Abstract: A method of stamping sequins from a sheet of material and substantially simultaneously attaching the stamped sequins to backing material. Apparatus for carrying out the method includes a punch and die assembly for stamping the sequins and needle and cooperating looper means for receiving and attaching the stamped sequin to backing material by an interlocking chain stitch.

Abstract: Toe closing socks first involves stretching them flat on a carrier, then one of the resulting confronting layers of fabric is effectively held substantially immobile by a fabric-holding device and the other layer is displaced longitudinally relative thereto by a movable displacing means brought into engagement therewith. Maintaining the layers mutually displaced, for example by clamping them to one another, they are conveyed past a sewing machine and seamed. By seaming the layers together while they are mutually displaced, the seam will adopt an overfoot or underfoot position in the finished sock due to readjustment of the fabric and the return of the layers to their normal relaxed relative dispositions.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a shoe which comprises forming a foamed outsole in a mold cavity and cementing an insole to the formed outsole during molding. The mold is made of a silicone rubber and has a deeper cavity for forming the outsole and a shallow cavity for receiving an insole. An upper with multi-colors is fabricated by cementing differently colored plastic segments and a lining cloth by high frequency sealing.

Abstract: A method of making a seam in laminated textile fabric. The edges of a pair of sheets of fabric are separately stitched with reinforcing stitching and the stitched edges are then positioned in lapping relation. A layer of a thermoadhesive is interposed between the lapping edges and on the application of heat and pressure to the lapping edges the thermoadhesive layer will melt and permeate the fabric, as well as the stitching, to provide a tight and waterproof seam.

Abstract: In a method of basting in the tailoring of clothes wherein an adhesive is used to secure the cloth, the improvement wherein said adhesive comprises as the main component a liquid, addition-reaction-type silicone polymer. Said basting method is applicable to basting interlinings and/or shoulder pads to front bodices, basting two back bodices and the like to simplify and automatize the tailoring process.

Abstract: A substantially planar reticulated material is formed by the conjunction of a plurality of strips of non-planar material so that the strips lie substantially perpendicular to the plane of the reticulated material with their edges lying coplanar with the reticulated material and forming opposite surfaces thereof. Each strip of nonplanar sheet material is formed on each opposite surface with a pattern of crests and valleys of repetitive wavelength such that each pattern repeat contains at least two crests and at least two valleys; in each pattern repeat the height of at least one crest or valley on at least one surface of the strip is different from that of at least one of the other respective crests and valleys on said surface; the recurring height difference produces a corrugation along the strip having a wavelength greater than the wavelength of the crests and valleys; and adjacent strips are abutted with the corrugation opposed to interfit at least one crest in a valley of each opposed corrugation.

Abstract: A method of bonding a label to a tag within a garment after the garment is manufactured is provided and consists of placing jaws of a heat activating press tool over the tag having a heat activated bonding agent thereon and the label and squeezing the jaws of the heat activating press tool so that the tag and the label will bond together.

Abstract: A method for making garments having fused seams. A strip of double-sided fusible tape is placed adjacent a seam and the tape is pressed between the seam and an adjacent panel of fabric, a free end of which forms part of the seam, and then the seam is steam-pressed against the panel, bonding the seam to the panel. Alternatively, the tape is placed adjacent the fabric prior to sewing and thereby forms part of the seam.

Abstract: Non-woven, bias laid fabrics, where the various fabric layers are held together by external means, such as stitching, and wherein, preferably, at least two of the layers are formed at an angle of from 30.degree. to 150.degree. relative to the long axis of the fabric, are formed by directing at least two pluralities of yarns back and forth across the width of the forming fabric, to be wrapped around or mounted on a series of needles formed on a moving conveyor, one conveyor being placed on either side and moving in the direction of the long axis of the fabric. Speed of movement of the yarns can be determined by the speed of movement of the mechanism for the machine operated to hold the various fabric layers together; preferably said machine mechanism moves more slowly near the ends of each cycle, so that yarn carriers are similarly slowed at either end of the forming fabric width, aiding in making successive courses of yarn lie parallel to each other without the necessity for extra equipment.

