1. (Technical Field)
This invention relates to improved pleated cloth and method for producing the same by providing pleating work on the cloth made of thermoplastic fiber or woven or non-woven cloth including thermoplastic synthetic fiber.
2. (Prior Art)
In the prior art, cloth sewed on the front chest of a blouse for ornament is mechanically worked so that it presents a circular end forming an arc and or wavy line, after pleating work is finished for the decoration purpose.
For working the pleated cloth so that the hem defines an arc form and presents wavy line, it is required to erase the pleated lines at the end edge of the cloth. In the prior art method, the end of the pleated cloth are hemmed with thread (11) by utilizing a sewing machine. The cloth made according to the prior art methods is shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.
However, the method as above needs another device such as a sewing machine for sewing down the end edge, besides the pleating device. The prior art method is inconvenient since the provision of the sewing machine increase the number of working processes and requires much thread indispensable for sewing down the end edge which adversely affects the appearance of the products.