Patent · US Expired

Fabric shearing and heating tool

US4424094A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 28, 1982
Grant dateJan 3, 1984
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T156/18
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fabric repairing tool is provided with a cutter which is operable in a one-shot shearing operation to remove a portion of fabric from a folded piece of material held in the tool with a foldable clamp, and is further provided with heating means which is energizable to a controlled temperature effective in a desirable period of time to bond a thermoplastic pad and patch to a damaged fabric.

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