Patent ID: 6739779
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B43K,D06B,D06P

Abstract:
A fabric repair device for repairing unwanted bleached out spots on fabric, said device comprising:a plurality of cartridges, each cartridge having a distal and proximate ends, each cartridge including: a housing having distal and proximate ends, said housing including: a sleeve in the distal end of said housing, said sleeve defining a hole in the distal end of said housing; an internal wall attached to said sleeve, said internal wall defining a centrally disposed hollow core in said housing; and a fluidized dye concoction contained within said hollow core in said housing; a first spring attached to said internal wall of said housing; and a nozzle tip having a distal and proximate ends, the proximate end of said nozzle tip is attached to said first spring, a middle portion said nozzle tip is slidably inserted within the hole in the distal end of said housing, said nozzle tip having a hollow channel traversing from an exit port in the distal end of said nozzle tip to an entrance port in a side wall in the middle portion of said nozzle tip, when the proximate end of said nozzle tip is depressed inwardly into said hollow core of said housing so that said entrance port of said hollow channel in the side wall of the middle portion of said nozzle tip is within said hollow core of said housing then said exit port of said hollow channel of said nozzle tip is in fluid communications with said hollow core of said housing, when the distal end of said nozzle tip is distended outwardly away form the distal end of said housing so that said entrance port of said hollow channel in the side wall of the middle portion of said nozzle tip is outside of said hollow core of said housing then said exit port of said hollow channel of said nozzle tip is not in fluid communications with said hollow core of said housing; an elongated cylindrical casing having a distal and proximate ends, said casing including a plurality of interior walls defining a plurality of interior chambers, wherein each cartridge of said plurality of cartridges is slidably inserted within each corresponding interior chamber of said plurality of internal chambers of said casing; a manifold attached to the distal end of said casing, said manifold having a plurality of interior collars traversing through said manifold, each collar having a wide section and a narrow section, said nozzle tip of each cartridge of said plurality of cartridges is slidably inserted within the wide section of each corresponding collar of said plurality of collars of said manifold, wherein said exit port of said nozzle,tip is in fluid communications with said wide and narrow sections of each corresponding collar of said plurality of collars of said manifold; a rotating cap having a proximate and distal ends, said rotating cap pivotally attached to the proximate end of said casing, wherein said rotating cap is rotatable around the proximate end of said casing, said rotating cap including: an inner wall defining a hollow aperture; a second spring attached to said inner wall, said second spring mounted within said hollow aperture of said rotating cap; and a push rod having a distal end, a proximate end and a middle section, said push rod attached to said second spring, said middle section of said push rod is disposed within said hollow aperture of said rotating cap, the proximate end of said push rod extends outward from the proximate end of said rotating cap, the distal end of said push rod extends outward from the distal end of said rotating cap, the distal end of said push rod extends inward into any one interior chamber of said plurality of interior chambers of said cylindrical casing, wherein the distal end of said push rod is connectable to the proximate end of any one of said cartridges of said plurality of cartridges inserted within said plurality of interior chambers of said cylindrical casing when said rotating cap is rotated around the proximate end of said casing, wherein when said rotating cap is rotated around the proximate end of said casing so that the distal end of said push rod is aligned directly over the proximate end of any one of said cartridges of said plurality of cartridges inserted within said plurality of interior chambers of said cylindrical casing then the proximate end of said push rod is operatively connected to the proximate end of said nozzle tip of the aligned cartridge so that depressing on the proximate end of said push rod fluidly connects said hollow core of said housing of said aligned cartridge of said plurality of cartridges with said manifold; a conical applicator tip attached to the distal end of said casing, said applicator tip including: an inside wall; a porous wall attached to said inner wall, said porous wall having a plurality of pores traversing through said porous wall, wherein said inside wall and said porous wall defining an aft mixing chamber and a fore mixing chamber, said fore and aft mixing chambers are in fluid communications with each other, said fore and aft mixing chambers are in fluid communications with said each collar of said plurality of interior collars traversing through said manifold; a shaft attached to said porous wall, said shaft extending through said fore mixing chamber; a third spring attached to said shaft; a plug seal attached to said third spring, said plug seal is detachably connected to said inside wall; and a probe having a proximate and distal ends, said probe is attached to said plug seal, when the proximate end of said probe is pushed towards said fore mixing chamber then said plug seal is detached from said inside wall of said conical applicator tip wherein the proximate end of said probe is in fluidly communications to said fore mixing chamber, when the proximate end of said probe is distended away from said fore mixing chamber then said plug seal is connected to said inside wall of said conical applicator tip wherein the proximate end of said probe is not in fluid communications with said fore mixing chamber.