Apparatus for stuffing the limbs of small dolls

In an apparatus for stuffing sleeve-like cloth forms with successive increments from a continuous strand of cord-like stuffing material, the combination comprising:

• a first elongate tube having one end thereof configured for receiving the form over said one end;
• a second tube being configured for telescopic engagement with the other end of said elongate tube, said second tube having a cutaway portion defining a trough for receiving and retaining the strand of cord-like stuffing material therein;
• a push rod having a length at least equal to the length of said first tube plus the length of one of said increments of stuffing material;
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• means for securing one end of said push rod in an axial direction within said second tube, the free end of said push rod being provided with a unidirectional barb for engaging and inserting the cord-like stuffing material into said first tube with said first and second tubes in telescopic engagement with said barb being moved toward said one end of said first tube, said push rod stuffing and removing said form from said one end of said first tube whereby to permit successive increments of said cord-like stuffing material to be inserted into said first tube during successive manipulations of the tubes while in telescopic relationship.