Abstract: In a method of constructing patch pockets, adhesive (16) is provided adjacent to the bottom and side edges of a patch pocket blank (10). Preferably, the adhesive (16) is located on the obverse side so that inward folding of the edges orients said adhesive in the reverse direction. The folded patch pocket blank (10) is positioned against a garment (22) and the adhesive (16) is activated to effect bonding. If desired, a stitch (24) can be added along the edges of the adhesively secured pocket.In a method of constructing flaps, a flap blank (30) is provided with adhesive (35) adjacent to the top edge. Preferably, the adhesive (35) is provided on the obverse side so that downward folding of the top edge orients the adhesive in the reverse direction. The flap blank (30) is positioned against a garment (22) and the adhesive (35) is activated to effect bonding. If desired, a stitch (38) can be added along the top edge of the flap.

Abstract: A filter bag assembly includes a filter media fabricated from synthetic materials, has a heat sealed edge forming a cylinder, with one end of the cylinder being heat sealed (welded) to form a closed container. The other cylinder end is folded over a relatively rigid ring member and is sewn (stitched) in a manner to affix the ring member to the filter media thereby maintaining the integrity of the media's micron rating.

Abstract: A glove having three layers, an outer covering layer of leather, cloth or the like, an inner lining of an insulating material such as cloth, wool, fur and an intermediate member of a thin plastic having microscopically minute pores through which gas may pass but not liquids, e.g. water. The outer and inner layers are formed into gloves as by sewing. The intermediate layer of, for example, extremely thin polyurethane, is fabricated by heat sealing the edges of the front and back blank halves together to form an integral glove member. The intermediate glove layer is telescoped into the outer glove layer and similarly, the inner lining is telescoped into the intermediate layer. Only the outer and inner layers are stitched together at the wrist portion leaving a free-standing, breathable, waterproof intermediate layer therebetween which is integral and unattached. The resulting glove structure is water resistant and air permeable.

Abstract: A blanket formed of heat and flame resistant materials and adapted to be placed adjacent to a structural part to isolate it thermally from other, adjacent structural parts. The blanket is comprised of a layer of insulation material coupled to a layer of fibrous material impregnated with a thermosetting resin. When the blanket is in a desired shape, the resin is cured to render the layer of fibrous material substantially rigid so it can support itself as well as the layer of insulating material coupled to it. Layers of a heat and fire resistant fabric such as glass fabric are placed on opposed sides of the layer of insulating material to keep the insulating material intact. In one application, the blanket is molded in the form of a box-like structure which can at least partially surround a structural part, such as an aircraft engine, to form a fireshield to isolate the engine from adjacent structural parts of an aircraft.

Abstract: A process for forming a strong, pressure-tight joint between fabric substrates includes coating each substrate with polyurethane on one side, superimposing the fabric substrates so that the polyurethane layers are together, welding elongated regions of the polyurethane together under heat and pressure and sewing through the weld. The edge is then folded over and bonded to itself and the material is spread out. The resulting material can be bonded to a sole to form a waterproof, lightweight boot.

Abstract: A system and method for forming flat temporary seams between two sections of synthetic turf are disclosed. The synthetic turf includes a synthetic turf material having a polymeric backing thereon. A strip of the polymeric backing is removed along a first edge of a first section of synthetic turf and a first web of mated surface fastener material is fastened to the underside of the synthetic turf material along that edge. A strip of synthetic turf material is removed from the polymeric backing along a second edge of a second section of synthetic turf and a thickness of polymeric backing substantially equal to two mated webs of mated surface fastener material is removed from the exposed lip of polymeric backing. A second web of mated surface fastener material is then fastened to the exposed lip of polymeric backing along the second edge. A flat temporary seam may then be formed by overlapping and mating the first and second web of mated surface fastener material.

Abstract: A method of making a reinforced collapsible hose construction and is provided wherein such hose construction comprises a tubular plastic inner component and a reinforcing tubular fabric cover component wherein the inner component comprises at least one substantially rectangular thermoplastic layer and the cover component comprises at least one substantially rectangular fabric layer with the layers being arranged to comprise the tubular components and being fixed together by bonded portions of the thermoplastic layer to define the hose construction.

