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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7802705 | Method for forming pleat on fabric composed of polylactic acid yarn, and pleated fabric A method for forming stable pleats on a fabric composed of a polylactic acid yarn of 100 mass % without causing decrease in physical properties of the polylactic acid yarn includes preparing a fabric composed of a polylactic acid yarn of 100 mass %. The fabric may b... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7669741 | Method of manufacturing pleated product and fabric for pleated product used for the method A method of manufacturing a pleated product capable of partially pleating a fabric so that boundaries between pleat portions and non-pleat portions can be conspicuous and a fabric for the pleated product used for the method. In this method, a part of the fabric for ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7318800 | Pleating apparatuses A pleating apparatus comprises a support surface, first and second pleating surfaces, and a driver for compressing a portion of a filter material between the first and second pleating surfaces to form a pleat, where at least one of the pleating surfaces is curved or... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7131147 | Pleated skirt A pleated skirt is disclosed which includes a waistband assembly having a rear segment and two front segments, and a composite pleated skirt assembly having front, side, and rear pleats attached to the waistband assembly, an adjustable pleat at each side of the skir... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7001368 | Disposable pull-on wearing article A disposable pull-on wearing article folded along a folding zone extending across a crotch region in a transverse direction so that the inner surface of the article comes in contact with itself. The folding zone is formed at a position displaced toward a front waist... | 02/21/2006 |
| 5943974 | Gathering gauge A gathering gauge for assisting in the fabrication of a gather in a sewn article of manufacture. The gathering gauge is used to evenly distribute a given length of a fabric over a selected gather length, thereby eliminating guess work normally associated ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5799842 | Method and apparatus for fostering a desired appearance in certain women's garments An apparatus for storing a certain garments in a twisted manner when drying or not being worn to produce a desired appearance when worn. The apparatus consists of a helical structural frame having a top and bottom and a longitudinal axis therebetween with... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5702037 | Pleating machine and method An improved pleating machine and method for creating a variety of pleated patterns that are not limited to repeating variation. Pairs of pleating blades move forward and rearward in a pleating motion. During the forward pleating motion, the pleating blade... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5590821 | Method and apparatus for folding and pressing bindings and ruffles A binding tool for assisting in the task of folding and pressing bindings and ruffles and to a method of use thereof. The binding tool has a tool body having a top side and a bottom side and a slot disposed through the body for receiving a strip of cloth ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5358155 | Apparatus and method for providing a pleated skirt effect to tablecloth An apparatus and method for providing a pleated effect to a tablecloth. A hoop having a plurality of undulating portions is positioned below the table top and above the floor such that the tablecloth is supported by the hoop with folds of the tablecloth f... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5356055 | Method of pleating garments A method of pleating a garment, wherein an unfinished garment, prepared by sewing cloth parts together, is folded, rolled and twisted, and then attached to a holder. The holder holding the garment is placed in a heat-treatment apparatus, and the unfinishe... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5333765 | Method of pleating garments A method of pleating an unfinished garment, wherein an unfinished garment prepared by sewing cloth parts together is folded around a core plate, the unfinished garment, thus folded, is placed in a case. The case containing the folded garment is inserted i... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5265778 | Method of manufacturing reversible pleated material A method of manufacturing material having knife-pleats on either side, for use in manufacturing reversible knife-pleated garments such as skirts or dresses. Patterned material is woven with alternating narrow and wide sections, wherein each narrow section... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5188265 | Continuous sheet pleating device for making overlapping pleats and arrangements for making areas with no pleats and method of making pleats The device includes a toothed wheel on which pleats of a sheet 10 are preformed, in some cases with the aid of a second toothed wheel 31, and a device for holding by a vacuum; then the preformed pleats are transferred to a pleat gathering wheel 13 either ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5137190 | Apparatus for forming pleats and the like in fabric structures An apparatus and method for forming parallel and non-parallel pleats in a fabric structure such as a curtain or drape includes a generally planar baseplate and a segmented forming member hingedly attached thereto and overlying the baseplate. The segmented... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5114056 | Pleating method and apparatus An apparatus for forming pleats in fabric includes a vertically movable head which can accommodate one centrally located rod, or alternatively, two spaced apart rods. One rod is used to form two pleats and the rod is movable towards a work surface to a po... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5080267 | Textile web corrugating machine A textile web corrugating machine comprises a support table along which a textile web is transported, a folding plate disposed above the support table for folding in a generally zig-zag fashion the textile web then as it passed below the folding plate, a ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5042701 | Lacing apparatus with feed rollers to smooth creased crimped material after lacing Apparatus for lacing a flexible line through sheet material, such as shade cloth, of an indefinite length in a continuous operation. The apparatus has a set of pleating rollers, each with a series of teeth spaced apart about the periphery. The pleating ro... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5027988 | Process for the production of pleated fabrics, and new pleated fabrics from a spiral tube A process for the production of a pleated textile fabric, which comprises first forming a spiral tube from a plane fabric by joining together the two selvedges of said fabric; then in known manner pleating this spiral tube and fixing the pleats thus forme... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5013378 | Pleated trouser crease-forming method and machine improvements therefor A method for producing a permanently pleated garment is disclosed, whereby pleat formation is achieved during subassembly before the garment is finished by positioning a subassembly with a pre-pressed pleat on a vacuum device having a conforming pleat gro... