Apparatus and a Method For The Application Of A Fluid Material To A Garment

• Main Authors: Houlbrook, Kenneth, Carter, Shaun
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.01.2021
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES; APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FORDRESS-MAKING, FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; OUTERWEAR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEARING APPAREL

Apparatus and method for the application of a ribbon of fluid material along one or more garment crease lines by relative movement between one or more cartridges which include a reservoir in which the fluid material is provided, and the garment, the one or more cartridges including a dispensing aperture in connection with the reservoir and through which the fluid material is dispensed. Movement means are provided in the one or more cartridges to encourage the fluid material in the cartridge to move towards the dispensing aperture and a pressurised fluid supply is connected to the one or more cartridges to selectively provide pressurised fluid to the movement means and hand operated user actuable control means are provided to allow the selective provision of the pressurised fluid. The provision of hand operation of the user actuable control means allows the apparatus to be significantly more compact. Preferably the operation of the user actuable control means and the movement of the one or more cartridges with respect to the one or more crease lines to dispense the fluid material can be achieved simultaneously by the same hand of the user.