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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7080605 | Pivoting feed roller A pivoting twin roller for feeding a material to a sewing machine is disclosed. The twin rollers grip the material with serrated rollers, which rotate at the same rate for uniformly moving the material relative the sewing machine. The twin rollers press down on the ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 5331910 | Sewing machine with auxiliary transport rollers, belt, and cutter An auxiliary transport device for sending out workpieces sewn on an elastic tape by a sewing machine is composed of front and rear rollers and a belt transmission device, and a cutter between the rollers, and one of the rollers is rotated and driven in sy... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5189970 | Cross-seam alignment apparatus An apparatus for aligning the cross-seams of similar lateral edges of two composite limp material segments, where each composite limp material segment includes two panels joined at a cross-seam extending transversely from corresponding points in the later... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5188045 | System for joining limp material segments with easing The invention includes in one form a sewing machine, two trackers (mice) to track the ends of material-to-be-joined, and a controller for controlling stitch formation to achieve precise control of the material position, permitting desired easing (positive... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5031553 | Method and assembly for producing protective covers for mattresses including: sewing elastic bands, corner seams, hemming, measuring, conveying & positioning fabric & having adjustable sewing needle trajectories With a method for completely automatic products of fitted sheets, elastic bands are sewn into or onto the cut edges (transverse edges), and the lengths of the elastic bands correspond approximately to the widths of the pieces of fabric. Then the widths of... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4947772 | Finish-up stitching control in an electronic sewing machine A sewing machine and a method of controlling operation of the same wherein reading out of a selected finish-up stitch pattern is effected substantially simultaneously with generation of rotation speed reduction signal when an actual rotation speed of the ... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4777896 | Sewing machine for performing pattern-correct sewing Before sewing, a cloth pattern sensing means generates waveform signal corresponding to the overall width of two overlapping patterns corresponding to each other in two cloth pieces. The position difference between the patterns is calculated on the basis ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4748922 | Device for the manufacture of partially fabricated fitted elastic bedsheets or similar seat covers In order to mechanically prefabricate fitted elastic bedsheets of such dimensions that the manual work steps still required for completion of the fitted elastic bedsheets can be carried out efficiently in a short time, a device is provided which includes ... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4590874 | Tension regulator for elastic tape and the like, particularly in sewing machines adapted to attach tape to a workpiece The invention pertains to a tension regulator for elastic tape and the like, particularly in sewing machines adapted to attach tape to a workpiece. This regulator substantially consists of an electromechanical transducer on which the stress produced by te... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4475474 | Metering device for sewing machines A device for automatically supplying a strip of elastic tape material to a sewing machine under tension. The device uniquely combines a tape supply mechanism, for tractively propelling the tape, and a tape tensioning assembly which guides the tape along a... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4377122 | Elastic metering device for sewing machine An elastic metering device including a plurality of individual tape feeding and tensioning mechanisms having a common drive shaft, with each mechanism being adapted to independently act on one of a plurality of tapes as they advance toward the machine. Ea... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4371417 | Differentially stretched elastic Apparatus for inserting elastic strips into elastic leg diapers wherein elastic strips are adhesively secured continuously along the crotch area and in relaxed condition along the waist areas including a mechanism for feeding a continuous strip of elastic... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4303027 | Cloth feeding apparatus A cloth feeding apparatus having two feeding devices with respect to the feeding direction and adapted to feed a cloth under a tension by setting the feeding amount on the downstream greater than the feeding amount on the upstream.... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4290376 | Auxiliary transport device for sewing machines An auxiliary transport device for sewing machines utilized to attach bands to the edge of a workpiece having a pair of spaced roller members disposed in frictional engagement with a band attached to the workpiece and simultaneously rotated incrementally f... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4182248 | Fabric puller A fabric puller for removing a fabric from the sewing instrumentalities through a sewing machine at a predetermined rate of travel in which fabric-engaging rollers are resiliently urged toward one another to engage the fabric or separated to release the f... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4102282 | Metering device for sewing machines A metering device for a sewing machine for supplying a predetermined length of material to the stitch forming instrumentalities. Movement is imparted to the metering device by a series of one way clutch assemblies, one of which is operably connected to a ... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4095536 | Discharge and cutting apparatus for tandem sewing machine A discharge and cutting apparatus for attachment to the trailing end of a tandem sewing machine, which is used to sew footwear components and apply tape to the seam, includes a frame having a base plate contiguous with the work surface of the sewing machi... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4046087 | Automatic apparatus for conjointly sewing two elastic cloths having different elasticity An apparatus for automatically sewing together two elastic cloths having different elasticity, the less elastic of which has a substantially annular shape, comprises a conventional sewing machine having its rotating devices connected with supporting and f... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4037546 | Sewing machine apparatus for aligning and sewing pieces of textile fabric or the like a sewing machine apparatus for aligning one side of a series of fabric panels in a predetermined position. The apparatus includes measuring devices which associate with and continually monitor the position of one side of the fabric panels with respect to ... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4024824 | Sewing machine feeding and cutting attachment for elastic stripping Pivotally mounted attachment apparatus for use with sewing machines for controllably elasticizing circular parts of garments or other goods. A substantially upright bracket lockably pivoted to the machine has a main and lateral arm, the main arm affording... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4020776 | Feeding and cutting attachment for sewing machines Pivotally mounted attachment to a sewing machine feeding mechanism for intermittent elastic stripping applied to a base material during sewing operation and involving a substantially horizontal feed system to the sewing station. Said feeding mechanism is ... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3994247 | Material positioning apparatus The apparatus for aligning two plys of limp material being fed into a work station employs a pair of bi-directional motor driven belts operating in electrical circuit relationship with closed loop servo control and a pair of photo-diodes with light source... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3964410 | Elastic inserter for a sewing machine An attachment for a sewing machine for inserting a selected length of elastic in a hem formed along a fabric edge, such as for example along the corners of a bed sheet, to thereby contribute to the form-fitting performance of the product. During sewing at... | 06/22/1976 |