Abstract: A tubular lining for lining passages is formed, such liner being constructed from a laminate comprising a resin absorbent layer and an impermeable skin. The laminate is wrapped to tubular form with the skin outermost and the free edges are butted together and are connected in this condition by a sewing operation. A sealing ribbon as applied over the sewing to seal the seam and stitching to prevent the flow of liquid or synthetic resin through the seam when the lining is used.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite material in which layers of reinforcing filaments are stitched across with filaments of a thermoplastic polymer and then interposed between sheets of the same thermoplastic polymer as that used to stitch across the reinforcing filaments. The resultant stack is then heated under pressure for sufficient time for the thermoplastic polymer to impregnate the reinforcing filaments whereupon the thus formed composite is cooled under compression in order to avoid any distortion thereof.

Abstract: A secondary pattern 40 having a mirror image relationship to an applique design of a primary pattern is produced and adhered to the underside 20b of a background fabric 20. Crudely cut segments 42 of fabric material are positioned on the upperside 20a of the background fabric 20 and sewed thereto with a thread of contrasting color in accordance with the secondary pattern 40 on the underside of the background fabric 20. The stitches 44 produced with the contrasting thread are used as precision guides for trimming excess portions of the fabric segments 42 so that each piece assumes its desired shape in accordance with the primary pattern. The stitches 44 produced by sewing with the contrasting thread are also used as precision guides for final applique stitching 50 with a further thread to secure each design component fabric piece (22, 24, 26, 28) to the background fabric and, where desirable, to conceal stitches 44 made with the contrasting thread.

Abstract: An improved seam construction for diving suits and method of performing same which consists of a seam formed by cutting slits into the edges of two abutting pieces of elastomeric material, gluing and stitching the outer layers of the edge of each piece, inserting and gluing a filler strip of material into the interior of the cavity formed by the slit and gluing the inner layers of the material over said filler strip. Diving suits formed using such seam construction are stronger, more comfortable, more durable, more aesthetic and leakproof.

Abstract: A board which can be conformed to a desired shape, for example, when fabricating a curved wall of a boat hull or gas tank, consists of a plurality of core strips, preferably of polyurethane foam, with mating edge surfaces of complementary shape, with webs of fibrous material, for example, glass fibre matting, interposed between the mating edge surfaces and lying flat against the outer faces of the strips. The webs are held in contact with outer faces of the core strips, for example by stitching passing through outer cover sheets, also of glass fibre material. When "wetted out" with resin the board can be conformed to a desired shape by virtue of the mating edge surfaces of the core strips. The structure forms a rigid internally reinforced structure or wall when the resin is fully cured.

Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing articles from a strip of flexible material, when the article is characterized by one or more seams joining an associated set of non-colinear curvilinear segments. Initially, the strip of material is positioned so that the curvilinear segments for one seam are mutually adjacent and then those segments are joined. Thereafter, excess material is removed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for forming a quilt and a sheet of backing material from which backing pieces used in the method can be separated. The backing sheet has a plurality of outlines of one or more predetermined designs on one face and an adhesive on the other face. Each outline corresponds to a backing piece. The backing pieces are cut from the sheet of backing material and adhered to respective fabric pieces. Each fabric piece and adhered backing piece is cut along the predetermined outline into a predetermined design of the respective backing piece to form respective quilting pieces. Two quilting pieces are placed in a face to face overlapping relationship with edge portions of the two quilting pieces which are intended to be joined adjacent to each other and, in the case of curved edge portions, confronting each other. The two quilting pieces are temporarily secured together along a predetermined seam line by pinning or tacking, for example.

Abstract: A cup is molded from two layers of stretchable materials by molding first the crown portion, inverting the materials and then molding the remainder of the cup. The resulting cup has a non-stretchable crown portion, a substantially non-stretchable longitudinal cup portion and a unitary multidirectional stretchable periphery portion. A pair of these cups are used to form a unique brassiere wherein the base layer forms a unitary cup, support frame and torso-encompassing portion.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated foam-fabric endless belt is disclosed. A foam strip is joined endless and then stretched over an endless substrate fabric. A layer of batting is needled into the foam and substrate fabric to form an integral laminated belt. Several layers of batting may be applied to increase the weight of the belt to a desired level.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fabrication technique for, and the structure of, a flexible self-sealing fuel tank having a preactivated sealant constructed by laying-up over an innerliner, positioned on a form, prefabricated panels having a self-sealant member stitched into a rubber-coated outer wrap.

