Abstract: A safety system for garment pressers which have a head movable against a buck with a garment therebetween and steam vents opening through the head and buck, the safety system being operable to deactivate the press and raise the head in the event the operator's hand or arm should be caught in the press, and including an involuntary safety comprising a bar movable relative to the press during normal operation to engage a portion of the operator's hands or arms, if caught in the press, regardless of the attitude of the hands or arms, mechanism operable by such engagement to deactivate the press, possibly also including a voluntary, manually operable safety for deactivating the press intentionally, and a device for preventing either the involuntary or voluntary safety devices from being used to shorten the pre-set pressing cycle time to gain production at the expense of quality.

Abstract: The apparatus includes an elongated buck having an upper convex surface which supports the seam with the edges thereof outboard, and a portable iron having a concave bottom surface and a pointed nose which cooperates with the convex buck to simultaneously open and press the seam sandwiched therebetween as the iron moves in a forward direction thereover. The bottom edge of the iron is recessed on either side of the nose to permit the opened edges of the seam forward of the nose to flow smoothly beneath the iron as the iron advances thereover, preventing bunching of the seam forward of the iron as it advances. A jet of steam directed downwardly and forwardly is emitted from the nose of the iron to moisten the opened seamed edges and thereby enhance the permanency of the overbusting operation.

Abstract: An automatic quilting machine for forming a quilted fabric from a plurality of layers of material with a predetermined pattern of stitching, which includes a frame, a workpiece holding carriage mounted on the frame for universal movement, means for moving the carriage, a sewing mechanism, means for applying tension on the material, and means for automatically operating said carriage moving means, said sewing mechanism, and said tensioning means.

Abstract: A scissors type hinge having crossed pivotably joined hinge arms, one of which is pivotably mounted on a fixing bracket and the other to a guide lever. The guide lever is pivotably mounted on the fixing bracket and spring means urge the hinge away from dead center so as to be fully open or fully closed, thereby achieving a latch effect.

Abstract: The frontal long end of the necktie is composed of a lower long end section and an upper long end section. The upper section comprises a first piece constituted of a first fabric having an exposed given facing surface and formed to enable a slipknot to be made therewith. The lower section comprises an inner second piece constituted of said first fabric and an outer third piece superimposed on such second piece and constituted of a second fabric having an exposed facing surface different from that of the first fabric. Lines of stitching connect the side and bottom edges of the second and third piece together and the upper edges of such pieces to the bottom edge of the first piece to form the long end of the necktie.

Abstract: A door closer includes a cam mounted on a door frame which has a straight portion, a curved portion providing increased compression on a spring biased cam follower and a notch for holding the door in an open position. The cam includes longitudinal serrations and a pair of transverse openings so that the cam can be adjusted inwardly and outwardly relative to the door and the follower. The follower is mounted to the door, as is the cam to the door frame, in such a manner that no mounting screws are visible. Each is provided with mounting plates and the mounting plates are in turn provided with cover plates. The housing which is secured to the housing mounting plate includes means to adjustably modify the bias on the cam follower.

Abstract: A necktie comprising a rigid, knot supporting means; a first tie portion having a neck embracing loop including lower, inner edges provided with interlockable means; means secured to the knot supporting means and operatively connected to the interlockable means for interlocking and unlocking the interlockable means upon relative movement between the interlockable means and the interlocking and unlocking means to vary the size of the loop; and a second tie portion having an upper end thereof secured to and wrapped around the knot supporting member to form a knot portion, and the remainder thereof depending from the knot supporting member to form a front, depending panel.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a needlework frame in a plurality of adjustable positions. The apparatus includes a pair of upright posts which may be located at opposite ends of the working frame or may be located at one end with the working frame cantilevered therefrom.

Abstract: A surgical gown having a central and side portions (hereinafter referred to as panels) and outer belt means. The belt means comprises two tie strings or the like, one of said ties being attached to the central panel of the gown near one of the two side panels. The other tie is attached to the second of the side panels near the outer edge thereof. The free end of each tie is releasably grasped by a transfer device which holds the ties in a position overlying the outer surface of the central panel. During the gowning procedure, the transfer device becomes the means whereby a sterile assistant may effect final closure of the gown without becoming contaminated or whereby a non-sterile assistant may effect final closure of the gown without endangering or destroying the sterile character of the gown. Preferably the gown also comprises inner closure means for further securing the gown in the waist area.

