Abstract: In an apparatus for bonding strip-shaped textile articles, especially pieces of outer fabric (10) and interlining strips (11), the textile strips (14) formed by bonding the latter are divided into individual textile units (15) after leaving a heating and pressure device (13). For this purpose, the textile strip (14) is severed in the region between successive pieces of outer fabric (10) by means of a cutting knife (31). This is controlled by a measuring light barrier with a transmitter (36) and a receiver (40). The measuring light barrier is designed so that it can be adjusted automatically to different light-transmitting capacities of the materials (interlining strip 11).

Abstract: The heating device for an appliance for gluing sheet-like textile articles has several heating regions (23, 24), the electrical heaters (25) of which can be switched on or off individually. To achieve the best possible setting of the temperature of the heating regions, the individual heaters (25) can, in addition, be changed over to different power inputs, preferably between a series connection and a parallel connection. Also, the individual heaters (25) can each have two or more heating wires which can be changed over between a series connection and a parallel connection in each heater.