Embroidery machine with a cap bill support device
OwnerAllan Halesinventor
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Abstract
Embroidery machines have previously not been well adapted to embroider billed caps such as baseball caps. A bill hook is secured or hooked on the distal end of the bill. The hook is supported by a base support, which is mounted to the hat hoop base frame. The bill is flexed away from the head portion of the cap, thereby providing room for the embroidery machine to access the area immediate adjacent to the bill that is embroidered. By flexing the bill away from the head portion of the cap and attaching it to the hat hoop base frame, which moves with the cap as it is moved in the embroidery machine, the bill is much less likely to become jarred lose from the hat hoop base frame during the embroidery process. This reduces registration errors and with it the scrap rate of caps.
Claims18
An embroidery machine with a cap bill support device, the machine including a hat hoop base frame, the device comprising:
- a bill hook capable of physical attachment to said cap bill;
- and
- a base support including a lip hook, the base support secured to said hat hoop base frame, said base frame receiving said bill hook, thereby offering removable support of said cap bill when positioned adjacent to said hat hoop base frame.
An embroidery machine of the type that is used in the embroidery of products that have a cap bill, the machine also including a hat hoop base frame and a hat rack, the improvement comprising:
- a bill hook capable of physical attachment to said cap bill;
- and
- a base support including a lip hook, the base support secured to said hat hoop base frame, said base frame receiving said bill hook, thereby offering removable support of said cap bill when positioned adjacent to said hat hoop base frame.
For use with an embroidery machine including a bill hook capable of physical attachment to a cap bill and a base support including a lip hook, the base support secured to a hat hoop base frame, an embroidery method comprising the steps of:
- positioning a cap in said embroidery device adjacent to said hat hoop base frame;
- displacing a portion of said cap bill toward said base support;
- attaching said bill hook to said cap bill with said bill hook supported by said lip hook, thus maintaining said cap bill in a displaced orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.