Apparatus for implanting pockets

• US 4,337,881 A
• Filed: 08/05/1980
• Issued: 07/06/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Haggar Clothing Company (Texas Clothing Holding Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Haggar Company
• Inventors: Early, Judson H., Off, Joseph W. A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wityshyn, Michael G.
• Application Number:
  US06/175,576
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: 156/211, 156/216, 156/226, 156/257, 156/443, 156/514, 156/538, 156/539, 156/583.1, 156/583.6, 156/583.91, 112/121.12, 112/121.15, 2/247, 2/249, 223/1, 223/37, 223/38
• US Class Current: 223/1
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/204 Making or setting-in pockets machines or appliances for folding the edges of pockets while manufacturing A41H33/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1026 with slitting or removal of material at reshaping area prior to reshaping
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1034 Overedge bending of lamina about edges of sheetlike base
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1064 Partial cutting [e.g., grooving or incising]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1309 and securing separate part over hole or aperture
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1702 For plural parts or plural areas of single part

Abstract

An apparatus (10) for incorporating a pocket bag (30) into a garment panel (84) includes several operational stations (12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24). The pocket bag (30) and the garment panel (84) are held in place by a manually moveable template (44). The pocket bag (30) and garment panel (84) are adhesively interconnected at the first station (12). A slit (122) is formed at the second station (14). The edges of the slit (122) are folded back and secured to form a pocket slot (184) at the next two stations (16, 18). If desired, a welt (240) can be installed at another station (20). If desired, a facing strip (268) can be installed over the welt (240) and/or slot (184) at another station (22). The periphery of the closed pocket bag (30) is secured at the last station (24), after which the panel (84) can be assembled into a garment.

Claims

1. Apparatus for folding back and securing the edges of a slit formed through a pocket bag and garment panel to form a pocket slot therethrough, comprising:

means for releasably holding the pocket bag and garment panel in predetermined relationship;

means for selectively folding back the edges of the slit against the pocket bag; and

means for adhesively securing the folded back edges of the slit to the pocket bag to form the pocket slot.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said holding means comprises:

a lower plate;

an intermediate plate pivoted to said lower plate with the garment panel being positioned between said lower and intermediate plates;

an upper plate pivoted to the intermediate plate with the pocket bag being positioned between said intermediate and upper plates; and

said lower, intermediate and upper plates including aligned openings therein with said fusible adhesive being positioned within the opening in said intermediate plate.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said folding means comprises:

at least one pair of pivotal folder arms mounted for movement relative to the slit; and

means for selectively extending said arms through the slit and for pivoting said arms outward to fold back opposite edges of the slit.

4. The apparatus according the claim 3, wherein said extending and pivoting means comprises:

a double-acting cylinder coupled to said folder arms; and

a switch for controlling said cylinder.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the adhesive interconnection means comprises:

at least one strip of fusible adhesive positioned over the folded back edges of the slit; and

means positioned over said holding means for selectively activating said fusible adhesive.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said activating means comprises:

structure underlying said holding means;

a heated head mounted for movement relative to said holding means; and

means for selectively actuating said heated head to engage the pocket bag, fusible adhesive and garment panel against said structure.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further including:

means for releasably locating said holding means relative to said folding means and said adhesive interconnecting means.

8. An apparatus for folding back and securing the edges of a slit formed through a pocket bag and garment panel to form a pocket slot in a pocket implantation apparatus, comprising:

the slit having Y-shaped end portions and a straight central portion;

means for releasably holding the pocket bag and garment panel in predetermined relationship;

means for selectively folding back the central portion of the slit against the pocket bag;

means for selectively folding back the end portions of the slit against the pocket bag; and

means for adhesively securing the folded back edges of the slit to the pocket bag to complete the pocket slot.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said holding means comprises:

a lower plate;

an intermediate plate pivoted to said lower plate with the garment panel being positioned between said lower and intermediate plates;

an upper plate pivoted to the intermediate plate with the pocket bag being positioned between said intermediate and upper plates;

said lower, intermediate and upper plates including aligned openings therein with said fusible adhesive being positioned within the opening in said intermediate plate; and

means for releasably securing said upper plate in closed position against said intermediate plate.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said folding means comprises:

a pair of pivotal folder arms mounted for movement relative to the slit; and

means for selectively extending said arms through the slit and pivoting said arms outward to fold back opposite edges of the slit.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said extending and pivoting means comprises:

a double-acting cylinder coupled to said folder arms; and

a switch for controlling said cylinder.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the adhesive securing means comprises:

a strip of fusible adhesive including a central cutout portion therein positioned over the folded back edges of the slit in surrounding relationship with the pocket slot; and

means positioned over said holding means for selectively activating said fusible adhesive.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said activating means comprises:

structure underlying said holding means;

a first pair of heated heads mounted for movement relative to said holding means adjacent to the ends of the slot;

a second pair of heated heads mounted for movement relative to said holding means adjacent to the sides of the slot; and

means for selectively actuating said pairs of heated heads to engage the pocket bag, fusible adhesive and garment panel against said structure.

