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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421962 | Guide for use in making a seam having a T-member A seam for use in a vehicle armrest or other interior component. The seam includes a first material and a second material joined to the first material. The seam also includes a T-member connected to the first material and the second material to form a French seam ap... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7370592 | Sewing machine Sewing machine includes a tension detection section (26) for detecting tension acting on a sewn material (A) paid out from a rotary holder member, and a drive section for driving the rotary holder member, and the driving operation of the drive section (14 | 05/13/2008 |
| 7334533 | Sequin feeder device Sequin feeder device includes an adjustment member mounted on a feed lever, and the adjustment member controls pivot timing of a lock lever by its adjustment piece abutting against a lock lever. The pivot timing of the lock lever is adjustable as desired, in accorda... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331301 | Controlling garment size A method of controlling the size of a fabric of a garment is disclosed which comprises overfeeding the fabric into a sewing machine while simultaneously providing a tape or cord to stabilise the sewn fabric. The tape or cord is made from a material which can be elim... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7263747 | Zipper attachment and a method of making the improved zipper attachment A zipper mechanism is stitched to one side of a base which has a layer of adhesive on the other side. A release liner covers the adhesive and includes a plurality of rows of slits which define sections which are separated from each other. The zipper mechanism is att... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7124696 | Portable carpet binding machine A portable carpet binding machine comprising a housing defining an interior region, a drive mechanism supported by the housing and at least partially disposed in the interior region, a prime mover operatively coupled to the drive mechanism for providing motive power... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7100525 | System and method of finishing ruffled gussets/borders A system for forming and attaching pillowtop attachment gussets and borders to panels, with the gusset or border material being fed from a supply into a sewing station. The gusset or border material is passed through a folder assembly that directs the gusset or bord... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6997126 | Offset seam sewing process A process for joining adjacent panels of plural layered upholstery, including the steps of adjacently positioning first and second panels, each having an offset backing and exterior layers, and substantially aligning longitudinal peripheries of the first and second ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6848378 | Method and apparatus for binding edges of material products In the method, binding tape is fed through a puller assembly in a flat orientation from a source, such as a binding reel assembly. The binding tape is received by a folder assembly via the puller assembly and is folded so as to change orientation of the binding tape... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6415727 | Flanging machine The instant invention is directed to a flanging machine which utilizes a dual belt feeding assembly for grasping both surfaces of the material being fed to and through the sewing area. The arrangement provides for greater productivity, a more controlled a... | 07/09/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6283054 | Textile-edge binding assembly A textile-edge binding assembly for applying binding tape to the edge of a textile includes a conventional sewing machine having a conventional needle and throat plate, a folding assembly, and a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly is positioned proxima... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6237519 | Tape feeder for a stitching machine A tape feeder for feeding elasticizer tape to a stitching machine adapted for stitching the elasticized tape onto a textile workpiece, the tape feeder comprising a tensioning assembly comprising a tensioning assembly comprising a gearbox fitted with a fir... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6189469 | Strip matter cutting device for sewing machine A strip matter cutting device for sewing machine is provided which is mainly employed in automatically cutting a tape or rubber sewed on the shoulders of a T-shirt. It is arranged such that the whole of a cutting part which comprises a rotary cutting blad... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6165046 | Dual folding tool and method of use The use of a left and right-turning folding tool in the sewing of underwires providing support for a brassiere left and right cup, in which the starting end of the underwires are alternately sewn starting in the middle of the brassiere, i.e. at the locati... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6125777 | Strip sewing apparatus and method A sewing machine for attaching tapes to a web includes a web feed station, a sewing station and a transfer mechanism to transfer the web from the sewing station to a collection zone. The sewing station includes a sewing head that moves across the web to s... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6035793 | Apparatus for supplying belt-loop material to sewing machine An apparatus for supplying, to a sewing device, a connected belt-loop material including at least one connection portion where two long materials are connected to each other, the connection portion having a width greater than a substantially constant widt... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6029592 | Cloth folding guide for sewing machine The present invention, which is a cloth folding guide for sewing machine for guiding a belt-shaped cloth to fold it into a state in which the edge of the cloth body is covered, is realized in a way to insert a control member in the folding passage of the ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5881661 | Leg binding attachment system A semi-automatic leg binding attachment system includes a pair of infeed guide plates leading towards and terminating in a pair of sew heads. To align the garment as it is fed into the sew heads, a combination of pneumatic garment aligners and active, mec... | 03/16/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5732641 | System for sewing an anchor member to a covering material of vehicle seat A sewing system which permits automated sewing of an anchor member to a covering material. By operation of this sewing system, the covering material is transferred by associated vertical and horizontal transfer mechanisms to a sewing position adjacent to ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5715765 | Sewing machine hem folder attachment The present invention relates to a sewing machine attachment for sewing a length of hem material onto an edge of a workpiece comprising a hem folder, the hem folder configured for folding a strip of hem material and aligning the folded hem material with a... