Thread dyeing apparatus and method
AssigneeRhema Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsEarl Kinnebrew, II, Paul D. Palmer, Sr.
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a thread dyeing apparatus and method for dyeing a thread. The apparatus comprises a marker having a transorb material and a nib with dyeing liquid being disposed in the marker housing as passing through the transorb material to the nib. A slit is formed in the nib. The slit is sized so the thread extends through the slit in the nib wherein the dyeing liquid is applied to the thread. In one embodiment, the apparatus is used to dye thread during operation of a sewing machine and, in this embodiment, the marker is positioned between the thread source and the needle of the machine. In other embodiment, the apparatus is utilized for applying a thread lubricant to the thread.
Claims10
A dye applying apparatus for applying a dyeing liquid to a thread, comprising:
- a marker comprising a marker container having an upper end and a lower end with a marker opening extending a distance therethrough intersecting the lower end thereof, a transorb material being disposed within the marker opening and a nib with a portion of the nib being disposed in the transorb material and the nib extending a distance out from the open end of the marker container terminating with a tip end, dyeing liquid being disposed in the marker opening and being transferred through the transorb material to the nib, a slit being formed in the tip end of the nib with a slit extending a distance through the nib, the slit being sized to accommodate a portion of the thread extending through the slit with portions of the nib formed by the slit being disposed generally adjacent the portions of the thread extending through the slit, the dye liquid being applied to the thread via the nib;
- a support housing having a thread opening extending through a portion thereof, the thread opening being sized for receiving a thread so that the thread is movable therethrough, the support housing having a housing opening extending a distance through the support housing with a portion of the housing opening intersecting the thread opening, and wherein a portion of the marker is defined further as being supportable in the housing opening so nib is disposed within the housing opening, the thread being disposed in the slit in the nib as the thread is moved through the thread opening for applying dye to the thread;
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- a support stand having opposite ends with one end being adapted to be removably connectable to the support housing for supporting the support housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.