Abstract: A device for use as a credit card sized containment in some instances with a card delivery system in the form of a detachable hang tab or hole for one or more collar stays, as well as a method of using such device, are disclosed. In one form, the device comprises a resilient, flexible sheet member having a first and second opposing edges and a third and fourth opposing edges, the first and second opposing edges forming a width, the third and fourth opposing edges forming a height, the width being greater than the height, and one or more detachable regions within the sheet member, each detachable region having an elongated rectangular shape including two long edges and two short edges, wherein a short edge forms a symmetrically tapered point, and with each detachable region being selectively detachable and reinsertable into the flexible sheet member is disclosed.

Abstract: An automatic collar stay insertion device is provided herein. The device is for automatically inserting the collar stay. The device is mounted in a flat knitting machine utilizing motors and gears to rotate, locate and supply the collar stay. The conventional human involvement of inserting the collar stay is replaced by the automatic collar stay insertion device of the invention to decrease the costs and increase the product efficiency.

Abstract: An apparatus for the application of crease setting compositions comprises at least one moveable arm capable of insertion into the leg of a pair of trousers to be creased carrying at or near one end thereof an applicator head 10 comprising a cartridge 12 having a nozzle 22 for the application of crease setting composition. Guide means 20, in the form of a pivotted crease sensing blade, are provided for locating the nozzle 22 within the crease to be treated. The guide means 20 is moveable transversely of the direction of the motion of the trousers in order to locate in the trouser crease and the cartridge 12 is rotatable so that the nozzle 22 can follow in the track of said guide means.

Abstract: The machine is for aiding in attaching stiffening elements or stays to shirt collars or to inserts which are later attached or positioned inside the outer surface of the collar. The stays are first stamped from sheets of hard thin flexible material such as a polyester plastic and coated on at least one side with a film of heat sensitive adhesive. The stays are stacked in a magazine with the side containing the adhesive facing either upwardly or downwardly depending on which of the collar elements the stay is to be attached to. Each end of the collar, or liner, is tautly drawn over a thin shelf of the same configuration as the outline of the collar. A machine element will move the lower most stay from beneath the stack and position it within a channel to be engaged by another machine element and moved into position within the collar or liner where it is to be attached.