Process for mending clothes
OwnerShigeyoshi Komatsuinventor
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Abstract
An improved process for mending clothes with a unique means for applying a thermoplastic synthetic resin to form a strong border between a basic cloth and a mending cloth. The resin is applied to both the mending cloth and the basic cloth before fastening them together. The cloths are then temporarily fastened together. The mending cloth is placed over the torn portion of the basic cloth and a hole is stamped through the two cloths. Additional resin is applied to the circumference of the hole and the piece of mending cloth which has just been cut out is manually pressed into the hole. A reinforcing cloth is placed on the back of the mended area and an iron is used to heat the resin and cause the various pieces of cloth to adhere. The mended area is difficult to distinguish and resists tearing or fraying.
Claims3
A process for mending clothes which comprises:
- adhering a thermoplastic synthetic resin film by fusion on the back of a basic cloth to be mended and on the back of a mending cloth to prevent fraying;
- putting said mending cloth with said adhered film on the surface of said basic cloth with the film side downward to adjust pattern and temporarily fastening with a temporary fastening material which completely covers the mending cloth;
- turning the cloths over to be back upward and stamping the clothes with a trimming die;
- removing the basic cloth stamped out to leave the mending cloth which forms a fitting cloth;
- putting a thermoplastic synthetic resin film on the circumference of the hole stamped out;
- cutting the hole portion of the film in an X-shape to facilitate fitting of the fitting cloth in the hole;
- fitting the fitting cloth in the hole with the back upward;
- putting on a reinforcing cloth and adhering by fusion to the basic cloth and the fitting cloth through their thermoplastic synthetic resin film layers by light heat-pressing;
- turning the cloths over and removing the remainders of the mending cloth and the temporary fastening material which remain on the surface of the basic cloth;
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- overlaying the surface of the cloth with a polyester film and strongly heat-pressing it to remove the synthetic resin film and the temporary fastening material which remain on the surface of the fitting cloth, the basic cloth and the fitting cloth being adhered by fusion at the border of the fitting portion by the thermoplastic synthetic resin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.