Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet for receipt of clothes, and an integrated ironing assembly including an induction coil assembly positioned within the cabinet, such as below a top panel of the cabinet, and being selectively energized to generate a magnetic field for heating an ironing tool, such as a ferromagnetic ironing plate, when the ironing tool is positioned within the magnetic field generated by the induction coil assembly.

Abstract: A tufting tool (20) is provided. The tufting tool can be adapted to be used in a tufting machine. The tufting tool is formed by a first material (22). The tufting tool comprises an insert of a second material (24), where the second material is harder than the first material. The insert is formed by a cavity in the first material filled with the second, melted, material filling said cavity. Hereby a tufting tool with an insert can be made in a robust and efficient manner.

Abstract: Fabric cover for a garment rack, its components, their relationship to each other, and materials used for manufacturing the same are herein disclosed. The cover generally includes a panel with two sides, with a plurality of connectors affixed to one side to be secured to the garment rack bar, and a plurality of connectors affixed to the vertical portion edge of both sides of the panel.

Abstract: An assistance system that can be used for prosthetic heart valve manufacturing or suturing procedures includes an automated fixture that can comprise an articulation arm and a target device holder. The target device holder can be positioned and oriented to reduce operator strain during a manufacturing or inspection process. The assistance system includes a user input device enabling the operator to move between positions to assist in such processes. The assistance system can also be trained by capturing sequences of position data corresponding to a manufacturing or inspection process.

Abstract: A thread take-up lever switching mechanism can switch the operation of a thread take-up lever which is interlocked with an upper shaft. The thread take-up lever switching mechanism includes: a cylindrical cam provided on the upper shaft, the cylindrical cam having a plurality of cam surfaces; a contact portion provided on the thread take-up lever, the contact portion contacting a first surface of the plurality of cam surfaces; and a switch for switching the contact portion from a first position of contacting the first surface of the plurality of cam surfaces to a second position of contacting a second surface of the plurality of cam surfaces.

Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, a door having clothes fixing parts, and a press device disposed below the clothes fixing parts on an inner surface of the door. The press device includes a base plate which is disposed on the inner surface of the door, and which supports one side of the clothes hung on the clothes fixing parts, a press plate which is hinge-fixed to one side of the door, and which brings the clothes hung on the clothes fixing parts into close contact with the base plate, and a film which is fixedly disposed at the end portion of the base plate, which is extended to the center of the base plate, and which is disposed between the press plate and the base plate when the press plate is in close contact with the base plate.

Abstract: A medical gown includes a main body having a neck edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge. The first side edge may extend from the neck edge. The second side edge may extend from the neck edge, opposite the first side edge. The neck edge may define a neck engagement feature between the first and second side edges. The medical gown may further include a first strap feature coupled with the main body and defining a first loop with the first side edge. The medical gown may further include a second strap feature coupled with the main body and defining a second loop with the second side edge.

Abstract: A support system for a fashion article cooperates with a clothing hanger for storing purses, jewelry, garments, or similar. The support system allows storage of multiple fashion articles on a single hanger. The support system includes a support strap attachable to the hanger and a protective cover attachable to the support strap. The support strap may include multiple fasteners, and may be configured to support a purse by the handle in a manner that resists damage to the handle. The protective cover may provide access to contents stored therein without removing the cover from the system. Aspects of the system may store purses and other articles in a configuration which requires relatively little storage space.

Abstract: Various examples are provided related to transporting and sewing material in, e.g., automation of sewing robots. Multiple pieces of layered materials can be transported on a flat planar surface while maintaining the material layer's position and orientation relative to one another during a sewing procedure of these materials along any arbitrary seam shape. In one example, among others, a method includes positioning a second piece of material on a first piece of material located on a sewing plane, positioning a material holding apparatus over the pieces of material to secure position and orientation between the pieces of material, locating the pieces of material with respect to an automated sewing machine by repositioning the material holding apparatus, and sewing the second piece of material to the first piece of material. The methods can eliminate the need of custom-made templates for sewing arbitrarily shaped seams with an automated sewing machine.

Abstract: A water delivery apparatus (100) for use at a household appliance is provided. The water apparatus comprises an air-tight water storage unit (110) configured to store water, an air channel (120) configured to allow air to enter the water storage unit at a predetermined height level so as to regulate the water pressure in the water storage unit, and a water delivery tube (130) connected to a component of the household appliance at which water is utilized for performing a function of the household appliance.

Abstract: A pressing appliance including a body having a handle and a steam emission head connected to the handle, the steam emission head having a treatment face configured to press against a garment to be pressed, the treatment face including at least one steam outlet orifice and one heatable surface configured to contact the garment, the appliance further including at least one accessory configured to be removably mounted on the steam emission head, wherein the accessory is configured to be mounted in at least two positions on the head and including a first treatment surface is exposed on the treatment face when the accessory is mounted in one of the at least two positions, and including a second treatment surface that is exposed on the treatment face when the accessory is mounted in another of the at least two positions.

