Fabric repairing assembly
AssigneeThe Singer Company
InventorGerhard Reinert
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Abstract
A fabric repairing assembly is provided with an impact cutter which is operable by a plunger that is slidably mounted in an embracing housing. The assembly is further provided with a heater which includes a sleeve that slidably receives the said housing and wherein the housing can be moved to cause the plunger to press the heater against cloth undergoing repair.
Claims10
A fabric repairing assembly including a support surface, a housing, a cutter in one end of the housing, a manually operable plunger extending from the other end of the housing and movable therein for causing the cutter to move against a damaged portion of fabric supported on said surface and cut out a part of the fabric including the damaged area, and for moving the cutter against an undamaged portion of the fabric supported on said surface to cut out a patch for the hole made in the damaged portion, and a heating and pressing unit including a sleeve formed slidably to accommodate the other end of said housing wherein said housing can be moved relatively to said sleeve to cause the plunger to apply a force against the heating and pressing unit and the heating and pressing unit to press against the aforesaid patch when located in the said hole in an overlying relationship with an adhesive pad resting on the a support surface.
A fabric repairing assembly including an anvil member having a fabric supporting surface, a housing formed at one end with a recess to accommodate said anvil member, a cutter in said one end of said housing, a manually operable plunger extending from the other end of said housing and movable therein for causing the cutter to move against a damaged portion of fabric supported on said fabric supporting anvil surface and cut out a part of the fabric including the damaged area, and for moving the cutter against an undamaged portion of the fabric supported on said fabric supporting anvil surface to cut out a patch for the hole made in the damaged portion, and a heating and pressing unit formed at one end with a recess to accommodate said anvil member and at the other end including a sleeve slidably accommodating the other end of said housing wherein said housing can be moved to cause the plunger to apply a force against the heating and pressing unit and the heating and pressing unit to press against the aforesaid patch when located in the said hole in an overlying relationship with an adhesive pad resting on said fabric supporting surface of an anvil accommodated in said recess of the heating and pressing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.