U.S. patent number 3,903,903 [Application Number 05/349,128] was granted by the patent office on 1975-09-09 for method and equipment for planting hairs in sheet-form net-like material or thread form body.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Kanegafuchi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Yoshitsugu Matsumura.
United States Patent |
3,903,903 |
Matsumura |
September 9, 1975 |
Method and equipment for planting hairs in sheet-form net-like
material or thread form body
Abstract
A method and apparatus for planting hairs in a sheet-form
net-like material or thread-form body is described. The method is
characterized by the step of passing a wound portion of thread-form
material from the front face to the back face of a sheet-form
net-form material, or thread-form body to thereafter pass from the
back face to the front face, taking out the thread-form material
exposed on the surface from both ends of the thread-form material
after passing through the wound portion, and fixing the thread-form
material on a base material by mechanically planting hairs.
Inventors: |
Matsumura; Yoshitsugu (Nara,
JA) |
Assignee: |
Kanegafuchi Chemical Industry Co.,
Ltd. (Osaka, JA)
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Family
ID: |
23371024 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/349,128 |
Filed: |
April 9, 1973 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
132/201 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A41G
3/0066 (20130101); D05C 15/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A41G
3/00 (20060101); D05C 15/02 (20060101); D05C
15/00 (20060101); A41g 003/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;132/5,7,9,53,56
;112/79.5 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: McNeill; G. E.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A method for planting thread-like materials in a base material
continuously and mechanically by means of a sewing device,
comprising the steps of: passing a first looped portion of a
thread-like material through the base material from a front to a
back surface thereof; subsequently passing the first looped
portion, at a point spaced slightly apart from the point at which
it first passed through the base material, through the base
material from the back surface to the front surface thereof;
folding other portions of said thread-like material to form another
looped portion at a place where one of said other portions of said
thread-like material has a free end; pulling said another looped
portion to pass it through the first looped portion so that the
folded double thread-like material portions formed by said another
looped portion are tied firmly with said first looped portion and
with the base material.
2. A method for planting thread-like materials in a net-like
material continuously and mechanically by means of a sewing device,
comprising the steps of: passing a first looped portion of a
thread-like material through the net-like material from a front
surface to a back surface thereof; passing the looped portion
around the side of the thread-like material which constitutes part
of the net-like material; folding other portions of said
thread-like material to form another looped portion at a place
where one of said other portions of said thread-like material has a
free end; pulling said another looped portion to pass it through
the first looped portion on the front surface of the base material;
and further pulling it so that the folded double thread-like
material portions formed by said another looped portion are tied
firmly with said first looped portion and with the base
material.
3. An apparatus for planting thread-like materials in a base
material consisting of at least one set, each set comprising: a
sewing needle having a through thread hole adjacent the edge
thereof; a hook needle having a hook near the edge thereof; an
ascending and descending rod on which said sewing needle and said
hook needle are positioned in parallel with each other and extend
downwardly therefrom; a lower looper adapted to make a
circumventing movement on a prescribed locus, said lower looper
being positioned adjacent the position of the circumference of the
descent ends of both needles; an upper looper adapted to make a
circumventing movement and upper looper being positioned adjacent
the position of the lower portions of the ascent ends of both
needles; and an engaging and disengaging hook adapted to make a
transformation movement on a prescribed locus, said engaging and
disengaging hook being positioned adjacent to the upper looper.
4. An apparatus for planting thread-like materials in a base
material consisting of at least one set, each set comprising: a
sewing needle having a through thread hole near the edge thereof; a
hook needle with a hook near the edge thereof; an ascending and
descending rod on which said sewing needle and said hook needle are
positioned in parallel with each other and extend downwardly
therefrom; a lower looper adapted to reciprocally move, said lower
looper being positioned adjacent the position of the circumference
of the descended ends of both needles; an upper looper adapted to
reciprocally move, said upper looper being positioned close to the
lower portions of the ascent ends of both needles; and an engaging
and disengaging hook adapted to move on a prescribed locus, said
engaging and disengaging hook being positioned close to the upper
looper when the latter ascends obliquely.
Description
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for
planting hairs of a net-like sheet material of thread-form
material, characterized by planting thread-form material having
various lengths in sheet-form base material such as cloth,
synthetic resin filmy materials, etc. Wigs and false eyelashes have
recently been used widely by reason of demand for simplicity of
life and variety of hair style. For production of these wigs, etc.,
hairy single yarns are manually planted one by one on a base sheet,
etc. and, accordingly, much labor and care are required and the
products are supplied at high prices because of such labor and
care. The means for manufacturing such products with a high
efficiency at low cost has not therefore come into existence.
The present invention has succeeded in planting hair mechanically
with a high efficiency and removed the aforesaid inconveniences,
and the first object of the present invention is to provide a
method and apparatus for performing planting of hairs arbitrarily
long or short hairs mechanically and with a high efficiency.
