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US 4,756,170 AGranted
Applicator for crease-setting composition
AssigneesWool Development International Limited, Dynic Corporation
InventorsJames D. M. Gibson, Paul Hageman, Soichiro Kishida, Yasuyuki Nishimura, Katsutoshi Aida, Tatsuro Yamada, Jyo Narumiya
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Abstract
An apparatus for applying a crease-setting composition for setting a crease in textile material in which the composition is forced out of a nozzle at a controlled delivery rate while the nozzle is guided along the crease line.
Claims15
An applicator for a crease setting viscous composition suitable for setting a crease in fabric material, which comprises
- an applicator body having a nozzle means at one end thereof and an inlet means at the other end thereof,
- said nozzle means being arranged for evenly applying the crease setting viscous composition generally in the form of a deposited line into and along a preformed crease line of the fabric material by delivering and distributing said composition linearly therealong,
- said inlet means being arranged for controlled applying of compressed air for forcing said composition out of said nozzle means at a correspondingly controlled delivery rate, said compressed air entering at said inlet means being the sole driving force for forcing said composition out of said nozzle means, and
- guidance means mounted beneath the applicator body in fixed relation to said nozzle means and adapted, in use, to depend into and move relatively longitudinally with respect to the preformed crease line so as to guide said nozzle means relative to the preformed crease line to cause said nozzle means to deliver and distribute such a deposited line of said composition accurately into and along the preformed crease line during the relative longitudinal movement between the guidance means and the preformed crease line of the fabric material.
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An applicator for crease setting compositions having a viscosity suitable for setting the creases in fabric material, which comprises
- an applicator body having a nozzle means at one end thereof for applying the crease setting composition into a crease line of the fabric material and an inlet means for applying compressed air at the other end thereof for forcing the composition out of said nozzle means, said compressed air entering at said inlet means being the sole driving force for forcing the composition out of said nozzle means, and guidance means mounted beneath the applicator body adapted, in use, to depend into the crease line so as to guide the applicator nozzle means to cause it to deliver composition accurately into the crease,
- said applicator being mounted above a v-grooved conveyor for carrying a garment panel and capable of being raised away from and lowered towards the v-groove, and said compressed air being applied in timed relationship with the movement of the conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.