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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7228808 | Battery-operated sewing machine A portable sewing machine powered by a battery can be used for carpet binding and other tasks. A pod having a motor and a battery are releasably attached to the side of the sewing machine and can be used on several different sewing machines such that only one pod ne... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6951590 | Stitched pile surface structure and process and system for producing the same A stitched pile surface structure and a process and apparatus for producing and finishing the same is disclosed. The stitched pile surface structure includes a backing having a thickness T. A plurality of parallel lines of stitches extends longitudinally along the b... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6055918 | Portable carpet binder A portable carpet binder applies and sews a binding tape to a carpet edge. The binder includes a sewing head having a carpet support table, a sewing mechanism, a motor, means for folding the binding tape over the carpet edge, and wheels to move the carpet... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6027066 | Carpet strip rolling machine A device for winding a carpet strip into a compact roll for handling and transport winds the carpet strip about a motor powered winding spindle controlled by, for example, a foot pedal, the strip being guided onto the spindle by a pair of selectively spac... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5875723 | 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 m... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5241918 | Apparatus for sewing over-edge stitch in carpet An apparatus for sewing an over-edge stitch to form a butt-seam in sections of carpet or other thick workpieces is provided, wherein an existing over-edge stitching machine has four primary parts removed and replaced with four parts of different designs, ... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5216969 | Automated carpet binding apparatus An edge finishing system for heavily piled, relatively stiff materials has a robot member which engages a piece of the material and forces it to bear against a fence along one edge. The robot moves the piece through a sewing station where tape is applied ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5209171 | Carpet edge binding machine A machine for sewing a binding tape to a cut edge of carpeting comprises a wheel-mounted sewing machine having an opposed pair of pinch rollers engaging opposed sides of the carpeting, the pinch rollers being inset from the cut edge and one of the rollers... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5083519 | Carpet binding guide apparatus An apparatus including a sewing machine head mounting a support plate, with the support plate orthogonally oriented relative to a reciprocating sewing needle, with the support plate including a forward edge, the support plate mounting a first "L" shaped p... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5020458 | Sewing machine, particularly for edging or hemming materials The sewing machine is used for looping or linking floor coverings and is transportable, so that, apart from being used in stationary manner, it can also be moved along the material edge to be looped. It produces a two-thread overcast seam and has a cuttin... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4062307 | Binding machine for materials such as carpets, carpet strips or the like A portable integral compact rug binding machine which may be guided along the outside edge of a carpet to be bound by means of a handle is disclosed. The rug binding machine is provided with a vertically mounted drive motor and a low or close to the floor... | 12/13/1977 |
| 3943864 | Carpet sewing machine A carriage-mounted sewing machine with special stitch forming means and an advance power trimmer are driven as a unit along the rails of a railway sewing machine bed by operation of the sewing machine motor and a unique clutch arrangement coupled with the... | 03/16/1976 |
