Abstract: A napped textile product is prepared by supplying a polyethylene terephthalate homopolymer yarn having an elongation of from about 20% to about 80%, a tenacity of from about 2.5 to about 3.5 grams/denier, and a boiling water shrinkage of from about 2% to about 15%; (b) forming a fabric from the yarn, so that substantially all yarn is the polyester yarn supplied in step (a); and (c) providing the fabric prepared in step (b) to a napping machine.

Abstract: A method for the production of a fibrous product containing curled fibers includes applying rectilinear bi-component fibers (17) to the upper side of a raw material sheet (2) before it is introduced into a defibrator (1). Immediately before the introduction a heating is effected. When the rectininear bi-component fibers (17) are introduced into defibrator (1), the beater bars (9) effect a curling effect to provide a raw material including curled bi-component fibers. Hereby it is possible to substantially reduce the manufacturing costs, however, having the effect of curled bi-component fibers in the final fibrous product. Moreover, a good bonding of the fibers is obtained in the final product.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a frame having two vertical legs and a horizontal bridge beam. A chain hoist is mounted on an eye nut on the bridge beam. A primary chain and a secondary chain are suspended from the chain hoist. The secondary chain is connected to an object to be lifted. The secondary chain may be connected to C-shaped clamps, which are placed on the edge of the object to be lifted. After the object has been broken free of the ground, the frame may be tilted about a horizontal axis, to pull the object from the ground.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for knitting the neck portion of a sweater cardigan or vest by use of a flat knitting machine carrying at least a pair of front and rear needle beds which are arranged movably in a longitudinal direction. The neck portion is formed subsequent to knitting of the right and left sides of the body.

Abstract: An apparatus for feeding flatwork articles to a laundry processing unit, comprising a conveyor belt, at the front end of which flatwork articles can be transferred from a spreading arrangement comprising a pair of carriages running transversely to the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt, each carriage being provided with a releasable clamp, into which a corner of a flatwork article is inserted, the pair of carriages provided with drives to move the carriages away from each other from a point opposite to the middle of the front end of the conveyor belt to an extended position, in which the upper edge of the flatwork article is spread out, transfer apparatus for the flatwork article to the front end of the conveyor belt, including a pair of rollers, one of which is movable from a retracted position under the upper roller of the conveyor belt and from an advanced position preferably in contact with the spread flatwork article at a short distance from its spread leading edge, and in which the other roller

Abstract: A garment support with changeable hanging hook and support beams, in which the hanging hook and support beams can be easily changed for meeting various sizes and patterns of different kinds of garments. A decorative toy-like member can be associated with the garment support for achieving pleasing effect.

Abstract: When needle threads that move vertically together with a plurality of needles which move vertically to pass through a throat plate positioned on a cylinder bed, and a looper thread that is caused to intertwist with the needle threads by a looper which reciprocates in accordance with the vertical motion of the needles are to be cut, the needles are stopped at the bottom dead point or in the vicinity thereof and the looper thread is cut, and then the needles are stopped at the top dead point or in the vicinity thereof and the needle threads are collectively cut.

Abstract: A versatile garment attachment and article of clothing is provided, which consists of a decorative flexible panel. A garment is worn on a portion of a body of a person. A structure is for attaching in a removable manner the decorative flexible panel to the garment, to create a plurality of different wearable styles for the garment. Components can also be provided for connecting in a removable manner the decorative flexible panel to itself or to a second decorative flexible panel, to create a plurality of different wearable styles.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for indexing the waistband of trousers into belt loop attachment positions at the stitching station of a sewing machine is disclosed. A stepper motor is drivingly engaged to an indexer clamp, which engages the end portion of the waistband. The stepper motor drives the indexer clamp and pulls the waistband through the stitching station. A detector detects the presence of a waistband seam and signals a controller which correlates the position of the side seam as a reference point with the desired attachment positions of belt loops. The controller signals the stepper motor to stop when each of successive belt loop attachment positions move into the stitching station. The controller operates a belt loop delivery system which feeds a belt loop to the stitching station. Work holding clamps secure the belt loop onto the waistband. The belt loops are stitched onto the waistband as each successive belt loop attachment position enters the stitching station.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in a circular knitting machine to form an end closure in a knitted tube made of thermoplastic yarn. The apparatus includes a tube constrictor mounted on the knitting machine for constricting the knitted tube formed by the knitting machine to form a generally solid, compact mass. The tube constrictor includes a plurality of constricting elements which define an aperture through which the knitted tube extends. The constricting elements are moveable between an open position and a closed position in which the knitted tube is gathered into a generally solid compact mass. A hot-air nozzle connected to a hot-air source is engageable with the air passage in the tube constrictor for directing a stream of hot air through said passage to sever and fuse said compact mass and to form a heat-sealed closure at one end of the tube segment severed from the knitted tube.

Abstract: A novelty hat in the form of a ball cap having a visor defining an opening in which a miniature basketball net is mounted. The miniature net is held in position in the opening by a rim of molded plastic including respective flanges circumscribing the opening, on both the top and the bottom of the visor. A miniature basketball fits through the rim, but the opening in the bottom of the net is small enough to keep the ball from passing all the way down through the net. A keeper mounted on the rim is selectively movable to a position extending above a portion of the ball to hold the ball in the net and thus prevent the ball from being lost when the hat is not being worn.