The second object of this invention is to provide a method and
apparatus for perfectly planting hairs so as not to leave a
possibility of separation of the planted hairs.
The third object is to provide a method and apparatus for easily
planting hairs not only of short fibers but also of relatively long
fibers such as human head hairs.
The fourth object is provide a method and apparatus for planting
hairs not only on a woven cloth surface but also on arbitrary
object surface such as sheet-form net-like material or thread-form
body.
The fifth object of the invention is to provide a method and
apparatus which can be used for all hair planting processes such as
hair planting for a wig, hair planting for false eyelash, etc.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING:
The accompanying drawings illustrate imbodiments of apparatus
according to the present invention.
FIGS. 1 through 10 are side views showing the actions thereof;
FIGS. 11 through 17 show the second movement after b or c
travels;
FIG. 18 is a side view of an embodiment for double tie-knot;
FIG. 19 is a side view of a double tie-knot;
And FIG. 20 is a drawing showing planting hairs on an object.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The present invention has succeeded in mechanical production, very
simply and with a high efficiency by a simple device and method of
a hair-planted sheet material forming a wig base material of wig
hitherto considered producible by nothing but hand-operated hair
planting, and can readily provide hair-planted products beginning
with wigs and with long hairs not suitable to usually known pile
fabric, thus developing a remarkable effect.
An embodiment of the present invention will herein be described in
detail in reference with the accompanying drawings. The reference
numeral 1 indicates a sewing needle having a through thread hole 2,
and 3 indicates a hook needle having a hook 4 on the end thereof.
These two needles are provided in parallel with a small distance
therebetween on the lower end of a reciprocating rod 5. The rod 5
performs ascends and descends by means such as known cam
mechanisms. The numeral 6 indicates an under looper which makes a
circumventing motion in a definite direction along a definite locus
around position reached by the two needles when the needles pass
through a sheet material of their object and descend to the utmost,
and it has a notch 7. The circumventing movement along a locus may
be controlled by an arbitrary cam mechanism of known principle. The
numeral 8 indicates an upper looper which, having a hook 9 on its
end, performs a reciprocating motion on a slightly elliptical locus
in an obliquely right direction by means such as known cam
mechanisms and repeats such a motion, approaching the lower end of
the two needles 1 and 3, when ascending. The numeral 10 indicates
an outside hook, having a notch 11 on its end, which performs a
reciprocating motion crosswise within the range of motion of the
upper looper 8 by a means such as known cam mechanisms. The numeral
14 designates a trimming device comprising a heater or cutter edge
provided near the end of movement of the engaging outer hook 10 and
positioned such that the ends of thread hairs can be cut thereby.
The letter a represents a thread hair, b a base sheet-like
material, and c a thread-like material. The above described
mechanism illustrates one unit of apparatus for planting a hair or
hairs a at a point of the base sheet b; in case a large number of
such devices are provided in parallel, a corresponding number of
hairs may be planted simultaneously. If a large number of devices
are provided and operated entire over the width of the base
material while the base material b is moved intermittently in a
definite direction, the work can be completed in a very short time.
Further, by providing an auxiliary upper looper 12 in addition to
the upper looper in the present equipment, a double tie-knot can be
formed so as to produce a further firm hair planting. This double
tie-knot may conveniently be used for high quality products as a
modified embodiment of the present invention.
When planting hairs by using this apparatus, the hook needle 3 in
FIG. 1 further descends as shown in FIG. 6 and the thread become
looser. The hook 9 at the end of the upper looper 8 begins to draw
back after catching a double thread of a thread hair a passing
through the sewing needle 1 and a thread hair a thereby having a
free end. The double thread is then, as shown in FIG. 7, pulled by
the hook 9 and folded in four and drawn reversely in a ring-form
a".
The upper looper 8 thereafter takes a position for slightly
advancing from the extremity of withdrawal. The fourfold thread
hair a.sub.1 increases its looseness and the engaging outside hook
10 swings, as shown in FIG. 8, to catch the fourfold hair thread
a.sub.1 with the notch 11 on the end thereof and then rises up
while rotating to form a tie knot d by pulling as shown in FIG. 9
as well as to cut the folded portion a.sub.2 by touching the
cutting device. As shown in FIG. 10, there are then formed two
threads hairs a.sub.1 cut by the tie knot d in a fixedly prescirbed
length. At this time, with the descent of the sewing thread 1, the
end passing through the thread hole of the thread hair a is
released and recedes to start the next operation.
Providing the auxiliary upper looper 12 in addition to the upper
looper 8 as shown in FIG. 11, the auxiliary upper looper 12 is
passed through between the thread hair formed like a ring by
hooking with the upper looper 8, and two tie-knots are double
formed by further drawing backward the thread end caught with a
hook 13, making the tie knot more firm; this is practiced for
manufacturing quality products.
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