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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7267135 | Tent corner construction A method of constructing a water-resistant corner for a tent or other fabric structure, and the corner formed therefrom. A protective panel may be laid over a flooring material sheet, and the sheet and the protective panel are folded into a corner. The formed corner... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7200900 | Article having a closure system An article having an opening equipped with a slide fastener type closure system, the opening being defined by a cutout having a generally rectilinear central portion and at least one end portion extending in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the cen... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7073456 | Method for manufacturing stent-grafts A sewing machine is provided which is capable of sewing reinforcing wire to tubular grafts in order to form stent grafts. A bobbin (which may be seated in a shuttle) carries a bottom thread through the bore of the tubular graft and forms a stitch in combination with... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6941882 | Apparatus for sewing slide fastener chain onto cloth piece In a slide fastener chain sewing apparatus, a continuously supplied slide fastener chain is successively sewn onto a pair of left and right cloth pieces. A chain cutter cuts the slide fastener chain between the cloth pieces which are moved continuously over a sewn p... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6792885 | Method for manufacturing an invisible trademark zipper A method for manufacturing an invisible trademark zipper comprises (1) transferring a continued yard strip printed thereon with complementary halves of a pattern facing down into a weaving machine; (2) synchronizing two zipper teeth by passing the two zipper teeth t... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6604477 | Method of manufacture for a boot for the physically impaired A method of manufacture for a boot for providing improved accessibility in the wearing of boots for the physically impaired. The method of manufacture includes providing a quantity of leather for making individual portions of a boot; providing a quantity ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6460475 | Method and device for manufacturing string core-free invisible zipper Method and device for manufacturing string core-free invisible zipper. Without string core, the molded zipper racks are separately and directly loosely reversely fed into the needle seat of the machine. The fabric belts are at the same time fed into the n... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6164227 | Method for sewing stretchable cloths by using stretchable cloth tape, and stretchable cloth In a method for sewing stretchable cloths of the invention, one or more stretchable cloths are laminated with a stretchable cloth tape. While the stretchable cloth tape is slightly stretched, first stitches are provided on the stretchable cloth tape to co... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6092479 | Trousers-fly-sewing apparatus In the apparatus, a lateral supply section is provided on one side of a fly-conveying passage, and an angle-changing member with a desired inclination angle is provided on the other side of the fly-conveying passage. A fly is supplied from the lateral sup... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5979348 | Rolled hem forming process and apparatus therefor A rolled hem forming process and a rolled hem provider incorporating the process are disclosed. The process eliminates use of a conventional truncated pipe which is capable of properly forming a rolled portion on only certain types of fabric materials. Th... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5806450 | Method and apparatus for sewing fabric pieces to fastener stringers A method and apparatus of sewing a pair of opposed fabric pieces to a pair of continuous fastener stringers of a slide fastener; the fastener stingers having a pair of coupling elements mounted one on an opposed longitudinal edge thereof. The sewing of op... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5701833 | Method and apparatus for sewing cloth pieces in a series to continuous slide fastener chain In a sewing station, a preceding cloth piece is sewn to a slide fastener chain from a leading end of the preceding cloth piece to a predetermined position short of a trailing end thereof, and the sewing is terminated when it reaches the predetermined posi... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5161474 | Method of serging trouser-fly piece with slide fastener stringer attached thereto An improved method of serging a trouser-fly piece on a serging machine having a trimming cutter is disclosed wherein a continuous trouser-fly blank assembly is fed intermittently into a first feed path extending toward the serging unit at a predetermined ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5016549 | Attaching a strip of cloth with a zip-fastener component to a trouser forepart For the purpose of attaching a strip of cloth provided with a zip-fastener component to a trouser forepart, first a rim of the strip of cloth and then the rim of the trouser forepart are folded over. The strip of cloth is arranged above the trouser forepa... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4996933 | Method for folding zipper side tapes and garment panel edges for attachment thereof The sewing attachment of a jacket front panel zipper in which the edges of the zipper side tapes are folded into inwardly facing C shapes and the left and right jacket front panel edges into outwardly facing C shapes, and these inwardly and outwardly faci... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4991527 | Method of attaching a strip of cloth with a zip-fastener component to a trouser forepart To attach a strip of cloth provided with a zip-fastener component to each of two trouser foreparts, the edge of the trouser forepart is folded over before being joined to the strip of cloth. The trouser forepart with the folded-over edge and the strip of ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4979450 | Method and apparatus for sewing fly pieces to a slide fastener chain In a sewing of successive substantially rectangular fly pieces to a continuous slide fastener chain on a sewing machine, a corner of the leading end of the individual fly piece is automatically folded as the fly piece is advanced toward a sewing station d... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4956879 | Garment having seamless body A garment, such as a child's sleeper, having a body portion made of sheet material, without seams, and provided with a longitudinal opening and closure means therefor, such as a slide fastener. The longitudinal opening is for putting the garment on a chil... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4892049 | Automatic sewing machine exclusively used for sewing zipper on workpiece This invention relates to an automatic sewing machine exclusively used for sewing a zipper on a workpiece and its related art. The automatic sewing machine exclusively used for sewing a zipper on a workpiece comprises a sewing machine (10, 20) capable of ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4872538 | Article of luggage or the like and method of making same An article of luggage has first and second side walls joined by a joining wall. In preferred embodiments, the luggage further included a zipper positioned against the inner surface of the first side wall and forming a closure to a pocket of dimension simi... