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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7213680 | Acoustical wall covering assembly pleated and secured in situ for covering walls in movie theatres and method An acoustical wall covering assembly (10) with pleats (11) formed and attached in situ to a trim member for covering a wall of a movie theatre, in which a panel (22) of an acoustical wall covering attaches to a pleating member (22) having... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7100525 | System and method of finishing ruffled gussets/borders A system for forming and attaching pillowtop attachment gussets and borders to panels, with the gusset or border material being fed from a supply into a sewing station. The gusset or border material is passed through a folder assembly that directs the gusset or bord... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7083564 | Pleating methods A pleating method comprises disposing a filter material on a support surface and compressing a portion of the filter material between first and second pleating surfaces to form a pleat, where at least one of the pleating surfaces is curved or extends at an acute ang... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7021227 | Programmable tucking attachment for a sewing machine and method A tucking attachment for a sewing machine having a tucking blade with one end positioned adjacent material and a tucking blade drive with an output shaft mechanically coupled to the tucking blade. A control, connected to the tucking blade drive, is operable to comma... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6889622 | Programmable tucking attachment for a sewing machine and method A tucking attachment for a sewing machine having a tucking blade with one end positioned adjacent material and a tucking blade drive with an output shaft mechanically coupled to the tucking blade. A control, connected to the tucking blade drive, is operable to comma... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6231713 | Method and apparatus for forming a permanent crease in a cloth An apparatus includes an elongated cloth support having gaps wherein crease blades pass folded portions of cloth for creasing. Heated presser bars are spaced apart to receive selected portions of cloth passed from the gap by the crease blades into gaps be... | 05/15/2001 |
| 5769015 | Automatic curtain pleat sewing apparatus An automatic curtain pleat sewing apparatus for forming and sewing pleats for a curtain, comprising: a sewing machine having sewing needles; a pleat forming-supplying unit having forepart holding plates for holding the leading end portion of the curtain f... | 06/23/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5557808 | Skirt with variable sized pleats A pleated skirt to contact with side portions of the body of a wearer in which a width of each of the pleats in contact with side portions of the body of a wearer is larger than a width of each of the pleats in contact with front and back surfaces of the ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 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 |
| 4756170 | Applicator for crease-setting composition 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.... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4599958 | Method and apparatus for making pleated draperies of arbitrary lengths French pleated draperies of any selected length are manufactured by serging panels of fabric together to provide a wide section of material. After hemming the bottom and serging a strip of buckram to the top of the section, the upper and lower edges of th... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4519531 | Pleating machine for pleating cloth with mutually converging folds The invention relates to the field of cloth pleating machines, and in particular, to a pleating machine for pleating cloth with mutually converging folds. The technical problem to be solved was that of providing a pleating machine which could also work ac... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4465214 | Apparatus for guiding the folding blade and for actuating the tilting arm of the blade bar of a pleating machine In an apparatus for guiding the folding blades (3,5) and for actuating the tilting arm (24) of a blade bar (4) mounted pivotably on the jib (10) of a blade shaft (11), a reversible individual drive (23) with a pivoting member (21) which can move a rocker ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4465213 | Pleating machine In a pleating machine having intermittently driven pleating rolls (4,5), between which a pleatable fabric can be inserted with the aid of pleating blades which are disposed on an upper and a lower blade beam and work in the manner of feed tongs, and in wh... | 08/14/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4245576 | Pleating machine A pleating machine for automatically forming pleated drapes from blank drapery panels. The pleating machine is comprised of six stations which cooperate automatically under the control of a controller. The pleating machine is comprised of a loading statio... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4134187 | Pile fabric crushing apparatus Improved apparatus is provided for crushing cloth, such as velvet or other pile type fabric, by continuously forcing lengths of the cloth into an elongated treatment chamber to form random creases therein. The cloth is stuffed into the treatment chamber b... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4079682 | Apparatus for forming tucks in a curtain cloth or the like An apparatus for forming triple type of tucks in a curtain cloth is disclosed. The apparatus comprises on a base frame a first sewing machine with a first presser, a second sewing machine with a second presser, a movable base plate arranged for movement i... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4073246 | Pleating machine A pleating machine for automatically forming pleated drapes from blank drapery panels. The pleating machine is comprised of six stations which cooperate automatically under the control of a controller. The pleating machine is comprised of a loading statio... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4043492 | Drapery pressing apparatus An apparatus having cooperating upright structures each having a series of air carrying tubes acting on opposite sides of a drapery to press same into desired folds. The two series of tubes and upright structures are adapted for opening and closing moveme... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4036414 | Fabric creasing machine A fabric creasing machine is disclosed for applying one or more creases in fabric. Only that portion of fabric to be creased is sucked by vacuum into the space between a pair of heated creasing bars by vacuum, and is subjected to steam while being pressed... | 07/19/1977 |