Abstract: A method of impregnating the inner absorbent layer of a long flexible tube with a curable resin is begun by introducing a mass of the resin into one end of the tube. A window is formed in the impermeable outer layer of the tube at a distance from the resin mass. A vacuum in the interior of the tube is drawn through the window and concurrently the resin mass is pushed toward the evacuated region by passing the tube between a pair of squeezing members. When the flowing resin reaches the vicinity of the window, the window is sealed. Another window is formed in the tube farther downstream of the previously formed window. A vacuum is drawn through the new window while the squeezing members force the resin to flow toward the newly evacuated region. The procedure is repeated until the resin has spread through the entire inner absorbent layer of the tube.

Abstract: A repeatedly regeneratable flow-through filter device using a body of reticulated hydrophobic oleophilic synthetic foam for separating oil from water and capable of withstanding high flow pressures without precompression, while being readily compressed mechanically numerous times to the high degree necessary to express oil accumulating on the strands and nodes of the foam material. Support is provided against collapse or precompression under the forces of flow acting on the compressible filter body provided across its flow cross-sectional area and at all desired levels of depth inwardly from the upstream face by inserting lengths of flexible cord of synthetic material at a plurality of distributed locations with the cord precoated with liquid adhesive so as to form bonds at the numerous contact points thereof with the strands and nodes of the foam matrix and so as to transmit the load forces from such bonding points through the cords to an upstream face support screen or grid.

Abstract: A cover for a luggage case, embodying decorative side panels of simulated multi-laminar construction. Portions of the periphery of the principal sheet of covering material are cut away and decorative strips fastened in overlying outwardly projecting relation to the cutaway portions to complete the outer contour of the principal sheet. The edge of a surrounding strip is attached, as by stitching, to the outer peripheral edge of the combined principal sheet and decorative strips. After securing the overlapping ends by stitching together, the surrounding strip is readily disposed at a right angle for attachment to the shell of the luggage case.

Abstract: A reinforced veneer sheet and a method of manufacturing the reinforced veneer sheet are provided. On an imperfect veneer sheet, a plurality of closed cuts are formed in a row through the sheet across the veneer grain. Through these closed cuts, a length of cord is forced at its intermediate portions from one side of the sheet until they protrude from the other side. The cuts are formed repeatedly and the cord is also forced through the cuts repeatedly on a veneer sheet fed in one direction or cut off from a log turned on a veneer lathe.

Abstract: A process for producing a non-woven fabric and fabric produced thereby, the process comprising (1) forming a stack of three or more superimposed fibrous shims, in at least one of the shims the fibres being oriented predominantly in a first direction, corresponding to the machine direction of the shim, and in at least one of the other shims the fibres being oriented predominantly in a second direction, corresponding to the machine direction of the shim, which is inclined at an acute angle to an imaginary line which is orthogonal to the first direction, and in at least one of the other shims the fibres being oriented in a third direction, corresponding to the machine direction of the shim, which is inclined at an obtuse angle to an imaginary line which is orthogonal to the first direction, (2) bonding the fibrous shims together, (3) subjecting the bonded fabric so formed to a stentered operation in a direction orthogonal to the first direction which causes the bonded shims to expand orthogonally to the first di

Abstract: A composite structure has joints reinforced with adherend inserts between skin and web. The inserts are wedge shaped, have laminated sides with reinforcement in two directions, a reinforced core and the laminates are stitched together adjacent the core.