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4870918 | Method for setting a workpiece correctly on a skirt-zipper sewing machine The disclosed method and apparatus for setting a workpiece correctly on a skirt-zipper sewing machine provides a pair of pressing plates which are positioned at the center of a zipper when the plates are lowered and which press the material of the workpie... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4854253 | Method and apparatus for applying protective strip to end of slide fastener In a method and apparatus for applying a protective strip by sewing to an end of a slide fastener, a continuous protective strip is fed downwardly toward a tape supply position on the base of a sewing machine with its one surface facing opposite to a dire... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4821658 | Apparatus for setting a workpiece correctly on a skirt-zipper sewing machine The disclosed method and apparatus for setting a workpiece correctly on a skirt-zipper sewing machine provides a pair of pressing plates which are positioned at the center of a zipper when the plates are lowered and which press the material of the workpie... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4803937 | Method and apparatus for attaching a zipper to a garment A method and apparatus for attaching a zipper when a zipper is attached to a garment which provides a flap to cover the zipper attached thereto, conducted such that a "perfect stitch" line appears on the garment surface and a "hitch stitch" line is covere... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4714038 | Method for sewing zipper chain to elongated fabric pieces A method of sewing and an automatic sewing apparatus for accurately aligning fabric pieces and continuously fed zipper chain at a sewing station and sequentially thereafter sewing the chain into the fabric in zipper-closed condition, cutting the chain to ... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4704781 | Process and apparatus for mounting a slide fastener near opposing edges of two pieces of material In the process for mounting a slide fastener segment or slide fastener near the opposing edges of two pieces of material, particularly on a slit in a piece of clothing, a slide fastener strip, the slide fastener segment or the slide fastener and the piece... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4644886 | Method and apparatus for attaching fly strips to a slide fastener chain Successive fly strips are continuously sewn to a continuous slide fastener chain by a continuously operating sewing machine as the fly strips are supplied one after another to the sewing machine. During this supplying, a succeeding fly strip is superimpos... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4628545 | Apparel article having zipper connection and its method for fabricating First and second panels are removed from a length of apparel fabric. Each panel is folded so as to form suitable pleats and folds in the mutually adjoining edge regions of the panels. Both zipper halves are preferably simultaneously inserted into one of t... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4608745 | Method of attaching fly strips to a slide fastener chain In a method for automatically attaching successive fly strips to a continuous slide fastener chain, the successive strips are fed to a standby point one after another by a conveyor horizontally spaced from a sewing machine by a gap in which the standby po... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4593635 | Method and apparatus for sewing a slide fastener to fabric pieces An improved method and apparatus for assembling fastening elements to fabric pieces including sewing separated fastener stringer tapes to respective fabric pieces pulling the sewn element downstream as the sewing proceeds, and partially combining the sepa... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4541352 | Method of and apparatus for attaching fly strips to a slide fastener chain Automatic assembly for sewing flypiece to a continuous slide fastener chain includes a sewing machine, a gapping device from which the continuous chain having element-free gaps formed at regular intervals therealong is fed to the sewing machine, and a fly... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4534067 | Fly construction and method of forming it This invention relates to a fly structure for trousers or the like, and more particularly to a fly structure formed from flaps which are integral with the front panels of the trousers or the like. The flap forming the outer or exposed flap portion of the ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4411211 | Method of and apparatus for attaching slide fastener coupling chains to a flexible support A method of and a sewing machine for affixing a continuous chain of coupling members for a slide fastener to a flexible support, e.g. a garment or a tape to be applied to a garment, utilizes a fabric fed by a mechanism below the worktable and a presser fo... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4353760 | Forming articles with slide fasteners and attached sewing guides A method for forming slide fasteners with attached sewing guides is disclosed wherein a stock strip of paper is coated with adhesive and release material and subsequently formed into pairs of member sections which are folded and then assembled on center s... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4343254 | Method and apparatus for closing the toe end of a hose A pair of cam driven finger pieces of a holder unit for a hose such as a seamless hose allow travel of the toe section of the hose across the sewing region on a sewing machine along a prescribed arc locus and timely controlled ejection of air jet in the s... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4321881 | Method and apparatus for inserting a gusset in panti-hose The present invention relates to a method of seaming a gusset to a garment characterized by supporting the garment (10) on a support which comprises an elongate member (70) open at one end onto which the garment is drawn and inner support means (74) displ... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4265190 | Sewing aid for slide fastener and method A guide including one or more members formed from planar material, such as paper, is removably attached to a slide fastener. Article edge portions bordering an opening in an article are removably attached to the guide. The guide retains the edge portions ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4237806 | Installation of separable slide fastener on article Separating slide fastener tapes are installed on opposite article portions by first sewing one of the article portions to one half of a single slide fastener stringer tape section, and then sewing the other article portion to the other half of the single ... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4217840 | Zipper sewing attachment and method A method and apparatus for applying a zipper to a length of material. The system involves the feeding of the material to a sewing machine while simultaneously locating separate zipper tape sections on the material whereby the tape sections are attached to... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4187791 | Method of manufacturing slide fastener stringers A method of manufacturing a slide fastener stringer is disclosed as including the steps of cutting a row of transverse slits in a strip, and applying a row of reinforcements across the strip, placing a continuous coupling element on the strip so that head... | 02/12/1980 |
