Method of forming wire support frame member
AssigneeHanes Corporation
InventorsJames F. King, Gilbert L. Horton
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Abstract
A support frame for garments such as brassieres, swimsuits and the like, and a system for forming the support frames. The wire member of each support frame is formed in a preselected, prescribed configuration and plastic protective end caps are adhered to the wire member end portions in a selected manner. The wire end may be modified by a cutter assembly which includes guiding and aligning apparatus for properly locating the wire frame ends relative to spaced rotating saws to remove selected portions and define a centrally located protruding tip portion intermediate spaced shoulders.
Claims13
The method of fixedly securing a plastic end cap to an end portion of a wire frame member having a desired arcuate configuration comprising the steps of removing selected portions from a wire frame member end portion to define a shoulder and a reduced tip portion having a predetermined length selectively positioning an end cap, having an opening of rectangular cross-sectional configuration generally conforming to the rectangular cross-sectional configuration of the reduced tip portion, for snugly receiving the reduced tip portion, and adhering the end cap upon the reduced tip portion.
The method of forming a reinforcement frame for use in cups of brassieres comprising the steps of;
- bending a length of resilient wire having a generally rectangular cross-section into a generally U-shaped formation, sequentially removing selected portions from first and second ends of the bent wire by sawing substantially equal portions from opposite sides of each wire end to form spaced shoulders and a reduced width central end portion having substantially parallel edges, selectively placing a plastic protective end cap having an opening therein over the substantially parallel edges of each reduced width portion, and instantaneously melting the innermost portions of the plastic end caps defining the cap openings to fixedly secure the end caps to the reduced width end portions by inducing high frequency microwaves into the reduced width portion.
The method of forming a reinforcement frame for use in cups of brassieres and the like comprising the steps of bending a length of resilient wire having a generally rectangular cross-section into a generally U-shaped configuration, selectively positioning a protective plastic end cap, having an opening therein for snugly receiving a wire end portion, upon each end of the wire member, and adhering the end caps to the wire frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.