Cloth presser for handicraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9441320-B2
Application number	US-201414510774-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2014
Priority date	Oct 22, 2013
Publication date	Sep 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016

Abstract

A cloth presser includes a grip portion, a first press end and a second press end. The grip portion is elongated, having a straight longitudinal axis. The first press end and the second press end are spaced apart from each other, with the grip portion intervening between the first press end and the second press end. The first press end is configured to make point contact with an object such as a piece of cloth, and the second press end is configured to make surface contact with the object.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cloth presser comprising:
an elongated grip portion having a straight longitudinal axis;
a first press end and a second press end spaced apart from each other with the grip portion intervening between the first press end and the second press end;
a shaft extending from the grip portion in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the grip portion, the shaft being smaller in diameter than the grip portion; and
a cap attached to the shaft,
wherein the first press end is configured to make point contact with cloth, and the second press end is configured to make surface contact with the cloth,
the second presser end is disposed at the cap, and
the cap is formed with a hole into which the shaft is fitted, the shaft includes an inclined end surface generally parallel to the second press end, and the hole includes a bottom surface that makes surface contact with the inclined end surface.

2. The cloth presser according to claim 1 , wherein the first press end includes a pointed tip, and the second press end includes a flat surface softer than the first press end.

3. The cloth presser according to claim 1 , further comprising a tapered extension extending from the grip portion, wherein the extension has a curved central axis, and the first press end is provided at an end of the extension.

4. The cloth presser according to claim 3 , wherein the second press end has a normal line contained in a plane containing the central axis of the extension, and wherein the second press end faces a region in which the extension is disposed with respect to the longitudinal axis of the grip portion.

5. The cloth presser according to claim 3 , wherein the grip portion, the extension and the shaft are made of a first resin, and the cap is made of a second resin that is softer than the first resin.

6. The cloth presser according to claim 5 , wherein the first resin and the second resin are a thermosetting resin.

7. The cloth presser according to claim 1 , wherein the second press end is slanted with respect to the longitudinal axis, and the second press end is smaller in area than a maximum cross section of the grip portion.

8. The cloth presser according to claim 7 ,
wherein, the cap has an outer surface connected smoothly to an outer surface of the grip portion.

Assignees

• Clover Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nitta Kumiko
• Iwasaki Chihiro

Classifications

• D06F79/00

  Accessories for hand irons · CPC title

• D06F71/36

  Pressing elements (for use in pressing particular garments or parts thereof D06F71/18; coverings or pads therefor D06F83/00) · CPC title

• D05B29/00

  Pressers; Presser feet (for feeding D05B27/04) · CPC title

• D05B97/02 Primary

  Hand-guided apparatus · CPC title