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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6637358 | Method of sewing supplementary parts on a workpiece In a method of sewing at least one supplementary part on a workpiece, a workpiece identification is fed into a computer and a program is activated thereby, which indicates, on the display screen, the respective supplementary part that is to be sewn on nex... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6533267 | Method and apparatus for the alignment of textile material sections A method of aligning a portion of textile fabric, whereby at least two movable gripping elements of a display device are brought alongside one another into contact with and fastened to a front edge of the portion of fabric and the gripping elements are mo... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6390003 | Feeding a sock tip to a sewing machine The equipment for automatically feeding a sewing machine with a sock tip comprises a device for gripping the sock from the area of formation of the same on a circular machine for socks and at least one device for transferring the gripping device to a pred... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6341570 | Method and apparatus for sewing the toe of a sock A method of sewing the toe of a sock is provided which can automatically take out a sock pattern of knitted fabric from a sock knitting machine and sew up the selvedge at the toe portion of the sock pattern of knitted fabric thus improving both the effici... | 01/29/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6189470 | Automatic pillow sham sewing machine An arrangement of sewing successive edges of material which extend in two directions. The arrangement comprises a stationary sewing table having a prescribed sewing area. The sewing table supports a carriage. A sewing machine is supported by the carriage.... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6158367 | Apparatus and method for automatically orienting hosiery articles for closing toe ends thereof An apparatus for orienting open-toe sock blanks includes a tube for receiving a sock blank sleeved thereover such that the open toe end of the blank extends beyond the end of the tube, a clamping mechanism for engaging the blank against the tube and for r... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6112682 | Embroidery panels holding mechanism and changing system An embroidery panels holding mechanism and an embroidery panels changing system for an automated embroidery machine are provided. The holding mechanism holds a plurality of panels at predetermined positions corresponding to the positions of the ganged emb... | 09/05/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6082281 | Automatic pillow sham sewing machine An arrangement of sewing successive edges of material which extend in two directions. The arrangement comprises a stationary sewing table having a prescribed sewing area. The sewing table supports a carriage. A sewing machine is supported by the carriage.... | 07/04/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6035794 | Automatic collar loading system and method A collar attachment station having an automatic collar loading system that includes a pair of guide rollers about which a circular collar is received. The guide rollers have a substantially conical construction and a roughened outer surface. As the guide ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5979347 | Method and arrangement for folding and stacking sewing goods The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for folding and stacking sewing goods disposed downstream of a sewing machine and separated from it by an interspace, wherein a transfer device bridging this interspace and succeeding transport device a... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5967505 | Automatic feeder and inverter for fabric workpieces An apparatus is provided for feeding fabric workpieces one at a time from the top of a stack of like workpieces having a first rough side and a second smooth side, the workpieces being stacked with alternating sides up. A computer controlled picker is use... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5860374 | Automatic feed system for embroidery machine A stitching machine has a stitching head stationarily mounted above the table. A carriage frame is mounted above the table and below the head for movement in a Y-direction relative to the head. A carriage belt is rotatably mounted to the carriage frame fo... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5816177 | Material feeding, aligning cutting and edge finishing system A sheet material advancing and cutting apparatus for incrementally advancing the cut end of a supply of terry cloth sheet material (11) past a cutting blade (66), drawing out the supply of material to its cutting position, and cutting the material along l... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5765494 | Sleeve making method and apparatus A machine for automatically producing apparel sleeves that includes a station at which the sleeve blank is trimmed, folded and hemmed. Another station is provided at which the hemmed sleeve blank is folded and turned inside out. The sleeve blank must then... | 06/16/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5727487 | Combining and binding conveyor system A combining and binding conveyor system which combines a first fabric piece and a second fabric piece to form a combined fabric piece, such as a men's brief and applies binding to the fabric piece. The apparatus includes an unique combining fixture for re... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5704304 | Level lining apparatus and method An apparatus and method are provided for simultaneously feeding two or more rolls of material into a sewing and cutting system. Specifically, the apparatus includes a roll let-off for supporting and feeding a first roll of material or cloth. The let-off i... