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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360496 | Workpiece cloth ruler suitable for use with sewing machine A workpiece cloth ruler is disclosed which is detachably attachable to an attaching part of a cloth presser holder or a walking foot to which a cloth presser is attached to press workpiece cloth. The ruler includes a bar-shaped support detachably attachable to the a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7134399 | Seam gauge A device is taught for holding a sew cord or corded piping while it is cut and for manufacturing sew cord with a desired seam allowance. The device incorporates an adjustable seam allowance by providing notches cut for holding the sew cord after or during stitching ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6745711 | Sewing machine pressure foot and bias binder plate assembly A pressure foot for minimizing puckering or bunching of biasing fabric and a cloth item, garment or quilt when being sewn or finished. The pressure foot includes a laterally displaced inner foot displaced from the inner feed dog of the sewing machine and a bias guid... | 06/08/2004 |
| 5370071 | Lap seamer device for sewing machine A device for sewing together two plies of cloth with a lap seam. The device comprises a cloth guide that is disposed between a plurality of reciprocating needles and the front of a cutting knife. The guiding portion of the cloth guide extends substantiall... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5222450 | Lap seamer device for sewing machine A device for sewing together two plies of cloth with a lap seam. The device comprises a cloth guide that is disposed between a plurality of reciprocating needles and the front of a cutting knife. The guiding portion of the cloth guide extends substantiall... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5090344 | Presser of a sewing machine A presser of a sewing machine including a body movable downward for pressing a cloth which includes one side edge, a rod laterally extended from the body, a bolt rotatably supported on the rod, and a guide including a back extended downward from one side ... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4928610 | Sewing machine pneumatic decurler An apparatus for eliminating curls at the cut ends of fabric workpieces provides air tubes directed toward the curls so that air flow flattens the curls. The apparatus includes a device for generating air flow; a first tube connected to the device for gen... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4899677 | Sewing machine presser foot with needle guide for slide fastener application The upper side of the sole plate in a sewing machine presser foot is formed with a transversely extending channel for the median portion of a guide which steers the needle during making of a row of stitches adjacent the edge of a marginal portion of a pie... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4829921 | Presser foot for a sewing machine including a fulling rod and a trimming knife slot A presser foot for a sewing machine comprises a base section (1) through which are formed a needle hole (2) and a trimming knife slot (3) spaced away from the needle hole. A support (4) projects upwardly from the base section, and can be attached to a sew... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4784073 | Device of a sewing machine for forming blind stitches In a sewing machine which stores stitch control signals in an electronic memory composed with a microcomputer, incorporated therein are a stitch selecting device, a blindstitching depth setting device and a blindstitching width setting device which are bo... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4669406 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing embroidered carpets The present invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing an embroidered carpet. This apparatus is such that pile yarn is dipped into a substrate cloth with a hook device to form a surface of the carpet which comprises means for driving said hook devi... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4625663 | Work cutting attachment for zigzag sewing machines A work cutting attachment for use with a zigzag sewing machine having a reciprocatory needle bar, a presser bar and a feed dog. The attachment includes a base plate, a mounting mechanism for removably securing the base plate to the presser bar, an interlo... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4548145 | Holder for detachably mounting a presser foot A holder for detachably mounting a presser foot in a sewing machine. The holder consists of a holder body and a ruler rod mount. The holder has a longitudinal channel on its rear side for accommodating the ruler rod mount. This configuration is effective ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4532874 | Hem stitching presser foot for a zigzag sewing machine A hand stitching presser foot, for a zigzag sewing machine having a fabric feed direction and a presser foot holder, for forming a hem on a fabric, the presser foot consisting of a fabric presser member pivotally mounted to the presser foot holder and hav... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4526113 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing pantyhose A method of manufacturing pantyhose by means of sewing machine using hose shaped leg parts comprises arranging the leg parts in a flattened side by side longitudinal relationship, cutting each leg part along an edge from the waist rim of its panty area up... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4473019 | Hem stitch presser foot For a hem stitching operation with a sewing machine having a needle vertically reciprocating and also laterally swingable, a hem stitching presser foot is detachably mounted to a lower end of a presser bar of the sewing machine. The presser foot includes ... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4372230 | Presser foot with cording attachment A sewing machine presser foot having a labyrinth like passageway for freely guiding a cord to the sewing area of the machine in a manner preventing the self unthreading of the cord.... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4321880 | Presser foot attachment The present invention is directed to a presser foot attachment adapted for use with a sewing machine for stitching an upper material to a base material and simultaneously trimming the edge of the base material along a line closely adjacent the row of stit... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4230056 | Automatic thread wiper for sewing machines A sewing machine with a thread cutting device, a pneumatic/automatic presser foot lifter and an air hose attached to the exhaust of the presser foot lift cylinder or its solenoid valve, the air hose directing the air flow to an air jet tube attached to th... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4159001 | Presser foot for a concealed slide fastener A presser foot for a concealed slide fastener has a sole plate slidably supported on a stem, the sole plate having in its sole a pair of guide grooves extending along the length thereof. A first needle hole in the sole plate is located between the guide g... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4120253 | Tubular loop forming tool for sewing machines A tubular loop forming tool for sewing machines replaces the normal presser foot attached to the sewing machine presser bar, thereby providing the function of the presser foot and also serving as a gauge to control the size of a tubular loop being sewn fr... | 10/17/1978 |
| 3949689 | Sewing machine fabric edge flip-up guide In a preferred embodiment there is provided a plate having paired side by side parallel grooves therein for mounting vertically on a rearward face of a sewing machine structure above and behind the fork-carrying foot, the grooves extending vertically, wit... | 04/13/1976 |
