TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention refers to the technical field regarding the devices for operating on garments and it relates to a device for the deformation of the upper portions of trousers and the like, particularly suitable for carrying out irregular and approximately horizontal creases in the front upper portion of thigh and laterally to the zip fastener of trousers, especially for jeans, conferring to such trousers an "worn" effect and an "used" appearance.

BACKGROUND ART

The crease formation in jeans and of other similar garment is often carried out by manually folding the fabric in the required portions.

A drawback of such kind of operation consists in that it is very expensive and very slow.

Other drawback consists in that such working requires big physical efforts that sometimes the crease is not carried out or is not done good enough.

There are known manikins, for example of the portion starting from the waist and extending downward, provided with protrusions and projections, usually made of rubbery material, fit to match up and to fold up the cloth of a garment, for instance a pair of jeans, manually worn to simulate creases in the portion closed to the zip fastener formed by wearing. The formed creases on the protrusions can be fixed by means of applying resins and heating in oven.

Said known manikins have the drawback to carry out not realistic, not well marked and always identical creases.

Other drawback of said known manikins is that they have to be replaced due to different sizes of jeans.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention is to propose a device for the deformation, by means of creases formation, in the upper portion of trousers and the like, which is very fast, economic and very comfortable for the operator to use also after hours of working not requiring particular physical effort.

Other object is to propose a device to carry out well marked creases on wide surfaces in a controllable manner.

Further object is to propose a device to carry out always different creases and having a very realistic aspect.

Other object is to propose a device to operate on trousers of any size without replacing or modifying its parts.

The above mentioned objects can be achieved in accordance with the contents of the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The characteristics of the invention are highlighted in the following, with particular reference to the enclosed drawing, in which:

- Figure 1 shows a schematic front view of the device, object of the present invention.

BEST MODE OF CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

With reference to figure 1, numeral 1 indicates the device for the deformation of the upper portions of trousers and the like comprising a pair of elongated fusiform elements 2, forming a lower portion, from the waist, of a kind of manikin, said elongated fusiform elements 2 being mutually jointed or in mutual contact in a crotch portion 3.

Each fusiform element 2 comprises upper 4 and lower 5 portions mutually connected by means of a linear actuator means 6 approximately aligned with the fusiform element and fit for the mutual axial approaching and distancing movements of the portions 4, 5.

The device 1 comprises pants means 7 made of elastic material overlapped on the external surfaces, approximately corresponding to the portion starting under the knees up to the waist, of the upper 4 and lower 5 portions f the fusiform elements 2.

The thigh portion and eventually the adjacent portions of the pants means 7 has a plurality of projection means 8 fit to increase the friction between the pants means 7 and the trousers from the initial condition to the deformation condition.

The projection means 8 are of elongated shape and random positioned orientated in almost transversal manner in respect to the fusiform elements 2.

The projection means 8 has a length ranging from 1 cm to 30 cm, width ranging from 0,3 cm to 3 cm and thickness ranging from 0,1 cm to 2 cm.

The pants means 7 and the projection means 8 are made of natural rubber, synthetic rubber or their mixture.

The device is made of heating resistant material for the fixing of the creases in oven.

One end of each linear actuator means 6 is fixed to the lower portion 5 of the respective fusiform element 2 and another end is fixed to a frame means 9 of the device 1 having connection means 10 for the fixing of the upper portions 4 of the fusiform elements 2.

Obviously, in alternative, the invention provides also the connection of the linear actuator means 6 to the upper portions 4 and the fixing of the upper portions 5, of the fusiform elements 2, to the frame means.

Each linear actuator means 6 is double effect pneumatic type controlled and power by respective flexible piping from distribution means 11 manually operated.

The device comprises stocking means 12 interposed between the fusiform elements 2 and the pants means 7. The stocking means are made of elastic and airtight material and they are extended on a surface starting from the ankles up to the waist.

The stocking means 12 are connected by means of manual activated valve means to a compressed air source to control their inflate or deflate for the adaptation of the device to trousers of different sizes.

The operation of the device 1 begins from an initial condition in which the linear actuator means 6 are in the maximum extension and they keep the upper portions 4 in the maximum distance from the lower portions 5 and in which trousers are worn on in the fusiform elements 2 and their inside matches the pants means 7, the activation of the linear actuator means 6 provokes the approaching of the upper portions 4 and lower portions 5 and thus the thigh and waist portions of the trousers causing creases formation in this latter and achieving a deformation condition.

An advantage of the present invention is to provide a device for the deformation of the upper portions of trousers and the like that it is not only very fast and economic, but also comfortable for the operator even after hours of working, and that it does not require

particular physical efforts.

Other advantage is to provide a device that can carry out creases well marked on wide surfaces in controllable way.

Further advantage is to provide a device that it can carry out always different creases having a very realistic aspect and can operate on trousers of any size without substituting or changing its parts.