1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to mechanized equipment for assisting in making pleated window draperies by mass production, and particularly to a machine for marking the material required by the pleats and for marking the material required for the spaces between the pleats along the top edge of a drapery panel and for simultaneously marking the hem of the pleated panel to assist in folding the drape.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The most common manner of making draperies employs the hand-measuring of the various panels of drapery material. In recent years, precision machines have been devised to speed up the various operation, both to save labor and reduce the need for skilled labor.
The Caracoes U.S. Pat. No. 3,145,480 discloses a machine for marking the material required to form pleats along the top edge of a drapery panel. Caracoes accomplishes this by a series of pointers mounted on a single lazy tong apparatus. This machine marks (by pointers) the space required for both the pleat and the space between the pleat.
The Tuskos U.S. Pat. No. 3,696,515 shows a drapery pleats marking machine with a workbench that supports two vertically-disposed, lazy tong mechanisms. A marking pen is assembled at each intermediate pivot point of both lazy tong mechanisms. The adjustment of the first lazy tong mechanism changes the spacing P allotted for making material into the pleats, while the adjustment of the second lazy tong mechanism changes the spacing S. for the material required for forming the space between the pleats.