Abstract: A composite structure has two composite panels which are bonded together at a joint. The joint is reinforced by composite thread being sewn in a series of stitches through the panels. Sewing the panels while they are in a staged condition allows the structure to be co-cured as assembled.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for constructing a garment collar which includes upper and lower facing strips of a predetermined shape each having a finished and unfinished surface and a lining of the same predetermined shape which has one fusible surface. The facing strips and lining are stacked in alignment so that the lower facing strip is on the bottom with its finished surface facing upward, the upper facing strip is in the middle with its finished surface facing downward, and the fusible lining is on top with its fusible surface facing upward. Next, this stack is stitched around three peripheral edges and is turned inside out so that the lining is disposed between the two facing strips with the finished surfaces of the facing strips directed outward and the fusible surface of the lining facing the unfinished (inner) surface of the lower facing strip. The reversed collar is then again sewn about its periphery and is compressed in a press which provides heat to at least the lower facing strip.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for making disposable shoe covers from a substantially continuous supply of material, the material is moved continuously through a plurality of operating stations wherein two parallel sheets of the material are joined to form a shoe cover. The webs of material are drawn from two supply sources along a parallel path where an elastic band of material is attached to one edge of both webs and are united by glueing and stitching operations. In addition, when desired, a static strip is added as the web moves through the apparatus. After the webs of material have been joined, the apparatus cuts the length of joined webs into discrete lengths to define the individual shoe covers.

Abstract: An integrated composite structure 100 that uses fasteners 116 or bonds in shear and stitching 104, 106 in tension to assemble the structure and provide for load transfer from one to the other that is assembled by a process of orienting the various structures while tacky and warming same to accept stitching 104, 106 with the structures so joined being thereafter cured.

Abstract: A wall covering has a textile element secured to a backing by a thermo-fusible material. The textile element is formed of compacted zig-zags of the warp formed by a crocheting machine and held on the backing by chain stitching parallel to the direction of movement in the machine. The chain stitching along the selvage edges of the element precut the backing for removal of excess backing by tearing. The covering is coupled by a final step of fusing the thermo-fusible material.

Abstract: A composite structure has two composite panels which are bonded together at a joint. The joint is reinforced by composite thread being sewn in a series of stitches through the panels. Sewing the panels while they are in a staged condition allows the structure to be co-cured as assembled.

Abstract: Structures are provided in attachment means for textile fasteners such as buttons and the like. In one form, a flexible thread or filament is secured between a fastener such as a button and textile material and is reinforced by means of a plastic material. A plurality of loops of the thread are secured together with a plastic which not only reinforces the thread but also serves to prevent its unwinding from the textile material and fastener. The reinforcing plastic may also be bonded or welded to the fastener and the textile material. In another form, the thread or filament is coated with or comprises a heat sealable plastic wherein a specially heated tool is employed to seal same to itself and in certain instances the fastener and the textile material.

Abstract: Sections of synthetic materials, such as thermoplastic materials, suitable for use in electrolytic cells for the production of chlorine and sodium hydroxide, are joined together in a reinforced liquid-tight seam by a method which comprises positioning sections of material to be joined adjacent to but spaced apart from each other, to form a gap between the sections, placing a thermoplastic sealing composition in the gap, sewing the sections of synthetic material and the thermoplastic sealing composition together to form a seam, heating the seam to a temperature sufficient to melt the thermoplastic sealing composition without melting the synthetic material or the thread thereby allowing the melted thermoplastic sealing composition to flow to and fill perforations in the synthetic material adjacent to the thread. The seam is then cooled to solidify the thermoplastic sealing composition and to form a reinforced liquid-tight seam between the sections of synthetic material.

Abstract: A hand-controlled puppet having a conical-shaped support member which includes a hollowed-out central area and a thin wall and which terminates in a small aperture at the tip and in a large aperture at the base of the conical-shaped support member wherein the apertures and hollowed-out central area of the cone are in axial alignment; an elongated rod which extends axially through the hollowed-out central area and past and beyond the small aperture at the tip and past and beyond the large aperture at the base and which is adapted to be moved vertically and to be rotated in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction in any vertical position; a simulated puppet head mounted on the base end of the elongated rod; a bilaminar covering having a back and front and a pair of opposed extending arms which are adapted to have the elongated rod extend therebetween and wherein an elongated back portion and the interior of the back and front of the bilaminar covering as well as the head are adhered to the elongated rod exte

