Abstract: When reinforcing two-dimensional textile structures, in particular outer material blanks (17), separate interlining material blanks are normally used. These have to be cut to size separately, placed in an accurately positioned manner on the outer material blanks (17) by hand and adhesively bonded to the outer material blanks (17). This is extremely complicated.

Abstract: In a procedure for feeding two limp workpiece sheets intended to be treated together and/or connected with each other and positioning them with respect to each other, it is provided to clamp them in a planar suspended position in clips of trolleys guided by rails. They are moved by the trolleys to scan their contours in a scanning station and to align them relative to each other in an alignment station. The alignment position of the workpiece sheets is fixed through a coupling device, which acts upon clip holders on the trolleys and can be moved together with them. This simultaneously connects the trolleys assigned to each other in pairs into a structure moving as a unit. The workpiece sheets are subsequently guided in their fixed alignment position to a treatment or processing station.

Abstract: For the (partial) bonding of textile pieces, that is to say (large) outer material parts 10 to (small) interlinings 11, outer material parts 10 in bundles 14 are fixed in front of press plates 12, 13 by means of a holding device 15, and only regions 22 of the outer material parts 10 intended for bonding are introduced between the press plates 12, 13, specifically after previous preparation, that is to say positioning, of the interlining 11 on a layout surface 23 on the top side of the upper press plate 12.

Abstract: A textile piece 10 is transported by a conveyor belt 14 through the nip between a compression cylinder 15 and an underlying pressure roller 17, whereat lines of reinforcing plastic carried by parallel grooves in the cylinder are applied to the piece. It thereafter passes through a dryer 18, and both the cylinder and the dryer extend across about 2/3 of the conveyor width with the dryer housing 35 being spaced above the conveyor on both ends and one side. This arrangement enables either full or partial line coating of textile pieces which are transversely placed on the conveyor, and avoids heating the uncoated portions of the pieces.

Abstract: A slip plate located at the discharge end of an endless band transport device is provided with apertures on both sides at the end remote from the transport device and a stop located at that edge between the apertures. Alternately operating clamping devices movable at right angles to the direction of movement of the textile pieces of the slip plate convey the textile pieces by clamping at the apertures to stacking tables to the right and left of the slip plate.