Headgear frame

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2000-03-29

2001-08-21

Nerbun, Peter (Department: 3741)

Sewing

Special machines

Embroidering

C112S470140, C112S475110

Reexamination Certificate

active

06276288

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a headgear frame for a sewing machine for embroidering the peripheral portion of a headgear.
2. Description of the Related Art
A conventional headgear frame
100
for a sewing machine is provided, for example, with a receiving frame
101
formed into a cylindrical shape and a holding band
102
having a belt shape, as shown in FIG.
5
.
When a headgear
1
is to be embroidered, first of all, the receiving frame
101
of the headgear frame
100
is mounted on the (not-shown) set jig. The headgear
1
is fitted on the outer circumference of the receiving frame
101
and is then clamped and fixed on its outer circumference by the holding band
102
of the headgear frame
100
.
At this time, one end
102
a
of the holding band
102
is hinged at a position apart from the receiving frame
101
to the side of the outer circumference, whereas the other end
102
b
of the holding band
102
is hooked at a position apart from the receiving frame
101
to the side of the outer circumference. As a result, the vicinities
1
b
of the left and right ends of the headgear
1
, which are held by the vicinities of the one end
102
a
and the other end
102
b
of the holding band
102
, are not sufficiently held so that they easily float from the receiving fame
101
and wrinkle. Since embroidered patterns are not neatly formed unless the vicinities
1
b
of the left and right ends of the headgear
1
are sufficiently tensed, the wrinkles must be smoothed out, which requires experience and takes a long time.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a headgear frame capable of clamping a headgear without any wrinkle.
In the invention, therefore, there is adopted the following means, as will be individually described with reference to
FIGS. 1
to
4
.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a headgear frame
10
comprising: a cylindrical receiving from
11
adapted to be fitted in a headgear
1
; and a holding band
12
adapted to be wound on the outer side of the headgear
1
for clamping the headgear
1
between the holding band
12
and the receiving frame
11
, wherein at least one of one end
12
a
and the other end
12
b
of said holding band (
12
(e.g., both of one end
12
a
and the other end
12
b
in a shown embodiment) is hinged or hooked at a position apart (by a distance indicated by arrow S) from the receiving frame
11
to the outer circumference,
characterized: in that push members
13
projected toward the receiving frame
11
are provided in at least one (e.g., both in the shown embodiment) of the vicinities of the one end
12
a
and the other end
12
b
, as apart from the receiving frame
11
, of the band edge (e.g., the band edge on this side in the shown embodiment) of the holding band
12
; and in that corresponding portions
2
of the headgear
1
when clamped are pushed and tensed by said push members
13
so that they may not float from the receiving frame
11
.
The headgear
1
includes a cap, a hat, a beret and any others which can be embroidered and worn on the head.
The push members
13
can be exemplified by either a mode (
FIG. 2
or
3
), in which a plurality of push members
13
are raised stepwise toward the one end or the other end, or a mode (
FIG. 4
) in which generally triangular push members
13
are raised gradually toward the one end or the other end.
The headgear
1
is clamped on the headgear frame
10
in the following manner:
The headgear frame
10
is set on the (not-shown) set jig;
The other end
12
b
of the holding band
12
is released from the receiving frame
11
of the headgear frame
10
;
The headgear
1
is mounted, while its next-to-skin portion
3
is being peeled out, on the receiving frame
11
. At this time, the stitched portion with saw-toothed projections
14
of the receiving frame
11
(so as to prevent dislocations);
When the headgear
1
is to be fixed with the holding band
12
, the visor
4
of the headgear
1
is inserted at first into an opening
15
of the band central portion; and
The corresponding portions
2
(i.e., the left and right end portions in the shown embodiment) of the headgear
1
are so pushed and tensed by the push members
13
at the end portions of the holding band
12
that they are not wrinkled, and the other end
12
b
of the holding band
12
is hooked and fixed.
The following effects can be obtained according to this headgear frame
10
;
The headgear
1
is smoothed out at its left and right end portions so that its setting time is shortened; and
The headgear
1
can be decoratively embroidered even at both end portions of the embroidered range (e.g., a horizontal range of 270 degrees).
Further objects of this invention will become evident upon an understanding of the illustrative embodiments described below. Various advantages not specifically referred to herein but within the scope of the instant invention will occur to one skilled in the art upon practice of the presently disclosed invention. The following examples and embodiments are illustrative and not seen to limit the scope of the invention.


REFERENCES:
patent: 5832853 (1998-11-01), Pokrishevsky et al.

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