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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7506597 | Application of waistbands to garments A method of attaching a waistband to a garment is disclosed which comprises providing a strip (26) of waistband fabric having outer portions more extensible than the centre section, and presenting the fabric to a sewing machine through a folder (18) fo... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7430974 | Fly sewing machine A fly sewing machine comprising a fly carrying portion disposed on an upstream side of a fly carrying passage between a fly supply portion and a sewing machine and a carrying speed adjusting portion disposed on a downstream side is disclosed. The fly carrying portio... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7401563 | Edge sewing apparatus An edge sewing apparatus for carrying out edge sewing in a curved shape along one side edge of a cloth piece in a strip-like shape while rotating the cloth piece, which includes: a press rotating member rotated in accordance with feeding of the cloth piece while pre... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7100526 | Label/tag inserter system A label inserter system for inserting and sewing a label or law tag into a border for a mattress or foundation during the formation of the border. The label inserter system generally includes a hopper, a label pre-feeder and a label transfer clamp subassembly that e... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7007358 | Mechanism for feeding loops into a clip attachment apparatus An improved mechanism feeds loops or ties into clip attachment apparatus such as a clipper. The loops preferably have tie portions, the carrier may be a tape, and the loops should be in substantially equidistant series on the carrier. The carrier passes around rolle... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6973886 | Sewing machine for sewing a welt cord to a web of border material A bedding foundation is manufactured with a cover having a welt cord extending upwardly to create a seal when a mattress is placed on the foundation. The cover is made using a two stage process. During the first stage a sewing machine is used to join a welt cord to ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6571833 | Optic cable conduit insert and method of manufacture A conduit sleeve structure for use with fiber optic cables, coaxial cables and the like includes a pair of adjacent strip-shaped layers of flexible material that are joined along their longitudinal edges to define a channel through which the cable can ext... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6401641 | Apparatus and method for producing a pattern on a piece of material An apparatus for stitching a penetrable material. The apparatus has a support for material to be stitched and a head assembly with a stitching head capable of directing a thread carrying needle through the material to be stitched that is in an operable po... | 06/11/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6293213 | Gusset manufacturing machine with automated measuring and cutting station A method and apparatus for automatically cutting notches at specific locations on a web which are separated by predetermined lengths which are the outer dimensions of a pillowtop mattress. The web is pulled through a sewing station with a traction drive. ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6286446 | Multi-needle zipper tape stitching mechanism, chain and zipper tape fastening structure A multi-needle zipper tape stitching mechanism includes a bottom needle plate having two parallel guide grooves for the passing of two chains (rows of teeth, a guide plate with two needle holes mounted on the bottom needle plate, a guide bar for guiding t... | 09/11/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6237518 | Trousers-fly-serging apparatus In a trousers-fly-serging apparatus, a fly is fed on and along a feed table by a retaining portion of a linear supply section, and pressing levers attached to lower portions of four corners of a support body move down to press and retain the fed fly with ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6209468 | Method and apparatus for sewing handles on a strip of material A method and apparatus are provided for sewing handles lengthwise on a strip of mattress border material or other elongated strip of material. A fold is formed and aligned on a leading end of handle stock and is advanced to a sewing head where the fold is... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6123041 | Automated sewing system and method for sewing a knit glove cuff edge An automated sewing system and method for overedge sewing a cuff edge of a knit glove to inhibit the glove cuff edge from unraveling is disclosed. The present invention permits an oversew pattern to be sewn into the seam thereby locking the stitches. The ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6082277 | Automatic flange applying machine An automatic flange applying machine for sewing the raw edges of a mattress panel and attaching a flange strip. A multi-speed sewing machine sews at high speed along straight sides and a straight top end and bottom end and forms rounded corners at a slowe... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6062153 | Sewing machine having a mechanical metering device A mechanical metering attachment for sewing ribbon such as elastic or woven lace and woven elastic to men's and ladies' undergarments. The attachment can be used on a variety of commercially available industrial sewing machines and is driven by an availab... