Patents Represented by Attorney William V. Ebs

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  • Pushbutton control for sewing machine
    Patent number: 4453478
    Abstract: Pushbuttons for controlling pattern sewing in a sewing machine are provided with latch plates which prevent the simultaneous retention in actuated positions of pushbuttons for selecting bight controlled patterns and pushbuttons for selecting combined bight and feed controlled patterns, and which are disposable to permit the retention in actuated positions of pushbuttons in either one or the other of said groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventor: William Weisz
  • Sewing machine control
    Patent number: 4453152
    Abstract: A control for a sewing machine is provided with a turnable outer knob for operating a potentiometer, and a slidable inner knob within the outer knob for moving a contact member to connect conductive paths on a printed circuit board which supports both the potentiometer and contact members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Allan M. Dob, Richard Mead, Terry L. Wilson
  • Fabric repairing tool with cylindrical sheet metal cutter
    Patent number: 4446621
    Abstract: A fabric repairing tool is provided with a cylindrical sheet metal cutter having a helically extending sharp cutting edge. The cutter is affixed to an arbor which moves the cutter into a die mounted within a stationary sleeve wherein the arbor is slidably supported to cut out a piece from fabric held in the path of the cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventor: Wesley R. Peterson
  • Arrangement for securing in a slide plate hold-down spring in a sewing machine bed
    Patent number: 4444139
    Abstract: A slide plate hold-down spring is provided with a depending portion which is received in a well in a sewing machine bed. The depending portion includes a window in which a protuberance on the bed engages the spring, and a curved length which engages a wall of the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Walter H. W. Marsh, John Patricia, Alfred Mack
  • Sewing machine bobbin for a vertical axis hook
    Patent number: 4442785
    Abstract: A sewing machine bobbin for a vertical axis hook is provided with a top and a bottom flanged section, and a fastener which both holds the sections together and is the driven member of a clutch through which the bobbin may be driven for bobbin winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Charles R. Odermann, Thaddeus J. Zylbert
  • Vertically stacked components in a control module for a sewing machine
    Patent number: 4442784
    Abstract: A control module for a sewing machine is provided with spaced apart plates, each to support a set of push-buttons arranged in multiple rows. The push-buttons include extensions which are contiguously stacked vertically for slidable movement and operate against aligned posts in actuated position of the push-buttons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: William Weisz, Raymond S. Tyburcy
  • Push-button control module for a sewing machine
    Patent number: 4441440
    Abstract: A control module for a sewing machine includes a rectangular array of push-buttons which are slidably mounted for linear motion in a frame and include rearwardly extending portions in a single line engageable with cam followers slidably movable thereby into engagement with cams rotatable in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventor: William Weisz
  • Gate bracketing cushioning spring arrangement for a sewing machine
    Patent number: 4436043
    Abstract: Skip stitch mechanism for a sewing machine is provided with a coiled cushioning spring which mounts on the upper arm of a movable gate, and limits upward movement of a needle bar when disconnected from needle bar reciprocating mechanism to provide for a skipped stitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventor: Edilberto Cantada
  • Handwheel clutch for sewing machines
    Patent number: 4434880
    Abstract: A handwheel clutch for a sewing machine having a bistable tiltable element for engaging or disengaging the clutch thereby coupling or decoupling the handwheel from the arm shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventor: Boleslaw Kornatowski
  • Strain controlled sewing machine mount
    Patent number: 4434736
    Abstract: A sewing machine is secured to the platform of a sewing cabinet with a machine connected stud and a wing nut which is threaded on the stud and is permitted to turn only a limited amount so as to prevent excessive force from being applied to the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Jan Szostak, Albert L. Newman
  • Bight and needle positioning control for sewing machines
    Patent number: 4434733
    Abstract: A control for a sewing machine is arranged to enable an operator, utilizing a single input control member, to select the amplitude of side to side motion of a needle bar for pattern sewing, or to dispose the needle bar in defined off-center positions for either straight stitch sewing or for effecting disengagement of the needle bar from driving mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventor: William Weisz
  • Loop positioning arrangement for double pointed looper sewing machine
    Patent number: 4428312
    Abstract: A pivotally movable cam having a double pointed looper thereon for seizing thread loops on one side of a sewing needle is formed with raised surfaces to engage the thread on the opposite side of the needle and thereby position the thread loops for looper point seizure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventor: Stanley J. Ketterer
  • Sewing machine thread guide with protective guard
    Patent number: 4427165
    Abstract: A plastic guide for thread extending from a supply spool to the sewing instrumentalities of a sewing machine is provided with a metal wear bar to engage thread exiting from an opening in the guide and prevent the thread from cutting a groove in the plastic material of the guide at the edge of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Robert H. Larsen, Harold R. Piszczek
  • Adjustable cushioning spring for a sewing machine
    Patent number: 4426943
    Abstract: Skip stitch mechanism for a sewing machine is provided with a coiled needle bar cushioning spring which mounts in axial alignment with the needle bar on the upper arm of a movable gate and which can be adjustably positioned on the gate arm to define a position from which the needle bar may be latched to reciprocating drive means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventor: Edilberto Cantada
  • