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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350472 | Work positioning device A work positioning device for a computer sewing machine includes an auxiliary table and a positioning arm having one end removably and turnably connected to the auxiliary table. The positioning arm has the opposite end provided with a positioning part and may be tur... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7277053 | Apparatus and methods for detecting and locating signals A discrete three-dimensional receiving element has multiple sensors scattered over its surface to detect and locate a signal. The sensors facing the signal detect the signal, and a boundary line is drawn between the sensor which detect the signal and those which don... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270028 | Adjustable pedal assembly with step-over control An adjustable pedal assembly for controlling step-over between pedal levers (16, 24) is provided. A first pedal lever (16) is supported for rotation about an operational axis. A first adjustment mechanism (20) adjusts the first pedal lever (1... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7240629 | Method and apparatus for minimizing sew selvedge A sewing machine that can be easily set up for minimizing selvedge includes a needle plate assembly and a reciprocating needle. The reciprocating needle is supported above the needle plate for joining at least two pieces of material together. A sew guide is spaced l... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7191680 | Stepping motor direct drive adjustable pedal assembly A pair of first (14) and second (34) pedal levers is pivotally supported for rotation by a support (12). A pair of adjustment mechanisms (21, 41) interconnect the support (12) and the respective pedal levers (14, 34) and inc... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6786163 | Automated sewing device An automated sewing device for automatically sewing together rectilinear and curved end portions respectively of two base materials. A guide element is provided to separate the two base materials from each other and guide them in a sewing direction, and a guide roll... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6533267 | Method and apparatus for the alignment of textile material sections A method of aligning a portion of textile fabric, whereby at least two movable gripping elements of a display device are brought alongside one another into contact with and fastened to a front edge of the portion of fabric and the gripping elements are mo... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6481362 | Orbital motion device for seaming garments A panel positioning system can be used to position side panels during manufacture of a pant. As a pant is transported in a machine direction, the panel positioning system moves a pant side panel in a direction generally perpendicular to the machine direct... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6158366 | Printing and quilting method and apparatus useful for automated multi-needle quilting and printing onto webs A quilting machine is provided having a first station and a second station, one being a printing station and one being a quilting station. The printing station is located either in line and preferably upstream of the quilting station, with a conveyor exte... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6035794 | Automatic collar loading system and method A collar attachment station having an automatic collar loading system that includes a pair of guide rollers about which a circular collar is received. The guide rollers have a substantially conical construction and a roughened outer surface. As the guide ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5941187 | Device for guiding a sewn material perpendicularly to a presser foot, automatic sewing method and sewing machine A device and method of guidance equipping a sewing machine provided with a work carrier plate, and a presser foot (5) for driving the material to be sewn, associated with at least one needle comprising at least one member (10) for adjusting the transverse... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5908004 | Method and apparatus for manipulating and sewing flexible fabrics Sewing apparatus for joining a first panel and a second panel and having an arm that is rotated about an axis normal to the surface of the first panel to rotate the first panel, a shoe biased to follow an edge of the first panel as the first panel is fed ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5899159 | Method of forming a folded hem and system for guiding a multiple ply seam of a textile work piece A guiding system for use with translucent textile work pieces is disclosed. A free edge (52) of a tubular work piece extends along a continuous processing path and is folded under the work piece to form a hem in the work piece. The work piece is then adva... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5829375 | Cloth end position control apparatus for a sewing machine The cloth end position control apparatus for a sewing machine of the present invention functions to control the end portion of the cloth to a specified sewing position. A cloth end control roller corrects the position deviation of the cloth by rotating in... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5769017 | Sewing apparatus of tubular cloth The sewing apparatus of the invention is applied, for example, in sewing of a tape-form circular rib to the end portion of a tubular cloth such as the waist portion of briefs. A cutter 19 disposed in front of the needle drop point 5 of the sewing machine ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5765495 | Method for sleeve alignment prior to sewing A machine for automatically aligning cut sleeve blanks after they are manually placed on the conveying surface by the operator. A material presence sensor is provided that recognizes the leading edge of the cut sleeve blank as it is being fed toward the h... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5743202 | Elastic waistband attachment system A looped elastic waistband (14) is positioned along a circular sewing path (12) with the waist edge (21) of a pair of pants (12) in straddling relationship thereover. The garment parts are advanced past a folding assembly (61), which folds the waist edge ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5709162 | Semi-automatic method to attach circular collars to T-shirts A sewing machine in combination with a workpiece control and advancing mechanism for automatically forming a seam along the aligned edges of a two ply waist band and a shirt body. The mechanism includes edge guiders, that are controlled by sensors, for in... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5687661 | Fabric piece conveying system A binding conveyor system for applying binding to a fabric piece. The apparatus includes an unique binding fixture for holding the fabric piece. The fixture includes: a base; a support attached to the base; and fabric engaging device mounted on the suppor... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5687660 | Cloth edge control device for a sewing machine A cloth edge control device for a sewing machine includes a pair of rollers, an optical sensor, and controller. The pair of rollers are arranged near a needle location in such a manner that the rollers are rotating about an axis perpendicular to a directi... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5657711 | Waist band attachment system A waist band (18) is placed in straddling relationship about spindles (11-14). The waist edge (24) of the garment body (19) is telescoped about the waist band (18), also in straddling relationship about the spindles (11-14). The garment parts are advanced... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5626091 | System for supplying and setting materials in a condition to be sewn by a sewing machine A system for supplying and setting two separate base materials in a neat condition ready to be sewn by a sewing machine, which includes a supplying mechanism and a setting mechanism. A first one of the two base materials is automatically supplied by opera... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5622125 | Automatic coverstitch on circular garment bands A sewing machine in combination with a workpiece control and advancing mechanism for automatically forming a coverstitch over an existing overedge stitch. The workpiece control and advancing mechanism includes an edge sensor and an edge guider and a feed ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5582122 | Feed system for a sewing machine An apparatus for automatically feeding one edge of a textile article to a sewing machine. The apparatus includes a first gripper adjacent to the sewing machine for gripping the leading portion of the edge of the textile article. A feed dog is adjacent to ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5568778 | Apparatus for feeding a workpiece including a rotor and endless belts An apparatus for feeding a workpiece in a machine tool, particularly in a sewing machine, comprises a main conveyor for longitudinally conveying the workpiece in a feeding direction and an auxiliary conveyor for transversely conveying the workpiece to ali... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5560309 | Material handling system A material handling system for forming an air bag in a plurality of workstations. The system includes a pallet for holding a workpiece in a predetermined orientation and a locator for locating the pallet in a plurality of workstations for performing diffe... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5553561 | Sleeve insertion system with edge guide feature An apparatus for high production assembly and sewing of tubular sleeve sections to shirt bodies. Tubular sleeve sections are loaded onto sleeve cones, preferably of cylindrical or frusto-conical form. The sleeve cones may be mounted for pivoting movement ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5540164 | Workpiece positioning apparatus Two workpiece portions (30, 32) that are to be stitched together along a stitching path (28) each have a stitching region (24, 26) which corresponds to the stitching path (28), but which is so shaped that the regions do not overlap when the workpieces (30... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5540166 | Edge steer finishing device and method A fabric conveying, aligning and fabricating system comprising a table having a support surface having a length over which fabric blanks are conveyed with continuous and uninterrupted movement. Conveyors are associated with the table which are adapted to ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5529004 | Method and apparatus for manipulating and sewing flexible fabrics A method and apparatus for maniuplating and sewing first and second panels together is disclosed including a rotatable arm for rotating a first panel and control means for reducing the stitching speed in response to detection of a comer of the first panel... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5522332 | Waist band attachment system The waist band (16) is placed in straddling relationship about spindles (12-15). The waist edge (23) of the shirt body (17) is telescoped about the waist band, also in straddling relationship about the spindles (12-15). The garment parts are advanced by t... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5497720 | Device for guiding a cover member to a sewing machine A device for guiding a cover member to a sewing machine, which basically includes a control arm supported pivotally on the table of sewing machine, a guide roller assembly mounted rotatably to the control arm, and a link assembly supported pivotally on th... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5461998 | Feed system for a sewing machine An apparatus for automatically feeding one edge of a textile article to a sewing machine. The apparatus includes a first gripper adjacent to the sewing machine for gripping the leading portion of the edge of the textile article. A feed dog is adjacent to ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461999 | Edge guiding apparatus for sewing machines Edge guiding apparatus for a sewing machine that controls the position of a fabric ply edge relative to a reference line. A friction wheel feeds a fabric ply toward a sewing station. If the fabric ply edge displaces from the reference line, control circui... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5415118 | Alignment device for a sewing machine A device for aligning a garment for a sewing machine provided with a device for moving the garment towards the sewing machine, and a device for aligning the garment to a lateral window along the moving device to obtain precision in alignment of the garmen... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5383410 | Automatic apparatus for hemming a tubular workpiece An automatic hemming apparatus for supplying a tubular workpiece in an adequate attitude to a sewing machine (4) is disclosed. The apparatus has a workpiece position control device (21) and a guide (19) for folding a circular edge of the workpiece in fron... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5370072 | Automatic alignment of material and positioning at the stitch forming location A device for aligning the margin and leading edges of plies of material to be sewed and locating the aligned edges at the stitch forming location of a sewing machine. A first sensor for detecting the presence of the work piece and actuating a power driven... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5289788 | Method of controlling fabric edge position and apparatus thereof A method and an apparatus for controlling the fabric edge position wherein a fabric fed to the needle location of a sewing machine is fed downstream, feeding distances per unit time at two feeding points, which are along a direction almost perpendicular t... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5282433 | Device for applying fabric webs or lengths of fabric A device for applying fabric webs includes upper and lower runners each formed with a respective edge facing a pile edge of the web and provided with respective first, second and third segments which are differently shaped and provide aligning of the edge... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5271345 | Device for optically scanning the material being sewn in a sewing machine To scan the material being sewn (30, 31) in a sewing machine in an annular area around the presser foot, an annular lens system (25) is provided, which images a circle (33) concentrically surrounding the presser foot in the plane (A) of the material being... | 12/21/1993 |