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6055921 | Waistband attachment system A waistband attachment system (10) for sewing an elastic waistband into the waist portion of a garment is disclosed. The waistband attachment system includes a sewing head assembly (16), a puller roller assembly (24), a waistband expansion assembly (44), ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6044783 | Method and apparatus for automatically finishing the end of a binding strip Prior to being introduced into a sewing machine, an elongated binding strip passes through a plow where it is folded lengthwise to create a recess into which the edge of an article to be bound is received. The strip is trimmed by a cutter to a length long... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5996198 | Apparatus for ribbing cloth venetian blind strips Disclosed is an apparatus for ribbing cloth venetian blind strips in an efficient and mass production manner. The apparatus includes a group of strip pressing mechanisms which hold a strip to be ribbed in place and define a reference plane for other mecha... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5983814 | Automatic mattress handle sewing work station An automatic mattress handle sewing workstation is employed to install cloth handles to an mattress border two at a time. A flat handle is placed in a pair of twirler clamps which turn the ends of the handle 180° to underlie the remainder of the handle. ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5924376 | Waistband attachment system A waistband attachment system (10) for sewing an elastic waistband into the waist portion of a garment is disclosed. The waistband attachment system includes a sewing head assembly (16), a puller roller assembly (24), a waistband expansion assembly (44), ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5881656 | Mattress border production method and apparatus Mattress borders are manufactured by advancing and severing a strip of border maerial into first relatively short lengths of the border material for forming handles, and second relatively longer lengths of the border material for forming mattress borders,... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5778812 | Sewing apparatus for sewing circular rib A sewing apparatus of circular rib of the invention is applied to the case of sewing a circular rib in a tape form to the end portion of a tubular cloth such as the waist portion of briefs. A first cloth end controlling device corrects the position by gri... | 07/14/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5694875 | Border serger A border serger, used in the bedding industry, the serger having a left-hand and a right-hand sewing head, positioned approximately in a common horizontal plane, permitting border serging of both edges of one piece of border, or simultaneous border sergin... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5657710 | Automatic garment manufacture An apparatus for automatically forming a finished sleeve or pant leg for a sweat suit or the like is disclosed. The invention consists of six sub-assemblies: 1) a garment piece positioner and seamer; 2) a cuff making apparatus; 3) a cuff inserting apparat... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5657711 | Waist band attachment system A waist band (18) is placed in straddling relationship about spindles (11-14). The waist edge (24) of the garment body (19) is telescoped about the waist band (18), also in straddling relationship about the spindles (11-14). The garment parts are advanced... | 08/19/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5596939 | Apparatus for forming tubular collars An apparatus for converting a length of large diameter knitted tubular fabric into a plurality of fabric bands for use in the manufacture of apparel collars, cuffs and bands. The apparatus includes a slitter adapted to cut the large diameter knitted tubul... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5570648 | Waist band-forming apparatus and method An apparatus for forming and sewing a waist band to complete a pair of briefs. The apparatus includes a band maker for forming the waist band. The apparatus also includes at least one sewing machine adapted to receive the waist band and a pair of briefs a... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5560308 | Apparatus for processing peripheral selvedges of fabric An apparatus is provided for processing peripheral selvedges of fabric. The apparatus includes a sewing machine unit for sewing up fabrics; an air table mechanism incorporating a number of jet apertures through which air is jetted onto an upper surface of... | 10/01/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5531174 | Sewing machine for sewing seams on a tubular workpiece A sewing unit comprises a sewing machine having a guide device for a binding. A controlled positionable guide member of the guide device makes it possible to sew a binding on an endless edge of a workpiece portion by means of a plurality of separately sew... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5511500 | Side-by-side programmable feed system for a sewing apparatus A side-by-side material feed system is provided for feeding two dissimilar strips of material. The material is fed along parallel feed paths by first and second drive mechanisms which move the material toward respective cutters. The operation of the feed ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5505148 | Side-by-side programmable feed system for supplying strips in a sewing operation A side-by-side material feed system is provided for feeding two dissimilar strips of material. The material is fed along parallel feed paths by first and second material feeders which move the material toward respective cutters. The operation of the feede... | 04/09/1996 |
