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US20030019087A1
US20030019087A1 US10/194,758 US19475802A US2003019087A1 US 20030019087 A1 US20030019087 A1 US 20030019087A1 US 19475802 A US19475802 A US 19475802A US 2003019087 A1 US2003019087 A1 US 2003019087A1
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Merih Pasin
Marina Hermie
Joost De Waele
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/72—Garment-pressing devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42F—SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F1/00—Sheets temporarily attached together without perforating; Means therefor
    • B42F1/006—Fasteners comprising two co-operating jaws closed by spring action and that can be manually opened, e.g. clamps
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/44—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/44641—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on resilient member
    • Y10T24/44769—Opposed engaging faces on gripping member formed from single piece of resilient material

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  • the present invention relates to fabric article clamping systems and method for using the clamping systems alone or in conjunction with a stretching system to remove and/or reduce wrinkles and/or creases in a fabric article, preferably in a manner in which new wrinkles and/or creases are not formed or are minimized in the fabric article.
  • the present invention fulfills the need identified above by providing a fabric article clamping system and method for using the clamping system to remove and/or reduce wrinkles and/or creases in a fabric article, preferably in a manner in which new wrinkles and/or creases are not formed or are minimized in the fabric article.
  • Clamps should be able to hold garments tight enough to prevent any slippage due to gravitational and stretching force. Also it should not induce any wrinkles whilst doing that.
  • a fabric article clamping system comprising two fabric article contacting surfaces wherein said fabric article contacting surfaces are mechanically associated such that said fabric article contacting surfaces can apply a sufficient amount of gripping force to a fabric article positioned between said fabric article contacting surfaces such that said fabric article clamping system remains in contact with the fabric article even in the presence of the force of gravity and/or a stretching force acting upon the fabric article clamping system is provided.
  • a method for dewrinkling a fabric article in need of dewrinkling comprises the steps of attaching a fabric article clamping system according to the present invention to the fabric article, and optionally, applying a stretching force to the fabric article, such that wrinkles in the fabric article are removed and/or reduced, preferably in a manner in which new wrinkles and/or creases are not formed or minimized in the fabric article.
  • the present invention provides a fabric article clamping system and a method for using the fabric article clamping system to remove and/or reduce wrinkles and/or creases in a fabric article.
  • FIG. 1 is perspective view of a fabric article clamping system in accordance with the present invention in an open configuration
  • FIG. 2 is a front view of the fabric article clamping system of FIG. 1 in its closed configuration
  • FIG. 3 is a front view of the fabric article clamping system of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a front view of another fabric article clamping system in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic of a fabric article having a fabric article clamping system in accordance with the present invention attached to it.
  • fabric articles is meant to encompass any and all articles of manufacture that are made at least partially of a natural or manmade fibrous material.
  • fabric articles include, but are certainly not limited to: toys, shoes upholstery, garments, carpets, clothes hats, socks, towels, draperies, etc.
  • the fabric articles may be of any type, nonlimiting examples include cotton and/or cotton blends, silk, wool and linen.
  • FIGS. 1 - 4 illustrates a fabric article clamping system 10 in accordance with the present invention.
  • the fabric article clamping system 10 comprises two fabric article contacting surfaces 12 wherein said fabric article contacting surfaces are mechanically associated such that the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 can apply a sufficient amount of gripping force to a fabric article positioned between the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 such that the fabric article clamping system 10 remains in contact with the fabric article in the presence of the force of gravity and/or a stretching force acting upon the fabric article clamping system 10 .
  • the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 are arranged such that the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 are parallel to one another when they are gripping the fabric article between them, preferably they always remain parallel to one another.
  • the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 apply a gripping force of from about 1 Newton to about 10 Newtons, more preferably from about 2 Newtons to about 4 Newtons, most preferably from about 2.5 Newtons to about 3 Newtons to a fabric article positioned between the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 .
  • the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 have substantially equal surface areas, more preferably the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 have surface areas of from about 50 cm 2 to about 400 cm 2 , even more preferably from about 100 cm 2 to about 375 cm 2 .
  • the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 can be made of any suitable material known to those of skill in the art.
  • the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 comprise a resilient material that contacts the fabric article, more preferably the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 comprise a material that has a resilience of from about 40% to about 70%, even more preferably the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 comprise rubber.
  • a suitable resilient material is Chloroprene, which is commercially available from Eriks.