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5707021 | Cone and ribbon holding device A cone and ribbon holding device including a base portion. A pair of cone holders are secured to the base portion. A pair of thread guides are secured to the base portion. The pair of thread guides are positioned intermediate the pair of cone holders. A r... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5690040 | Presser foot device for feeding elastic member The presser foot device of a sewing machine comprises a presser foot 2, a tension mechanism 3 disposed on the presser foot 2 and having a presser member 6 which is adjustably movable back and forth, a guide member 4 provided at a tip end portion of the pr... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5603275 | Device for forming a loop-like anchor member on a trim cover assembly A device for automatically forming a loop-like anchor member on a trim cover assembly. The device includes a recessed groove arranged between a slit formed in a table of sewing machine and a movable feed member of sewing machine, a guide duct member exten... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5598798 | Sewing machine attachment including reciprocating folder and feeder The present invention relates to a sewing machine attachment for sewing a length of hem material onto an edge of a workpiece comprising a device for folding a strip of hem material and aligning the folded hem material with a needle of a sewing machine to ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5566633 | Sewing machine with tape feed and pneumatic devices for clamping workpieces An automatic industrial sewing machine which increases productivity and improves quality in the sewing of linings to facing material in the manufacture of jackets. The machine automatically inserts a plurality of different rates of fullnesses at predeterm... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5540167 | Piping-fitted cloth pouch and method and equipment for its manufacture A method for manufacturing a sealable cloth pouch having an opening on one side and consisting of two cloth parts to be sewn together uses several piping segments corresponding in number and length essentially to the edges of the cloth pouch which is to b... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5531175 | Alignment, ejection and dragging apparatus for sewing buckles and belt carriers on belts An interchangeable guide (4) is applied on the mobile plane (2) of a sewing machine, for the alignment of the belt carrier(s) (5) of belts (6), pre-arranged for the sewing of buckles (7). To the guide a transversal lever (12) is coupled for the ejection o... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5522329 | Device for selectively feeding bands in a sewing machine A band feeding device feeds a selected one of a plurality of band-type materials (e.g. cloth tape, rubber) to a sewing machine for sewing to a ring-shaped garment such as, for example, the waist or crotch of a pair of trousers or briefs. One of a pluralit... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5448960 | Binding tape and elastic insertion A method and device that provides the operator with an unrestricted view of the stitch forming area of a sewing machine when binding a fabric edge and applying an elastic tape within the bound edge. The elastic tape is secured to the undersurface of the g... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5315946 | Method and apparatus for automatically attaching a collarette, display and label to a garment body A method and apparatus for attaching a collarette, display, and label incorporating the use of a sewing machine having a sewing head, a collarette feed means, a display feeder, a label feeder, leading and trailing edge detectors, a stitch counter, and a c... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5277139 | Sewing apparatus A sewing apparatus and method for receiving tubular knit fabric from a pre-knitted roll and making the fabric into foot covers. The fabric is first passed through an unique spreader which is mounted at the end of a pivotal boom adjacent a sewing machine. ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5249539 | Tape feed-in device on a presser foot assembled on a sewing machine A sewing machine has a tape feeder for laterally aligning pre-positioned tapes of different widths at a presser foot (38) with a presser foot sole (4), the presser foot arranged in such a way that it can move up and down. Several guide elements (15) const... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5230294 | Endless belt zipper feed with sensors for a sewing machine A zip-fastener feeding device for an automatic sewing unit comprises an introduction device, an endless drawing means guided via a drive wheel and via deflection pulleys and a guiding device. Zip fasteners can be introduced through the introduction device... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5203269 | Textile guide apparatus Apparatus and a method enable the production of novel decorative fabrics having flat narrow fabrics stitchingly secured in longitudinally compressed substrate. The narrow fabrics are such as lace, ribbon, braid or tape. The apparatus and method function s... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5203268 | Apparatus for sewing elastic hems on fabric pieces An apparatus for sewing elastic hems on fabric pieces is designed as a tandem machine. In a first sewing machine (26a), an elastic band (6) is prefixed at the edge of a fabric piece (8). During further conveyance thereof, the thus created double-ply struc... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5199364 | Sewing machine having two bordering guides movable vertically and horizontally respectively, for applying ribbon like trimmings to a work piece A sewing machine having two bordering guides (11, 16) that are used to apply two different ribbon-like trimmings to a workpiece. The first bordering guide (11) is mounted on a machine bed (2) and oscillatable about a vertical axis spaced apart sideways fr... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5178081 | Metering device for sewing machines A tape feed device for an elastic tape from a supply at a sewing machine having a biased actuating lever, whose angular position varies in dependence upon the size of a loop and which controls the motor of a take-off roller. An adjuster, which is electric... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5146860 | Sewing and stacking apparatus A sewing and stacking apparatus, comprising a sewing unit for stitching folded tape on a series of sewing mediums of an identical shape and size arranged appropriately apart; a transporting unit for transporting the sewing mediums having the folded tape s... | 09/15/1992 |
