IES65599B2

IES65599B2 - Separate elasticated waistband

Info

Publication number: IES65599B2
Authority: IE
Inventors: Robert William Arthur Dagg; Robert Stephen Gent
Original assignee: Robert William Arthur Dagg
Priority date: 1994-07-18
Filing date: 1994-07-18
Publication date: 1995-11-01
Also published as: GB2291438A; GB2291438B; GB9505969D0; IES940577A2

Abstract

A waistband is applied to a garment by means of a folder 10, having a trumpet shaped guide, for folding a single elongate length of waistband material 40 onto an edge of garment material body fabric and a guide 20 feeds a length of elastic or other interlining material vertically upwards or downwards and turns it into the plane of travel of the material 40, which is parallel to the sewing direction.

Description

SEPARATE ELASTICATED WAISTBAND The present invention relates to a separate one piece elasticated waistband and in particular to a method and apparatus for manufacturing such a waistband.

When an elasticated waistband is formed from the same material as a garment, then at the cutting stage it is necessary to ensure that a system is used to relate the waistband material with the garment material so that no differences in shading will occur in the finished garment.

In practice, each waistband and garment is numbered. All the waistbands are taken and sewn end to end in sequence and put on a roll. The operator then places each garment on the sewing machine in the same sequence as the waistbands are on the roll. When the waistband is being applied, it is fed into the folder forming the waistband at right angles to the direction of feed of the elastic material and the travel of the garment. This right hand turn can create quite a drag on the fabric particularly if the material has some inherent stretchability. it is the object of the invention to alleviate the disadvantages associated with the production of a separate one piece elasticated waistband.

The present invention provides a method of applying a separate one piece elasticated waistband to a garment comprising supplying an- elongate length of material to a joining or sewing apparatus, in a direction parallel to the travel of the garment material the elongate length of material being adapted to be the waistband, folding the elongate length of material about a marginal portion of the garment material, feeding a continuous length of elastic material in a plane which intersects the plane of supply of *36559 S the waistband material turning the length of the elastic * material into the plane of supply of the waistband material so that the waistband material is folded about the length of elastic material.

The present invention provides apparatus for manufacturing a separate one piece elasticated waistband for a garment, comprising a folder having means for supplying the waistband material in an elongate length of material to a sewing or joining apparatus in a direction parallel to the travel of the garment material, the folder including means for folding the elongate length of material about a marginal portion of the garment material, a guide for feeding and turning a continuous length of elastic material from a plane which intersects the said plane of the supply of the waistband material to the said plane so that the waistband material is folded about the length of elastic material.

Preferably, the guide is adapted to supply the length of elastic in a generally vertically downward direction or vertically upward direction, so that the elastic material is either positioned towards the front or rear respectively of the garment.

The invention will hereinafter be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings which shown, by way of example only, one embodiment of a folder according to the invention and two examples of waistbands produced by an apparatus of the invention. In the drawings: I Figure 1 is a perspective view of a folder according to the invention and Figure 2 and 2a are perspective views respectively of an ϊ example of waistband with the elastic to the outer side of the garment material and with the elastic to the inner side '6 of the garment material. in the drawings, the folder 10 comprises a trumpet shaped guide for folding a single elongate length of waistband material onto an edge of the garment material. The waistband material is fed into the sewing or joining point parallel to the direction of travel of the garment material. A guide 20 is used to feed a length of elastic material vertically downwards and turn it into the plane of travel of the waistband material so that the waistband is formed about the elastic material. When fed vertically downwards, the elastic 35 is to the outer side of the 15 garment material 38 within the waistband 40 as shown in Figure 2a. When the guide 20 is provided so as to feed vertically upwards then the elastic material 35 is on the inner side of the garment material.

To ensure that the correct waistband material is attached 2θ to the correct garment material, the waistband material is attached to the garment material at the cutting stage, such as by a pin thus greatly simplifying the manufacture of separate one piece elasticated waistbands. At the formation of the waistband, the waistband material is unpinned from the garment material and the waistband is formed with an elasticated core using the folder 10.

It is to be under that the invention is not limited to the specific details described herein, which are give by way of example only, and that various modifications and alterations are possible within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A method of applying an individual one piece waistband I to a garment comprising supplying an elongate length of 5 material to a joining or sewing apparatus, in a direction parallel to the direction of sewing or joining of the garment material, the elongate length of material being adapted to be the waistband, folding the elongate length of material about a marginal portion of the garment material, 10 feeding a continuous length of elastic or other interlining material in a plane which intersects the plane of supply of the waistband material, turning the length of the elastic or interlining material into the plane of supply of the waistband material, so that the waistband material is 15 folded about the length of elastic or interlining material.

2. Apparatus for manufacturing an individual one piece waistband for a garment, comprising a folder having means for supplying the waistband material in an elongate length 20 of material to a sewing oi r joining apparatus in a direction parallel to the travel of the garment material, the folder including means for folding the elongate length of material about a marginal portion of the garment material, a guide for feeding and turning a continuous length of elastic or 25 other interlining material from a plane which intersects the said plane of the supply of the waistband material to the said plane of supply of the waistband material so that the waistband material is folded about the length of elastic material and optionally, wherein the guide is 50 adapted to supply the length of elastic or other “J interlining material in a generally vertically downward direction or vertically upward direction and turn the elastic material into the plane of supply of the waistband material, so that the elastic material is either positioned 55 towards the front or rear respectively of the garment body 6 fabric within the waistband.

3. λ method of applying an individual one piece waistband to a garment substantially as herein described with i 5 reference to the accompanying drawings.

4. Apparatus for manufacturing an individual one piece waistband for a garment substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying 10 drawings.

5. An individual waistband whenever made by a method as claimed in Claim 1 or 3 or with an apparatus as claimed in Claims 2 or 4.