Abstract: An improved device for holding at least several garments during a garment steaming operation so that a large number of garments are more quickly processed through a steaming operation; the device including a bar assembly that is pivotable at a front of a steam table and which carries several sets of novel holding clamps which support garment wire forms on which the garments are stretched flat for pivoting against the steam table surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to improvements in pivot assemblies for vertically hung doors and more particularly to novel practical pivot assemblies for use with door members of the type in which the pivoted vertical edge thereof is in substantial abutting relation with a complementary vertical door frame member when said door member is in closed position. The pivot assembly disclosed herein includes door fittings for attachment to the upper and lower corner portion of a door member and door frame fittings for association with the upper and lower horizontal sections of an associated door frame. Each door fitting carries a pintle fixed at one extremity to the door fitting and at the opposite extremity to a member or plate having a polygonally shaped periphery.

Abstract: A hockey garter belt includes an elongate body encircling member formed from three sections connected end-to-end in which the intermediate section is elasticized so that the belt may be stretched in a body encirling direction. The opposite ends of the belt may be fastened by cooperation of a looped fabric at one end of the belt with hook members fastened to the other end of the belt. A plurality of garter straps are attached to the belt at selected locations to reinforce the belt.

Abstract: The thumb of a golf glove is provided with a circumferentially wrapped adjustable elongated member for confining relative thumb and thumb-stall movement.

Abstract: An automatic button feeder is provided which comprises an orientation station for receiving buttons in sequence, a sewing station at which a button is sewn and an injecting arm for moving the button from the orientation station to the sewing station. The arm includes alignment pins at the end thereof which are used in combination with orientation means which align the openings of the buttons with the alignment pins. The feeder also includes pneumatic means for moving the arm which draws the arm under the orientation station. The button openings are aligned with the pins by the orientation means. The arm remains stationary after the button has been aligned until a button at the sewing station has been removed therefrom.

Abstract: A support member is affixed to a supporting surface and extends perpendicularly therefrom. The support member has a semicircular groove formed therein. A clamp member is pivotally affixed to the support member and has a semicircular groove formed therein and forms a circular groove with the groove formed in the support member when the clamp member is in closed position with the support member for accommodating the open neck part of a flexible toothpaste tube. A holding device releasably maintains the clamp member and the support member in closed coplanar relation with each other and forms a circular groove coplanar them for accommodating the neck part of the toothpaste tube securely between the members to enable the tube to be emptied.

Abstract: In a springless self-latching hinge having a pair of hinge members pivotally connected by a hinge pin, one hinge member is formed of resilient material configured releasably to maintain the hinge closed. This resilient hinge member includes a spaced pair of hinge pin receiving knuckles extending from a base portion which may be slightly bowed toward the pin. The other hinge member has a hinge knuckle terminating at a bearing sleeve a portion of which incompletely encircles the pin to define a recess. A boss projects from the central base portion of the resilient hinge member to engage the bearing sleeve recess when the hinge is closed. As the hinge is opened, the bearing sleeve depresses the boss to place the central region under compression. Thus the hinge is held releasably closed until sufficient opening effort is exerted to rotate the hinge and thereby compress the resilient member.

Abstract: A fastener for closure in wearing apparel having adjacent edges with spaced opposed eyelets providing two elongate elastic elements each laced through eyes along one edge of the closure to form adjacent spaced loops with plural hook elements releasably joining opposed loops on each side of the closure. The fastener is particularly adapted for use in boots.

Abstract: A steam iron soleplate, generator, and distributor subassembly of a thin soleplate with a coverplate spaced from and supported on the soleplate by spaced peripheral rib means to define a steam distributing passage therebetween. The coverplate is integrally attached to the soleplate by a continuous weld between the ribs and soleplate and steam generating means are provided in the upper surface of the cover-plate separate and spaced from the soleplate and ducted below to the steam passage means. A heat generating element forms an integral part of the coverplate for heat transfer to the soleplate through the ribs primarily by conduction. Both the method of assembly and the subassembly itself are disclosed.

Abstract: A golf glove is disclosed having an extra finger pocket between the index and middle finger pockets for securing one finger of one hand of a golf player between the fingers of the player's other hand.

Abstract: A flexible longitudinally continuous tape construction is disclosed for use in joining mating edges of juxtaposed members, the tape having an X-like configuration transversely of its length to provide legs adapted to receive and be secured to the edges of the members to be joined. The tape is capable of serving as a pliable hinge to permit articulation of the joined members, or it may also serve simply as a binding for joining members intended to be fixed relative to each other. The tape construction combines longitudinally continuous marginal web portions or carriers, forming the extremities of the legs of the X, with longitudinally spaced strand or equivalent connector means running crosswise of and interconnecting pairs of marginal web portions. The connector means intersect and interlock forming the axis of the X-like configuration.