Apparel apparatus – Forming – pressing – molding – and stretching – Forms
Patent
1976-06-01
1977-05-31
Larkin, G.V.
Apparel apparatus
Forming, pressing, molding, and stretching
Forms
381029, 38141, A41H 500
Patent
active
040264459
ABSTRACT:
A board used for blocking handwork articles such as needlepoint articles, embroidered articles and the like. A flat board is provided with a plurality of openings extending therethrough, each opening have a first portion adjacent the board lower surface of a first diameter and a second portion adjacent the board upper surface of a second, smaller diameter. Pins are inserted from beneath the board into those openings which define the size and shape desired for the finished handwork article. Each pin has a head of a diameter such that the pinhead frictionally engages the sidewall of the first portion of its opening and a shaft of a diameter such that the pin shaft passes freely through the second portion of its opening to extend above the upper surface of the board. The article is stretched over and hooked on the pins. The article is dampened either before or after it is afixed by the pins so that the article dries blocked to the desired size and shape. When the article is to be removed from the blocking board, the board is inverted and tapped on a flat surface to push all the pins outward, freeing the article. Positioning guidelines may be provided on the board to assist in alignment of an article during the blocking process.
REFERENCES:
patent: 836438 (1906-11-01), Coey
patent: 2160337 (1939-05-01), McKee
patent: 2599199 (1952-06-01), Roberts
patent: 3425143 (1969-02-01), Feld et al.
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