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4874457 | Web corrugating apparatus An apparatus for corrugating a flexible web containing heat softenable fibers comprising two pairs of endless drive chains with paddles mounted to each pair of chains to extend radially outward therefrom. The web is introduced onto the paddles at a point ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4833762 | Device for the production of crumple pleat crease patterns in fabric webs An apparatus for producing permanently set crumple pleat crease patterns in fabric webs, having a heatable crumple tube with an oscillatingly driveable stuffing element with which a fabric web in rope form is batchwise successively inserted into the crump... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4694978 | Apparatus and method for simultaneously inverting, folding and pleating Apparatus and method are provided for simultaneously folding and pleating a child's training pant or the like. The apparatus generally includes a plunger that is reciprocative through a tube member. The tube member has an interior surface defining an inte... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4660261 | Process for giving relief in several directions to a textile cloth The invention relates to a process for giving relief in several directions to a textile cloth, characterized in that it consists: in known manner, in winding this cloth on a support tube, then in withdrawing said tube, thereafter in compressing the roll longitudina... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4650102 | Apparatus for forming apertures in pleats In a pleat forming machine, apertures are defined in a pleat simultaneously with the formation of the pleat. A pusher bar carries a cutting member which projects into a recess defined in a pleating bar when the two bars are brought together to form the pl... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4623770 | Method of imparting crease to polyester fiber goods The portion to be creased of polyester fiber goods is subjected to pressing and high-frequency treatment by means of a press bar attached to an upper electrode of a high-frequency welding machine, whereby a solid crease can be imparted to the polyester fi... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4621751 | Multiple, longitudinal folding apparatus An apparatus for making multiple, longitudinal folds in a web of flexible material includes a pair of flat plates extending substantially parallel but spaced from each other with an array of posts extending between the plates with the distance between the... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4607770 | Heat treatment of fabrics and other sheet material Apparatus and methods of heat-treating laminar materials, in particular fabrics including materials such as synthetic leather (laminated polyurethane) are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pair of cooperating rollers defining a nip through which the ma... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4560434 | Method and apparatus for producing bouffant caps A method and apparatus for continuously and efficiently producing bouffant caps, the arrangement comprising a section for supporting and supplying a thin band-like material wound in roll form, a laying section for laying stretchable linear elements in str... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4407052 | Stuffing attachment for a continuously operating crinkling unit A stuffing attachment for a continuously operating crinkling unit for continuous material, has a stuffing ring which can be moved forwards and backwards in a straight line with an aperture through which a strip of the continuous material passes. The stuff... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4373648 | Controlled rate linear motion drive This relates to a drive mechanism of the rack and pinion type wherein the length of the rack is less than the required travel and there are plural drive pinions which singly and then sequentially engage the rack. The drive pinions may be driven in any man... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4369087 | Method and apparatus for making pile fabrics A web is placed on a grooved cylinder, folded by pressing it into the cylinder grooves, and attached to a backing sheet to form a pile fabric. Folding is performed by rollers with blades which enter and move along the length of the grooves. The rollers ar... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4364494 | Smock gathering apparatus A smock gathering apparatus includes a base board having two spaced apart bearing blocks mounted thereon. A shaft adapted to support a roll of cloth material to be gathered is mounted for rotation in bearing apertures in the bearing blocks. The blocks are... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4303459 | Method of making textured patterns on originally smooth webs of fabrics, and method of partially printing the same The invention relates to a method for making textured patterns on originally smooth web of fabric which was subjected to a mechanical pleating treatment, i.e., which was provided with upright or flat permanently fixed pleats in regular or irregular distri... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4269334 | Printing and pleating There is provided a method of printing and pleating a fabric which comprises folding the fabric into a pleat pattern and then simultaneously forming the pleat and printing the fabric by passing the fabric together with a print paper in contact with at lea... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4198202 | Method of producing edge-printed fabric garment pieces A method of producing edge-printed, flare-pleated fabric garment pieces in which a fabric garment piece is placed in a corresponding pleating form and is held folded together with the form, thermal printing paper is so laid on the front edges of pleat cre... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4191793 | Method of forming a durable crease A durable crease is formed in a textile article by applying a flexible casting compound in a preformed crease using a non-rotary applicator in conjunction with a structure for guiding the applicator along the crease.... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4125079 | Pleater for forming compartments for a quilted fabric A bag for forming into a quilted article is produced by pleating two sections of material and by feeding pairs of the folded edges thus formed through respective work stations, each pair comprising one edge from each section and the two edges from each pa... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4111733 | Method and apparatus for continuous manufacture of undulating or corrugated material A method for the continuous manufacture of an undulating or corrugated longitudinal material in which a strip is projected longitudinally in the form of transverse folds between two longitudinal walls defining a passage or corridor having a height exceedi... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4091973 | Drapery pleater steamer A device that steams and sets the pleats formed in draperies supports the drapes in vertical position and moves steam and vacuum pipes vertically relative thereto. Pleating fingers may be incorporated with the steam and vacuum pipe apparatus to simultaneo... | 05/30/1978 |
