US 11,737,505 B2
Apparatus for manufacturing hair cap
Ik Hyun Kim, Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/273,582
Filed by Ik Hyun Kim, Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Aug. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/009853
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/054976, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0107745 (KR), filed on Sep. 10, 2018; and application No. 10-2019-0084524 (KR), filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195984 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A42C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A42C 5/00 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for manufacturing a hair cap to be worn on a head, the apparatus comprising:
a worktable (T);
a rubber band mounting unit (200) provided on a portion of a top surface of the worktable (T) and configured to outwardly expand a rubber band (100) so as to increase the diameter thereof;
a rubber band conveying unit (400) provided on the top surface of the worktable (T) and configured to convey the diameter-increased rubber band (100) to one side by holding the rubber band (100);
a nonwoven fabric cutting unit (690) provided on top surface of the worktable (T) and configured to cut the nonwoven fabric (120);
a nonwoven fabric fusion unit (600) provided on the top surface of the worktable (T) and configured to join the rubber band (100), conveyed by the rubber band conveying unit (400), to an outer circumferential portion of a nonwoven fabric (120) after the nonwoven fabric (120) is seated; and
a drive unit (800) configured to drive the rubber band conveying unit (400) so as to reciprocate between the rubber band mounting unit (200) and the nonwoven fabric fusion unit (600).