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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117976 | Handicraft needle puncher, handicraft assisting tool and handicraft needle punch set A handicraft needle punch set includes a needle puncher, and an assisting tool used in performing needle punching to an object. The assisting tool includes a plurality of tubular template portions each having a desired sectional shape. The needle puncher includes a ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7137554 | Card mailer system and method of preparing card packages for mailing An automate card package mailer for preparing card packages (60) composed of one or more cards(50) attached to matching carrier forms (33) for mailing has a carrier folding apparatus that is programmable to fold the carriers into different confi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7011030 | Attachment method and arrangement for softgood logo patch A logo patch arrangement for a piece of garment includes a background patch made of non-fabric materials, an affixing element, and a logo patch. The logo patch is overlapped on the affixing element to cover the affixing element, wherein the affixing element is hidde... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6386129 | Name cloth feed device There is described a tag feeder that feeds tags one after another from a tag strip comprising numerous tags and having sensor marks and cut lines onto side edges of fabric materials placed on a work table. The tag feeder comprises a pair of feed rolls to ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6318283 | Method and apparatus for marking fabric A method and apparatus for marking fabric in a permanent or semipermanent manner includes a plurality of foam markers which are compressible to a smaller size. Upon release of external pressure, the foam markers expand to their original shape and volume. ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 5897044 | Needles useful in the dispensing of plastic fasteners A needle useful in the dispensing of plastic fasteners. In one embodiment, the needle includes a shank portion and a base portion, the shank portion having a front section shaped to define a spoon-shaped tip. The tip has a blunt point with a radius approx... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5640917 | Welt forming device, and fabric guide A welt forming device comprises: base fabric holding means which is able to hold a base fabric flat at all times; and welt fabric holding means for fixedly holding a welt fabric on the base fabric. Those means are moved in a sewing direction in synchroniz... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5551112 | Shoe support with pivotable carrier for use with sewing machines A shoe hoop, adapted for use in combination with a sewing machine, provides a rigid frame mountable in a fixed position with respect to an associated sewing machine. A sole plate carried within the frame has spring-loaded clamps that hold a shoe firmly to... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5520129 | Method and apparatus for join and sew application A sewing machine apparatus and method for sewing a label to a thick, puffy, or quilted mattress is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pair of clamps attached to a carriage, a cutter and nipper disposed above the carriage, and a controller for controlling... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5417174 | Automatic trouser indexing method and apparatus for belt loop attachment A method and apparatus for indexing the waistband of trousers into belt loop attachment positions at the stitching station of a sewing machine is disclosed. A stepper motor is drivingly engaged to an indexer clamp, which engages the end portion of the wai... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5406900 | Method and apparatus for attaching sleeves to tubular shirt bodies A method and apparatus are disclosed for automating the sewing of tubular sleeve sections onto tubular shirt bodies, as in the manufacture of T-shirts. Shirt bodies and sleeve sections are applied over a generally cylindrical body form having portions ali... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5365867 | Style group recognition system for automated sewing patterns There is disclosed a computerized control system for stitching apparel parts in various stitching patterns according to individual designs or styles. The control system prevents mismatching the hardware components used to hold the apparel parts during sti... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5333563 | Sewing method and apparatus The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for finishing pipings or a box pocket portion and face portion neighbouring therewith in a flat form irrespective of the thickness of fabrics to be used in stitching the pipings or box pockets.... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5188044 | Folding device for sewing a second workpiece onto a first workpiece in an automatic sewing machine A second workpiece, for instance a pocket blank, is placed with its edge regions protruding on at least three sides, on a folding device which forms part of the automatic sewing machine. The folding device has a swingable outer frame which has a plurality... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5092258 | Method and device for producing pocket openings A method and apparatus for automatically making a pocket opening having a flap and a pocket bag, one half of the pocket-bag blank being sewn to the workpiece together with the flap and the piping strip. The formation of the seam takes place as a function ... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5078067 | Sewing machine with abnormal condition warning means for warning abnormal condition by changing color of light A sewing machine comprising a sewing machine lamp for illuminating an area around an end of a sewing needle, and a plurality of color filters provided on a rotary disk which is rotated by a stepping motor so that the area around the end of the sewing need... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5070799 | Sewing machine with zipper cutter A sewing machine sews a continuous zipper chain to two fabric side pieces. An adjacent severing device severs the sewn article into discrete units of a length selected by the operator. Operator observation of the severing device and sewn article is achiev... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5069148 | Trouser-fly piece serging apparatus A trouser-fly piece serging apparatus includes a guide unit disposed upstream of a serging station and composed of a first elongate guide member extending at an angle relative to the path of movement of a trouser-fly piece being advanced by a serging unit... