means for reading out said first and second groups of control signals of said second type at the same time.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 176 words

A converter as in claim 3 wherein said receiving means receives a group of bits of said first type in parallel and said receiving means comprises one first receiving means for each bit of a group of said first type, first and second gating means connected to each of said first receiving means, first and second storage means respectively connected to the output of each of said first and second gating means, means responsive to the first received group of bits of said first type for enabling each of said first gating means to pass said first group of bits of said first type to the respectively connected first storage means, and means responsive to the second received group of bits of said second type for enabling each of said second gating means to pass said second received group of bits of said first type to the respectively connected second storage means, and means for simultaneously reading out the data stored in said first and second storage means as said control signals of said second type.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 51 words

selecting at least one sub-routine stored in said data processor which when executed controls the generation of pick and weave crossing data for discrete areas of said design in accordance with respective generalized rules which are independent of particular weave pattern crossing data and the shapes of said discrete areas, and

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 51 words

selecting at least one sub-routine stored in said data processor which when executed controls the generation of pick and weave crossing data for discrete areas of said design in accordance with respective generalized rules which are independent of particular weave pattern crossing data and the shapes of said discrete areas, and

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 28 words

executing the sub-routine selected in step (4) to generate at least some new pick and weave crossing data to be utilized as Jacquard card data for said design.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 28 words

executing the sub-routine selected in step (4) to generate at least some new pick and weave crossing data to be utilized as Jacquard card data for said design.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 69 words

A converter as in claim 4 in combination with a card cutting machine, said card cutting machine having a plurality of punches, means for connecting a respective punch in circuit with each of said first and second storage means of said converter, said means for reading out the data stored in said first and second storage means energizing selected ones of said punches in accordance with the data stored.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 25 words

Apparatus as in claim 5 wherein each of said first and second storage means is a relay which is in circuit with a respective punch.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 51 words

A converter as in claim 4 wherein each of said first storage means includes means for holding it in a predetermined condition upon receipt of a signal from the first received group of bits of said first type during the receipt of the second group of bits of said first type.

Claim 18

Independent Claim 18 words

A method to be practiced on a data processor for producing Jacquard card data comprising the steps of:

Claim 19

Independent Claim 18 words

A method to be practiced on a data processor for producing Jacquard card data comprising the steps of:

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 63 words

A method in accordance with claim 8 wherein the generalized rules for at least one sub-routine pertain to the elimination of floats in the Jacquard card data for said design, and the execution of said sub-routine in step (5) is operative to change pick and weave crossing data generated in step (3) for said design in the immediate vicinity of boundary lines thereof.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 63 words

A method in accordance with claim 8 wherein the generalized rules for at least one sub-routine pertain to the elimination of shiners in the Jacquard card data for said design, and the execution of said sub-routine in step (5) is operative to change pick and weave crossing data generated in step (3) for said design in the immediate vicinity of boundary lines thereof.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 59 words

A method in accordance with claim 8 wherein the generalized rules for at least one sub-routine pertain to the insertion of special weaves for matelasse designs, and the execution of said sub-routine in step (5) is operative to change pick and weave crossing data generated in step (3) for said design in the immediate vicinity of boundary lines thereof.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 53 words

A method in accordance with claim 8 wherein the generalized rules for at least one sub-routine pertain to the re-orientation of said discrete areas, and the execution of said sub-routine in step (5) is operative to generate pick and weave crossing data for said design for at least one re-oriented discrete area thereof.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1975-06-20	1975-12-20	1976-06-20	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1979-06-20	1979-12-20	1980-06-20	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1983-06-20	1983-12-20	1984-06-20	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Method and apparatus for producing jacquard cards

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