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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1991
Erich A Schmidt, Lexington, KY (US);
Other;
Abstract
A strip of acetate of a selected length is cut from a ribbon of acetate by a heated cutting wire after the strip has a middle portion clamped between two pairs of fingers. A first outer portion of the strip is then folded beneath the middle portion of the strip at an angle thereto and adjacent thereto after which a second outer portion of the strip is folded at an angle to both the first outer portion and the middle portion and adjacent the first outer portion. The folded portions of the strip are held in the folded relationship as the fingers are advanced to an attaching apparatus at which the portions of the strip are attached to each other to form a bow and to a garment. Activation of the attaching apparatus is prevented if the operator has an extremity disposed in an area where the extremity will be struck by a portion of the attaching apparatus during activation of the attaching apparatus.