14. Apparatus for holding a garment panel in a pocket bag in a predetermined relationship comprising:

a lower plate having an aperture therethrough for receiving a garment panel on its upper surface;

an intermediate plate having an aperture therethrough operatively aligned with the aperture through the lower plate and comprising first and second portions normally positioned adjacent one another, said intermediate plate for clamping the garment panel in engagement with the lower plate and for receiving a pocket bag on its upper surface;

means supporting the intermediate plate for pivotal movement about an axis extending parallel to the plane of the lower plate between a closed position wherein the intermediate plate extends parallel and adjacent to the lower plate to clamp a garment panel in engagement therewith and an open position wherein the intermediate plate extends at a substantial angle relative to the plane of the lower plate to facilitate insertion of a garment panel therebetween and also supporting the second portion of the intermediate plate for sliding movement laterally relative to the first portion and relative to the lower plate to facilitate removal of garment panels having pocket bags secured thereto;

an upper plate having an aperture therethrough operatively aligned with the apertures in the lower and intermediate plates; and

means supporting the upper plate on the first portion of the intermediate plate for pivotal movement about an axis extending parallel to the plane of the intermediate plate between a closed position wherein the upper plate extends parallel and adjacent to the intermediate plate to clamp a pocket bag in engagement therewith and an open position wherein the upper plate extends at a substantial angle relative to the plane to the intermediate plate to facilitate the insertion of a pocket bag therebetween.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 further including:

a strip of fusible adhesive positioned in the aperture through the intermediate plate and engaging a garment panel clamped between the intermediate plate and the lower plate and a pocket bag clamped between the upper plate and the intermediate plate;

cooperating heating and block means positioned on opposite sides of the lower, intermediate and upper plates; and

means for reciprocating at least one of the cooperating heating and block means relative to the other so that the cooperating heating and block means move through the apertures in the upper and lower plates to engage the garment panel and the pocket bag clamped between the plates and thereby actuate the fusible adhesive to secure the pocket bag to the garment panel.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 further including cutter means operable through the apertures formed in the lower, intermediate and upper plates to form a pocket slit in the garment panel and the pocket bag.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 further including:

means for selectively folding back the edges of the pocket slit against the pocket bag; and

means for adhesively securing the folded back edges of the slit to the pocket bag to form a pocket slot.

18. Apparatus for adhesively securing a pocket bag to a garment panel comprising:

lower plate means having an aperture therethrough;

intermediate plate means having an aperture therethrough operatively aligned with the aperture through lower plate means;

means for selectively moving the intermediate plate means between a closed position wherein it extends parallel and adjacent to the plane of the lower plate means to clamp a garment panel therebetween and an open position wherein it is substantially displaced from the plane of the the lower plate means to facilitate the insertion of a garment panel therein;

upper plate means having an aperture therethrough operatively aligned with the apertures in the lower plate means and intermediate plate means;

means supporting the upper plate means for movement between a closed position wherein it extends parallel and adjacent to the plane of the intermediate means to clamp a pocket bag therebetween and an open position wherein it is substantially displaced from the plane of the intermediate plate means to facilitate the insertion of a pocket bag therein;

a strip of fusible adhesive positioned in the aperture of the intermediate plate means in engagement with a garment panel clamped between intermediate plate means and the lower plate means and with a pocket bag clamped between the intermediate plate means and the upper plate means;

cooperating heating and block means positioned on opposite sides of the upper, intermediate and lower plates means; and

means for reciprocating at least one of the cooperating heating and block means relative to the other so that the cooperating heating and block means move into and out of the apertures in the lower plate means and the upper plate means to clamp the garment panel and the pocket bag therebetween and thereby actuating the fusible adhesive to adhesively secure the garment panel to the pocket bag.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18 wherein the means supporting the intermediate plate means for movement between open and closed positions relative to the lower plate means comprises means supporting the intermediate plate means for pivotal movement about an axis extending parallel to the plane of the lower plate means.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19 wherein the intermediate plate means comprises first and second portions, and wherein the means supporting the intermediate plate means for pivotal movement about an axis extending parallel to the plane of the lower plate means also supports the second portion of the intermediate plate means for lateral movement relative to the first portion thereof and relative to the lower plate means to facilitate removal of garment panels having pocket bags adhesively secured thereto.

21. The apparatus according to claim 20 wherein the aperture of the intermediate plate means is formed in the first portion thereof, and wherein the second portion of the intermediate plate means normally closes one end of the aperture in the intermediate plate means.

22. The apparatus according to claim 21 wherein the means supporting the upper plate means for movement between open and closed positions relative to the intermediate plate means supports the upper plate means on the first portion of the intermediate plate means for pivotal movement about an axis extending parallel to the plane of the intermediate plate means.