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5067424 | Apparatus for sewing fabric pieces to slide fastener chain An apparatus for automatically sewing a succession of fabric pieces to a continuous slide fastener chain comprises a sewing machine for feeding and sewing the fabric pieces and slide fastener chain together; a guiding apparatus disposed upstream of the se... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5060588 | Method of 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... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5052316 | Fabric holding frame for a sewing machine A fabric holding frame consists of a bed plate and a presser frame connected to the bed plate for vertical movement relative to it. The bed plate is provided with a positioner to locate a fabric and plural windows. The presser frame is provided with strap... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5040472 | Label dispenser for sewing machines A label dispenser in which data about the label length and the position of the reading marks on the labels is programmed into an electronic control mechanism which advances the labels accordingly by an electronically controlled stepping motor. A stationar... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5035191 | Cloth holder for automatic sewing machine A patterned cloth holding apparatus for an automatic sewing machine, which apparatus comprises a cloth holder for holding a generally rectangular piece of fabric at a position spaced from a position where the rectangular piece of fabric is to be sewed on ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5018461 | Label supply apparatus and label supply method A label push-in element is provided under a label placed at a label rest position and a label retainer is disposed over the label. The push-in element is advanced upwards to force the intermediate portion of the label into the retainer and is retreated af... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5019116 | Sewing machine apparatus for the succesive production of a number of stitch groups in a workpiece In the sewing unit for the successive production of a number of stitch groups in a workpiece, a carriage supported slidably in two opposite directions on a frame and bearing a stitch group sewing machine. The sewing unit is periodically driven by a drive ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 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 |
| 5012752 | Work piece setting apparatus with pattern matching A work piece setting apparatus including a sensor for detecting patterns of two work pieces, two holders for holding the cloth pieces, a moving device for moving the lower holder, a rotator for rotating the lower holder, a calculator for calculating a mis... | 05/07/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4989527 | Sewing system A sewing system that is smaller and more simple in construction than the prior art. The cloth holding means and cloth clamping means are part of a X-Y-Z motion apparatus that is supported solely from the top arm of the sewing system frame. Because the spa... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4979934 | Card feeding and folding apparatus An apparatus for feeding and folding cards from a card supply to a work surface at which the cards are utilized in a folded configuration in a work cycle. The cards are delivered to the work surface by a delivery mechanism and a folding device folds the c... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4967675 | Method and sewing unit having means for folding a strip of material prior to sewing the same to a blank A method and sewing unit for folding a strip of cloth and then transporting it to a sewing machine together with a sewing material blank to which it is to be sewn. In accordance with this invention, the sewing material blank 109, which has been laid out i... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4951585 | Apparatus for folding a strip of material and supplying the same to a sewing machine An apparatus for folding a strip of material and supplying the same to a sewing machine which sewingly attach the folded strip of material (B) to a base material (C). The apparatus comprises a movable base (78) reciprocally movable between its standby pos... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4928608 | Apparatus for joining the pocket trimming and the pocket bag in trouser pockets An apparatus for joining the pocket bag (I) and the pocket trimming (II) in trouser pockets, with a folded fabric edge of the pocket trimming (II) being sewn by means of a sewing-machine (4) to the pocket bag (I) consisting of lining material. For rapid, ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4915040 | Suit material support device A suit material support device which comprises a center suit coat body support member and a pair of suit sleeve support members disposed on the opposite sides of the suit body support member. The suit coat body support member is rotatable from a suit coat... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4911091 | Sewing apparatus for 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 ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4909167 | Method and device for attaching a pocket insert A small part (42) is automatically lowered, with its front side (76) facing upward, directly onto a main part (43) which is spread out on a worktable (2), the front side (76) of said main part also facing upward. The respective patterns of the main part (... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4905618 | Method for sewing a collar on to a body of an article of clothing To produce a collar, which consists of two lower collar parts and if necessary an upper collar, on the body of an article of clothing, the edge of the body and, if necessary, the corresponding marginal zone of the upper collar are arranged between the ass... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4903620 | Automatic exchange of the size in an automatic sewing unit Automatic size changer on an automatic sewing unit comprising a sewing machine, a clamp set formed at least by two half-clamps, a loader set formed at least by two half-plates for loading the pieces to be sewn in the clamp set, one of the half-clamps and ... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4898109 | Device for sewing a collar on to a body of an article of clothing To produce a collar, which consists of two lower collar parts and if necessary an upper collar, on the body of an article of clothing, the edge of the body and, if necessary, the corresponding marginal zone of the upper collar are arranged between the ass... | 02/06/1990 |
