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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2009
Xiaoming Tao, Kowloon, HK;
Wai Man LI, Kowloon, HK;
Bingang Xu, Kowloon, KH;
Kok Keung Lo, Kowloon, HK;
Xiaoming Tao, Kowloon, HK;
Wai Man Li, Kowloon, HK;
Bingang Xu, Kowloon, KH;
Kok Keung Lo, Kowloon, HK;
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for reducing pilling on a piece of garment/fabric includes at least one holding member adapted to secure the piece of garment/fabric, a rotatable brush member adapted to brush on the piece of garment/fabric until loose fibers of the garment/fabric migrates to a surface of the garment/fabric to form a layer of pillable fuzz, a shaving member adapted to remove the layer of pillable fuzz on the piece of garment/fabric, and a control unit adapted to control movement of the rotatable brush member and the shaving member.