US2325056A - Means for forming plaits - Google Patents

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July 27, 1943. A. McD. l-uzss 2,325,056 I MEANS FOR FORMING PLEATS Filed July '26, 1939 fl up i INVENTOR uv' gA-r-ronwav Patented July 27, 1943 UNHTED STATES PATENT). OFFICE r 2,325,056 V I MEANS roe FORMING PLAITS Alexander McDonald Hess, Jamaica; Ni Y. -7 Application an 26, 1939,-Serial No. 286,573-

' roam. (Cl.160'348)" v This invention relates to headings forcurtains, drapes or other fabrics whereby plaits may be readily formed.

This application is a continuation in part of 'my application Serial No. 29,339, filed July 1,

1935, new Patent No. 2,167,651, granted Aug. 1,

A further objectof the invention is to provide improved means for securing female snap fastening members together,

A further object of the invention is to provide fabrics or tape wherein'the plaiting may be ac- .complished by snap fastenings of which the female members only are secured in the fabric, the

male members being separate, whereby when the male members are removed the fabric wiil present no projections which are objectionable particularly in connection with laundering.

Other and ancillary objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawing which iiiustrates the invention- Fig. 1 is a plan view, partly broken away, of a tape having the edges of its openings impregnated to prevent fraying or distortion of the edges of the holes, such tape being adapted to be attached to the edge of a curtain or the like for causing plaiting thereof by the insertion of a supporting pole or rod through the openings in the tape;

Fig. 2 is a face View of a tape, partly broken away, which may be used in plaiting operation but wherein all of the snap fastening members are of the female type;

Fig. 3 is a snap fastening member adapted to cooperate with two female fastening members;

Fig. 4 is a modified form of metal snap fastening member adapted to cooperate with two female snap fastening members;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary View showing the manner of cooperation of a double-headed metal snap fastening member with two female snap fastening members or eyelets to form a plait;

Fig. 6 is a face view, partly broken away, of a The main object of invention isto provide III tape adapted foruse ina plaiting operation which 7 has a plurality. ofqeyelets reenforced ina man-- ner such that metal is avoided and still they may function as; the-female *membersgof snap fas-;; toners. l 1 we 3 Referring to the drawing, and first to Fig. 1,: thereis therein shown a tape I of suitable textile, material having openings or eyelets 2 for the recaption-of a curtain rod or for other purposes.

This tape, when sewed or otherwise secured-to the edge of the curtain. or other fabric, may have. thecurtain rod inserted through its openings when the curtain will be supported by the rod;-

andalsothe tape and curtain to which it is secured will be plaited. Textile material having holes cut in it is apt tohave the edgesof the.

hole fray particularly during laundering To prevent. this the-edges of the fabric about the hole may be impregnated for a certain zone 3,

about the'hole with a suitable water-proofing andsolidifying substance, as for instance wax or paraffin. Substances peculiarly adapted for the purpose indicated are solutions of nitro-cellulose or synthetic resin having water repellant characteristics. An example of a substance of this character is as follows:

Percent Nitro cotton (-20 seconds) 1 High melt paraflin wax 4 Naphthene base mineral oil 6 Butyl stearate 2 Butyl acetate 4 Ethyl acetate Gasolene 13 Toluol This treatment of the fabric prevents the unsightly fraying which would otherwise occur and also holds the edges of the opening more firmly in position. The eyelets 2 formed by the reenforced and stiffened edges as described may serve as the female members of snap fasteners.

Fig. Zshows a tape 4 which may be threaded through a fabric or may be sewed or otherwise secured to a curtain edge or other appropriate location, and the fasteners in the tape when drawn together operate to plait the curtain. This tape 4 is provided with equally spaced female snap fastening members or eyelets 5. In order to se cure or draw together adjacent ones of the snap fastening members 5, a double-headed metal fasball 6 and headed up inside the balls. This may be used in connection with the structure of Fig. 2 by inserting one of the balls 6 into one of the female snap fastening members 5 and the other ball member may be inserted into the adjacent snap fastening member 5. The length of the connector as shown in Fig. 3 being less than the distance between adjacent fastening members 5, it will be apparent that when the fastener of Fig. 3 is secured in position as described, the fastening members 5 will be drawn closer together and a plait or wrinkle formed in the tape 4 as shown in Fig. 5. The depth of the plait may be made anything desired by varying the length of the bar I.

In Fig. 4 is shown another form of metal fastening member adapted to cooperate with the structure of Fig. 2 in a manner similar to that shown in Fig. 5. This fastening member of Fig. 4 is integral comprising a head 8 at each end and the base portion 9. This is applied to the structure of Fig. 2 in a manner similar to that described in connection with the fastener of Fig. 3 by inserting the heads l into adjacent female snap fastening members 5 when the plait or wrinkle of the tape 4 and the fabric associated therewith will be accomplished as set forth in connection with the fasteners of Fig. 3.

The fasteners of Figs. 3 and 4 and also the eyelets or female snap fastening members!) will ordinarily be of metal, but the fastening members 5 might be formed by stitching after the manner of Working the edges of a button hole or by impregnating the edges of the hole as described in connection with Fig. 1. An eyelet or snap fastener formed by stitching around the edge of the hole as described, is shown in Fig. 6 wherein the tape ID of textile fabric has holes H therein, each of the holes being surrounded by stitching 12 after the manner of working a button hole, whereby the edge of the hole is defined, stiffenedand strengthened. In some re'-- lationships, as for instance in relation to the nonmetallic eyelet of Fig. 6, it would be desirableto make the male fastening means such as is shown in Fig. 4, of rubber or other suitable yielding material which would not be so hard as to be liable to injure or wear the edges of the holes H having the worked or stitched edges.

Thi metal fastener might have the heads at its ends inserted in fastening female fastening members and form plaits as indicated in Fig. 5. I,

therefore, contemplate making such metal fas-- tener of rubber or other suitable material.

While the invention has been illustrated in what are considered its best applications, it may have other embodiments without departing from its spirit and is not, therefore, limited to the structures shown in the drawing.

What I claim is:

A plaited tape structure comprising in combination a snap fastening member having a male snap fastening constituting the extremity at each end of said member and a bar connecting said male fastenings whereby said male fastenings are engaged With'female fastenings by a thrust substantially longitudinally of said bar, a tape having' female snap fastenings only, said male fasteningsbeing engaged in two of said female snap fastenings in said tape, the length of tape between the engaged female fastenings being greater than the length of said bar whereby said last mentioned female snap fastenings are drawn together to form a plait, said fastening member wholly lying between the edges of said tape tion to another.

ALEXANDER McD. HESS.

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