Abstract: A portable device to aid in the folding of shirts or similar articles of clothing comprising a horizontal support structure, a vertically extending support part, and a horizontal carriage projecting forwardly from the support part in substantial horizontal spaced relationship above the support structure. The carriage is shiftable in a vertical direction to allow for stacks of garments of varying heights, and to simplify and expedite the process of folding.

Abstract: A protective pad includes a sheet of generally rigid malleable material having a plurality of spaced apart slots formed along at least a pair of opposing side edges, to form wing portions between the slots. The sheet is bent from end to end and from side to side to conform to a portion of the body. The side edges of the sheet are shortened by overlapping the wing portions, so as to conform the sheet to a specific portion of the body. A soft pad of spongy material is adhered to one surface of the sheet to be placed against the body. A resilient protective coating completely covers the sheet and the soft pad, yet allows the sheet to bend and conform to the body portion. The entire unit is encased within a fabric material with straps permitting attachment of the protective pad to the body.

Abstract: An apparatus for spreading rectangular cloth including a suction duct having many holes on the half surface on the cloth edge side on the cloth running surface of the mounting stand, comprises belt moving/stopping units which are arranged on the mounting stand and each of which comprises a unit base on a fixed member above the mounting stand, an operating lever rotating around the fixed shaft of the unit base, a brake roller which is mounted to the operating lever and simultaneously drives and stops a single or plural conveyor belts, an air actuator for operating the operating lever, and a sensor for detecting the side edge of the cloth drawn at right angles to the conveyor running direction; and a control circuit which issues a command to the air actuator based on the cloth detection signal generated by the sensor for each of the belt moving/stopping unit; and the apparatus additionally have a cloth position control function to stop a single or plural conveyors by applying brake upon receipt of the cloth pas

Abstract: A defibrator which makes it possible to distribute defibrated cellulosic fibers directly onto a forming wire (5) includes ribs (33) extending inside a cylindrical housing (24). The ribs have outer curved surfaces which direct fibers into an area (35) in which beater plates (25). A grate (37) in front of an outlet (30) from the circular housing (24) is arranged at the periphery (35) for the rotation of the beater plates (25). The grate has an interspace between grate bars only allowing fibers to pass through. Accordingly, agglomerates are returned into the working area of the beater plates (25). As the beater plates (25) act several times on agglomerates, it is ensured that only individual fibers pass through the grate (37). Accordingly, fibers are discharged directly onto the forming wire (5) from a discharge opening (2) of the defibrator (1). Preferably, the discharge opening (2) has a width corresponding to the width of the product to be formed on the forming wire (5).

Abstract: For feeding curtain hooks, each consisting of a strip (1) and the hook (5) connected thereto, to a sewing machine which can sew the strip of an infed curtain hook onto a curtain pleat, use is made of a device comprising a storage holder (12) for the curtain hooks, and a device (9) for moving one curtain hook at a time from the storage holder (12) to a desired position for sewing on the strip of that curtain hook.

Abstract: A shear roller lubricating apparatus for textile shearing machines having cylindrically oriented rotating shearing blades includes an oil delivery pad, an oil application pad, and an airflow-blocking plate sandwiched therebetween, the pads and the plate being mounted to an oil distribution header with the outer terminal ends of the pads projecting beyond the plate for end abutment of the pads. This assembly is mounted to the shearing machine with the outer end of the application pad arranged to tangentially contact the shearing blades. A microprocessor controlled metering pump supplies oil to the delivery pad and thereby to the application pad at selected time intervals and may be operated continuously to provide an increased supply of oil to the delivery and application pads after deactivation of the shear rollers for an extended period of time.

Abstract: A feeder for guiding stockings in a looping machine includes a mechanism for rapid adjustment of the opening width between two mutually facing guide bars provided with two horizontal mutually parallel rods loaded by respective springs pressing the rods against an actuating element mounted rotatably about a horizontal axis running perpendicular to the rods and provided with an angularly displaceable grip for displacing the rods and one of the guide bars connected fixedly therewith toward and away from the other guide bar.

Abstract: An improved golf glove for assisting a golfer having a muscular impairment in maintaining the golfer's hand in proper gripping position about a golf club handle includes a pair of elongate straps fixed to the glove body at opposite sides of the thumb extension, each strap having a fastener portion along its outwardly extending length, and a mating fastener arrangement at the backhand side of the glove body, including selected locations on the finger and thumb extensions, for securement of the straps when the golfer grips the club handle, thereby to retain the golfer's thumb and fingers in proper gripping disposition during swinging of the club.

Abstract: A fabric intended to serve as an insert in working trousers or trouser legs for power-saw operators. The fabric consists of two layers, viz. a carrier layer or passive layer, wherein the threads interconnect the threads of the active layer, i.e. the layer wherein on account of the contraction of the passive layer threads caused by suitable treatment of them, the threads of the active layer are forced to take on a sinuous configuration whereby at their contact with the saw chain the sinuous sections will be caught by the chain, and the threads of the active layer by pulled out and thus so heavily oppose the movement of the saw chain that the latter is immobilized.