US 11,814,766 B2
Systems and methods for automated manufacturing of flexible goods and related technologies
Jonathan Michael Zornow, Seattle, WA (US); and Peter Pruyn Malarkey, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Sewbo, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Sewbo, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 3, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/503,210.
Application 16/503,210 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/012429, filed on Jan. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/590,932, filed on Nov. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/442,295, filed on Jan. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0165762 A1, May 28, 2020
Int. Cl. D06C 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC D06C 29/00 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for manufacturing garments, the system comprising:
a preparation station configured to apply one or more stiffening treatment films to a flexible material, the preparation station comprising:
a first roller assembly configured to feed the one or more stiffening treatment films to a third roller assembly;
a second roller assembly configured to roll the flexible material to the third roller assembly;
the third roller assembly configured to compress the one or more stiffening treatment films and the flexible material to form a multilayer workpiece; and
a dispenser that applies a solvent to the one or more stiffening treatment films to partially dissolve the one or more stiffening treatment films and to form a stiffened material from the multilayer workpiece; and
a garment assembly workstation configured to robotically manipulate the stiffened material and to couple the stiffened material to another material to form a product.