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5685250 | Quilting method and apparatus Quilts (120) are made from unquilted comforter bags (206) without premounting the panel on a rectangular frame (11,11a). A leading edge clamp (50,250) is preattached along the leading edge of a panel and fed from an operator station (15) onto a shuttle (2... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5673639 | Method of feeding a piece of tape to a belt loop sewing machine and tape feeder for effecting same A sewing machine has a tape feeder for feeding a piece of tape thereto. The tape feeder includes a triple cylinder unit having first, second and third cylinders connected in series with one another. One end of the triple cylinder unit is pivotally connect... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5664512 | Garment piece positioner and seamer An apparatus for receiving a garment piece at a first workstation and moving the garment piece to a second workstation where the garment piece is seamed together. The apparatus includes a garment piece transfer system located adjacent to the first worksta... | 09/09/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5642680 | Automatic cuff setter An apparatus for automatically setting a cuff to a garment piece for a sweat suit or the like. The apparatus includes a holding fixture for holding the cuff in the garment piece prior to sewing. A transfer system then moves the cuff and garment piece toge... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5640916 | Quilting method and apparatus The quilting of rectangular comforter bags, mattress cover panels or other similar panels is provided without the need to premount the panel on a rectangular frame. A leading edge clamp is preattached along the leading edge of a panel and the clamp is fed... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5628264 | Sleeve making method and apparatus A machine for automatically producing apparel sleeves that includes a station at which the sleeve blank is trimmed, folded and hemmed. Another station at which the hemmed sleeve blank is folded and turned inside out. The sleeve blank must then be stopped ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5603274 | Clamping device for a sewing machine A clamping device for use in a sewing machine. The clamping device includes a clamping plate having a downwardly facing clamping surface for clamping a first workpiece to a sewing surface of a sewing machine wherein the clamping plate is supported for ver... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603270 | Quilting material handling and feeding method and apparatus A quilting method and apparatus in which ticking or facing material changes are effected, preferably under the control of a programmed computer or controller, by automatically retrieving, and preferably also splicing onto a web, selected materials from a ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5601043 | Method of manufacturing thread-stitched books and arrangement for carrying out the method A method of manufacturing thread-stitched books and an arrangement for carrying out the method, the method including gathering individual folded printed sheets into sheet blocks in a gathering unit, and loading after each gathering cycle the sheet blocks ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5598797 | Hat embroidery positioning device and method A hat embroidery alignment device and method comprises an alignment stand to which a cap frame with hat in place is located, thereby allowing an operator to draw forth a pointing device, or view a position indication, in order to align and lock the hat su... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5598801 | Easy loading sewing station A sewing station is disclosed including a workpiece clamp shuttle for loading and shuttling a bulky workpiece to be sewn to a sewing location of a sewing machine. The workpiece clamp shuttle includes a support surface for supporting a bulky workpiece and ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5560309 | Material handling system A material handling system for forming an air bag in a plurality of workstations. The system includes a pallet for holding a workpiece in a predetermined orientation and a locator for locating the pallet in a plurality of workstations for performing diffe... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5555835 | Automatic procedure for sewing pre-ironed patch pockets The present invention is a method and a machine for automatic sewing of pre-ironed patch pockets to clothing items. The clothing item and the pocket are manually positioned on a work surface at one end of the machine while a previous pocket is sewn to the... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5553564 | Automatic sewing machine system and method for loading and sewing workpieces An automatic sewing machine system for sewing a small workpiece to a larger workpiece by moving the sewing head and needle along an extended predetermined path while the workpieces remain stationary. Also provided is a method for using this system. The la... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5511502 | Automatic loader for a stator coil lacing machine An automatic loader for a stator coil lacing machine includes structure for advancing a stator from a first position adjacent an arbor of the machine to a second position away from the arbor. The automatic loader also includes structure for moving the arb... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5454335 | Apparatus for joining front and rear fabric panels An apparatus for sewing two fabric panels together along the edges thereof. The apparatus includes a combining fixture for holding the panels such that the edges to be joined hang freely in the combining fixture. A staging mechanism engages the edges of t... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5437238 | Waist band attachment system A continuous loop waist band (10) is placed in edge alignment with a garment body (11), and the garment parts are stretched about spindles (19, 20, 21 and 23). The spindles are moved away from one another so as to stretch the aligned edges of the garment ... | 08/01/1995 |
