Apparatus for constructing breast cups
AssigneeHanes Corporation
InventorFlavia DiTullio
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Abstract
Breast cups having various types of cuts or configurations are initially molded from basically flat sheets of flexible fabric on a bust cup mold having a prescribed configuration. The resulting, three-dimensional molded fabric cup then is cut by a die having a plurality of cutting surfaces, at least a portion of the outermost cutting surfaces serving as guides for alignment with the outer perimeter of the molded cup and a portion of the cutting surfaces cutting the molded breast cup to the desired shape resulting in a breast cup having a size and configuration differing from that of a bust cup initially molded.
Claims9
An apparatus for shaping a molded breast cup having a smooth, seamless interior and exterior from a unitary fabric sheet having unmolded portions and a molded section, said molded section defining a three-dimensional peripheral contour of a prescribed configuration provided with a marginal edge contiguous with the unmolded portions, the improvement comprising a first means for severing the unmolded fabric portions from the molded section along the marginal edge, and a second means for removing selected portions of the molded section inwardly of said marginal edge to alter the size and configuration of the three-dimensional, peripherally contoured molded section, said first and second means being mounted upon a common support.
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