Abstract: A reclosable sack having a pouring mouth from which discrete pourable contents may be discharged, comprises a primary non-reclosable stitched closure fastener across and closing the mouth against unintentional discharge of the contents and includes means such as chain stitch and rip strip for facilitating digital opening of the primary closure fastener. A secondary, reclosable fastener, desirably of the zipper type, extends across the sack mouth outwardly from the primary closure fastener and is adapted for selectively opening and closing the sack mouth after opening of the primary closure fastener. A method of making the reclosable sack is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of joining together a sheet or sheets of an organic polymer which is not normally melt-processable, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene, the method comprising the steps of(a) contacting a strip of melt-processable organic polymer, e.g. fluorinated ethylene/propylene copolymer, with the faces of the sheet or sheets in the region of juxtaposed edges of the sheet or sheets,(b) stitching the strip to the sheet or sheets by means of a thread, and(c) heating the strip in order to fuse the strip and/or the thread to seal the holes created by the stitching step, and, where the strip has not previously been fused to the faces of the sheet or sheets, in order to fuse the strip to the faces of the sheet or sheets.Preferably, the thread is of a melt-processable fluorine-containing polymer and a gauze is placed in contact with and stitched to the faces of the sheets opposite from the faces contacted with the strip of melt-processable organic polymer.

Abstract: Fibrous substrates intended for the production of composite bodies are produced from sheet material consisting of fibrous filaments or threads bound into a coherent sheet with a binder by providing fine, substantially uniformly sized and distributed perforations in at least selected areas of the coherent sheet, subdividing the perforated sheet into a plurality of substantially identical smaller flat sheets each comprising at least one of said selected areas, stacking the smaller sheets one upon another so that in the resulting stack the perforations in one sheet overlie the perforations in the immediately underlying sheet and thus form passages through the stack and thereafter threading through said passages in said stack strands or rods formed from fibrous filaments or threads which have been bound together with a binder.

Abstract: An outerwear garment article such as a jacket of the generally unconstructed type with improved structural integrity and high wear comfort has two front parts made of an adhesive two-ply composite layer; the dorsal interconnection of the front parts consists of interconnected single-ply cloth layer segments. The composite layer is a structure obtained by adhesive melt-bonding techniques using flexible polymeric adhesives, preferably in a multiple-dot distribution.A method of producing the novel outerwear garment article by providing two front parts in the form of two-ply cloth composites each having a protruding single-ply segment for dorsal interconnection.

Abstract: A laterally elongated plate is provided with anchors in a transversely elongated tape support area of the plate by which to secure the opposite ends of a length of pressure sensitive adhesive tape extended across the tape support area, with the adhesive side of the tape facing upward. A stitch indicator line is provided on the plate inwardly of and parallel to the tape support area to indicate an ultimate stitching line, and loop size guide lines also are provided on the plate spaced inwardly from and parallel to the stitch indicator line to orient cloth loop material according to the size of loops desired to be formed. Laterally spaced markings are provided on the plate adjacent the tape support area to aid in spacing loop units desired distances apart.

Abstract: A method and means for strengthening joints in bonded structural assemblies formed of two or more components fabricated of non-metallic composite materials, by using high strength strands or threads inserted through the joints by loop-stitching.

Abstract: Each of the carrier tapes of a slide fastener include respective pairs of superimposed layers or plies of highly oriented polymer through which stitching threads are secured to attach coupling elements to each tape. The molecular orientation of each of the superimposed layers is at an oblique angle to the inner edge of the tapes with the orientation of one layer being transverse to the orientation of the other layer to prevent tearing of the stitches from the tapes.

Abstract: A method of making a decorative attachment for a key ring wherein a plastic base material is embroidered with a plurality of side-by-side decorative designs. The plastic base material is thereafter laminated at the back side thereof with a plastic finish by heat sealing, after which the base material is cut into a panel having mirror symmetrical panel sections separated by a narrower neck section. The die cut panel is thereafter folded midway of the neck section whereby the panel sections are in juxtaposed relation with the peripheral edges thereof being overedged, leaving the neck section periphery unsecured to define a passageway for insertion therein of a key ring.

Abstract: Existing refractory fiber blanket furnace lining systems receive a layer of high temperature ceramic fiber blanket or felt on an inner surface portion, or hot face, thereof exposed to interior conditions of the furnace. The layer is attached to the module by being sewn thereto with continuous filament ceramic fiber thread. The layer can be added to increase insulation capacity on lower temperature furnace insulation or to repair damaged insulation in a furnace.