  • the resilient material of the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 preferably has a thickness of from about 0.1 mm to about 4 mm.
  • each fabric article contacting surface 12 comprises a handle 14 .
  • the fabric article contacting surface 12 is preferably associated with the handle 14 such that the fabric article contacting surface is capable of pivoting around at least one pivot point 16 with respect to the handle 14 .
  • the fabric article contacting surface 12 is associated with the handle 14 at the proximal end of the handle 14 .
  • Each handle 14 is mechanically associated to each other around at least one pivot point 18 .
  • the pivot point 18 preferably a spring, more preferably a coil spring, is located at a point along each handle 14 that is located between the pivot point 16 of the fabric article contacting surface 12 and a distal end of the handle 14 .
  • the pivot point 18 permits that handles 14 to move such that when the distal ends of the handles 14 move in relation to each other, the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 move in an opposite manner than the distal ends of the handles 14 in relation to each other.
  • the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 are distal from one another, and when the distal ends of the handles 14 are distal from one another, the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 are proximal to one another.
  • the fabric article clamping system 10 of the present invention is preferably capable of releasably locking the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 in an open position. Any suitable locking mechanism known to those of skill in the art could be used.
  • the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 are preferably mechanically associated with respect to each other such that prior to gripping a fabric article, the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 are spaced apart from one another a distance of from about 15 mm to about 60 mm, more preferably from about 20 mm to about 55 mm, more preferably from about 35 mm to about 50 mm.
  • the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 are preferably mechanically associated such that upon gripping a fabric article, the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 are spaced apart from one another a distance equal to the thickness of the fabric article gripped by the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 .
  • At least one, preferably both, fabric article contacting surface 12 comprises a finger-like structure 20 that axially extends from each fabric article contacting surface 12 toward the other fabric article contacting surface 12 , wherein the finger-like structure 20 is positioned on the fabric article contacting surfaces 12 such that said fabric article contacting surfaces 12 are capable of gripping the fabric article.
  • the finger-like structure(s) 20 prevent a fabric article from extending over all edges of the fabric article contacting surface 12 when the fabric article is gripped by the fabric article clamping system 10 , and prevent the fabric article from being trapped in the fabric article clamping system 10 . As a result, the potential for new wrinkles and/or creases being formed from the gripping of a fabric article by the fabric article clamping system 10 is removed or minimized.
  • Method A method for dewrinkling a fabric article in need of dewrinkling in accordance with the present invention comprises the step of attaching a fabric article clamping system according to the present invention to the fabric article such that wrinkles in the fabric article are removed and/or reduced.
  • Such a method may be conducted under ambient conditions or in heat and/or humid conditions.
  • the method may further comprise a step of applying a stretching force to the fabric article.
  • the stretching force may be any suitable stretching force known to those of skill in the art. Such stretching forces can be created by hanging weights on to the fabric articles or by other stretching devices known to those skilled in the art. Nonlimiting examples of suitable stretching devices are described in WO 00/75413 to The Procter & Gamble Company.
  • the fabric article clamping system of the present invention may further be able to be linked and/or connected to the stretching force source/device.
  • the fabric articles to be treated are mechanically stretched after placing them into the container and before starting the process.
  • This stretching or so-called tensioning of the garment helps the relaxation of wrinkles during the process.
  • Preferred stretching systems include weighted as well as light weight compactable or retractable stretching systems, wherein the system comprises a tensioning device like a spring.
  • the latter systems have the benefit of not adding extra weight to the cleaning and refreshing apparatus, along with the possibility of adjusting tensioning force and directions as required.
  • these systems are mounted inside the container at its bottom.
  • One example of such a system is a rollerblind that is conventionally used as sunfilter for cars and commercially available from Halfords.
  • This system is a rollerblind which can be extended or compacted by means of a roll-up spring mechanism. Only slight modifications of this system are needed to adapt it to the tensioning of fabric articles.
  • One preferred adaptation involves attaching the housing of this system at the bottom of the apparatus and providing one or more clamp at the other side so that the clamping and thus the stretching or tensioning of the fabric articles is obtained.
  • the tension of the spring can also be adjusted to the desired stretching force for a given fabric article.
  • the size of the clamp can vary so that more than one clamp is attached to this system. Still, another variation involves having only one clamp which run along or partly along the blind tensioning system located opposite the housing of the system.
  • a treated fabric article produced by the method according to present invention is a treated fabric article produced by the method according to present invention.

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