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US 4,057,178 AGranted
Material pleater
OwnerEdna Henderson Martininventor
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Abstract
A material pleater embodying a plurality of parallel, longitudinally extending plate-like members carried by an elongated member with adjacent plate-like members spaced from each other to receive a pleat of material therebetween. An elongated pleat depresser has longitudinally extending, spaced apart depresser elements with each being disposed to move between adjacent plate-like members and depress a pleat of material therebetween. Detachable means connects the pleats thus formed to each other whereby they remain in the formed position after removal of the plate-like members and the pleat depresser.
Claims3
A material pleater comprising:
- a. an elongated member,
- b. a plurality of parallel, longitudinally extending plate-like members carried by said elongated member with adjacent ones of said plate-like members spaced from each other to receive a pleat of said material therebetween,
- c. an elongated pleat depresser having longitudinally extending spaced apart depresser elements with each said depresser element being disposed to move between adjacent ones of said plate-like members and depress a pleat of said material therebetween to form pleats between said plate-like members, and
- d. there being transversely aligned outwardly opening slots in said plate-like members which are in transverse alignment with and face transversely aligned outwardly opening slots in said depressor elements for receiving means for detachably connecting said pleats thus formed to each other so that upon movement of said plate-like members and said pleat depresser away from each other said pleats remain in the formed position.
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