Patent ID: 6015070
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: D04D

Abstract:
A portable bow making machine for making a bow from ribbon comprising a base having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion having a fore end and an aft end, a rail supported to said base extending longitudinally therebetween, a manually operated carriage mounted on said rail for rectilinear movement, a clapper hingedly supported in axial alignment to said carriage, said second portion having an impaler attached to said base adjacent said aft end and extending vertically, said clapper being sufficiently heavy to drop on said impaler when said carriage positions said clapper directly thereover, a longitudinal open-ended channel on the underside of said carriage and said clapper and movable therewith for leading a portion of said ribbon from said fore end to said impaler, a first clutch carried by said carriage engageable with said ribbon for advancing said ribbon a predetermined distance, a belt connected to said impaler for imparting rotary motion thereto, a second clutch operatively connected to said belt for rotating said impaler a predetermined distance when said portion of said ribbon is dropped on and penetrated by said impaler for generating an arc on said ribbon, and a third clutch operatively connected to said belt for preventing said belt from moving in a single direction when said carriage is returned to said fore end.