Patent ID: 6446634
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A41G,D05C

Abstract:
An automated wig manufacturing apparatus comprising:a conveyor table; table drive means for moving said table on a two-dimensional plane at a predetermined pitch; base supply means for supplying a two-dimensional thin base to said table; tensioning and positioning means for stretching said base and positioning said stretched base at predetermined position with respect to said table; artificial hair supply means for supplying an artificial hair to the underside of said stretched base; hair transplanting means for transplanting said artificial hair on said base, said hair transplanting means including needle means reciprocating in first and second directions both perpendicular to said base, said needle means being moved in said first direction to penetrate said base and in said second direction, opposite to said first direction, to engage said artificial hair at the underside of said base so that said artificial hair carried by said needle means is transplanted on said base, hair transplanting operation by said hair transplanting means being repeated as said table is moved by said drive means to an adjacent position remote from a preceding position by said predetermined pitch; said tensioning and positioning means being made inoperative after said hair transplanting operation by said hair transplanting means is completed, thereby releasing said base from being stretched by said tensioning and positioning means to allow shrinkage of said base due to material shrinkability thereof.