Three-section hoop embroidery frame

A hoop for holding a piece of textile and a backing web for embroidery on the textile piece, the hoop comprising:

• a generally rigid outer ring formed of a limitedly elastically deformable synthetic resin and having a generally polygonal inner periphery generally centered on an axis;
• an intermediate ring formed of a limitedly elastically deformable synthetic resin and having an outer periphery generally complementary to and axially fittable with limited play within the inner periphery of the outer ring and a generally polygonal inner periphery, whereby the intermediate ring can be elastically deformed and snapped into the outer ring with the backing web gripped between the inner periphery of the outer ring and the outer periphery of the intermediate ring;
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• an inner ring formed of a limitedly elastically deformable synthetic resin and having an outer periphery generally complementary to and axially fittable with limited play within the inner periphery of the intermediate ring, whereby the inner ring can be elastically deformed and snapped into the intermediate ring with the textile piece gripped between the outer periphery of the inner ring and the inner periphery of the intermediate ring, the inner periphery of the outer ring having sides meeting at corners and being formed at these corners with inwardly open cutout notches defining respective gaps with the intermediate ring, whereby the web gripped between the outer and intermediate rings can bunch in these notches at the corners.

A hoop for holding a piece of textile and a backing web for embroidery on the textile piece, the hoop comprising:

• a generally rigid outer ring formed of a limitedly elastically deformable synthetic resin and having a generally polygonal inner periphery generally centered on an axis;
• an intermediate ring formed of a limitedly elastically deformable synthetic resin and having an outer periphery generally complementary to and axially fittable with limited play within the inner periphery of the outer ring and a generally polygonal inner periphery, whereby the intermediate ring can be elastically deformed and snapped into the outer ring with the backing web gripped between the inner periphery of the outer ring and the outer periphery of the intermediate ring;
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• an inner ring formed of a limitedly elastically deformable synthetic resin and having an outer periphery generally complementary to and axially fittable with limited play within the inner periphery of the intermediate ring, whereby the inner ring can be elastically deformed and snapped into the intermediate ring with the textile piece gripped between the outer periphery of the inner ring and the inner periphery of the intermediate ring, the outer periphery of the inner ring having sides meeting at corners and being formed at these corners with outwardly open cutout notches defining respective gaps with the intermediate ring, whereby the textile piece gripped between the inner and intermediate rings can bunch in these notches at the corners.