Apparatus for removing snags from fabric

Details Apparatus for removing snags from fabric Apparatus for removing snags from fabric

1984-05-03

1986-08-05

Reynolds, Wm. Carter

Textiles: knitting

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223102, 66 15, D04B 300

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046035605

ABSTRACT:
The invention features an apparatus and method for extracting snags from fabric. The apparatus comprises a barrel-shaped housing having a plurality of extracting elements slideably disposed therein. The user of the device can select the proper extractor for the particular fabric. The device is compact and easy to use. The method of the invention requires that the extractor pierce the fabric from the underside; capture the snag in an extracting loop; twisting and entwining the snag in the loop; and then withdrawing the loop in order to pull the snag through the fabric to the underside thereof.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1756294 (1930-04-01), Leavin
patent: 2416260 (1947-02-01), Karle
patent: 2586733 (1952-02-01), Sologaistoa
patent: 2673574 (1954-03-01), Gottlieb
patent: 3404707 (1968-10-01), Feld
Knitting Times, Mar. 13, 1972, pp. 44, 45, 80.

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