MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517098930 A) filed by Picanol, Ieper, Belgium, on Oct. 14, for 'fabric take-up device.'

Inventor(s) include Debergh, Patrick; and Mooren, Jeng.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a fabric take-up device comprising a take-up roller (2), a pressure roller (3), a rod (4) inserted in the pressure roller (3), and a lever (5), wherein the rod (4) has a first end (41) protruding from the pressure roller (3), a second end (42), and an elongated part (43) that elongates between the first end (41) and the second end (42), and wherein at the first end (41), the rod (4) is mounted using the lever (5), wherein the lever (5) forces the rod (4) towards the take-up roller (2), wherein at the first end (41), the rod (4) is provided with a cut-out (6) extending transversely to a longitudinal direction (40) of the rod (4) for forming a top abutment surface (62), wherein a bottom contact surface (51) of the lever (5) contacts the rod (4) at the top abutment surface (62) for forcing the rod (4) towards the take-up roller (2), and wherein the top abutment surface (62) is configured to interact with the bottom contact surface (51) of the lever (5) for preventing a rotational movement of the rod (4) about an axis extending in the longitudinal direction (40) of the rod (4). The invention further relates to a method for mounting a rod (4) in a fabric take-up device (1)."

The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 28, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/058640.

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