Abstract: A sewing machine system includes an optical encoder which senses relative movement between the sewing machine and fabric and varies the stitching speed of the sewing machine to create stitches according to a user selected stitch length.

Abstract: Laundry items are spread out by a spreading device during which a front edge of the laundry item is stretched out. Subsequently, a front edge strip of the stretched-out front edge is transferred onto a depositing strip which deposits the edge strip onto a feed conveyor which feeds it to a mangle. This front edge typically has a residual sag. In larger laundry items, the depositing strip can collide therewith as it moves down under the edge strip, impairing the mangling quality. Making provision to space the depositing strip from the edge strip, prior to the movement under the latter, to an extent that the edge strip does not collide with the depositing strip as the latter moves down results in the depositing strip accepting the edge strip with a rectilinear front edge and then the laundry item is fed to the mangle and inserted into the latter.

Abstract: A pressing appliance including a body including a handle and a steam emission head connected to the handle, the steam emission head including a treatment face configured to come into contact with the garment to be pressed, the treatment face having at least one steam outlet orifice and one heatable surface configured to contact the garment, wherein the treatment face includes a textile treatment surface extending over the entire periphery of the heatable surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a foldable ironing board. The foldable ironing board includes a panel, a support foot, and a sliding support member. The panel includes a first panel and a second panel in a mutually movable connection. The support foot includes a first support foot and a second support foot arranged opposite each other; wherein the first support foot extends along a length direction of a bottom of the first panel, and the second support foot extends along a length direction of a bottom of the second panel. An end of the first support foot and an end of the second support foot, that are opposite to each other, are in a mutually movable connection through the sliding support member. The sliding support member is capable of sliding reciprocally along an extension direction of the first support foot and the second support foot.

Abstract: An embroidery frame includes a base frame, an opposing frame disposed in a first direction with respect to the base frame, a mounting portion, and a support member. The support member includes a support portion, a first section, a second section, and a third section. The first section includes a first inclined section extending, with respect to the opening, to the first direction and the second direction, and is coupled to the base frame or the mounting portion at a position further in the second direction than the support portion. The second section includes a second inclined section extending, with respect to the support portion, to the first direction and the second direction, and is coupled to the support portion. The third section couples the first section and the second section at a position further in the first direction than the support portion.

Abstract: Provided is a canvas frame including a first frame which is made of a metal material and connected, formed in a rectangular frame shape, and provided so that a part of a front surface is in contact with a canvas, and has a body part in which the inside is hollowed and inner and outer fastening parts connected to inner and outer surfaces of the body part, respectively; and a second frame which is made of a foam synthetic resin and has an insertion groove formed on the upper portion so that the body part is inserted, a support part formed so that an edge of the canvas is fixed and supported to the lower portion thereof by a fixing member, and inner and outer insertion parts which are formed on inner and outer surfaces of the support part, respectively, to be inserted and fastened to the inner and outer fastening parts.

Abstract: A pressing appliance including a body having a handle and a steam emission head connected to the handle, the steam emission head including a treatment face configured to press against a garment, the treatment face having at least one steam outlet orifice and one heatable surface configured to contact the garment, at least one an accessory configured to be removably mounted on the steam emission head, wherein the heatable surface is arranged at an end of a protrusion projecting on the body, at the treatment face, the body further including a peripheral surface extending at a foot of the protrusion and wherein the accessory includes a through-opening engaged around the protrusion when the accessory is mounted on the steam emission head, the accessory positioned in front of the peripheral surface and having at least one treatment surface, extending at a periphery of the through-opening, configured to contact the garment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system iron. The system iron according to the present invention includes a body including a steam generator for generating steam; an ironing plate, which is rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the body and which sprays the steam generated by the steam generator to an outside; an angle-limiting member for limiting rotation of the ironing plate; a button unit, which is operated in linkage with the angle-limiting unit so as to release a state in which the rotation of the ironing plate is limited by the angle-limiting unit; and an elastic member for maintaining the state in which the rotation of the ironing plate is limited by the angle-limiting unit.

Abstract: A system and method for tufting sculptured and multiple pile height patterned articles, including controlling placement of yarns fed to the needles of the tufting machine by a yarn feed mechanism to form varying patterns includes a backing support over which the backing is fed, and which lifts/and biases the backing to a raised position. As the backing material is fed through the tufting machine, a series of loopers or hooks engage and pick loops of yarns from the needles. The yarn feed mechanism will be controlled to create a tension in selected loops of yarns, to cause the backing material to be pulled against the bias or spring force applied by the backing support toward the needle plate of the tufting machine to create tufts of different pile heights.