Apparel apparatus – Forming – pressing – molding – and stretching – Forms
Patent
1984-12-24
1985-09-17
Rimrodt, Louis K.
Apparel apparatus
Forming, pressing, molding, and stretching
Forms
223 77, D06C 1500, D06C 500
Patent
active
045415544
ABSTRACT:
A sock stretcher comprising a plurality of hollow and generally cylindrical sleeves telescopically arranged within each other, the sleeves having progressively smaller outside diameters such that a second and next largest sleeve would have an outer diameter somewhat smaller than the inner diameter of a first and largest sleeve, the second sleeve having a radially outwardly directed lip at its upper end adapted to engage with a radially inwardly directed lip at the lower end of the first sleeve in which the second sleeve is received when the sleeves are moved towards an extended telescopic condition. A transverse support bar extends across the first sleeve adjacent the upper end thereof, and a second transverse supporting bar extends across the upper end of the smallest sleeve. A rotatable threaded shaft extends along the longitudinal central axes of the sleeves and threadedly engages a threaded hole at the center of the first transverse bar, the lower end of the threaded shaft being connected to the second bar for movement of the second bar with respect to the first bar, the threaded shaft being freely rotatable with respect to the second bar, and a handle at the upper end of the shaft for rotation of the shaft, whereby a damp sock can be placed over the sleeves in their retracted telescopic condition. The open end of the damp sock can be clamped to the upper end of the first sleeve, whereby, upon rotation of the shaft, the sleeves will move to their fully extended telescopic condition to stretch the damp sock.
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Dorman William S.
Machuga Joseph S.
Rimrodt Louis K.
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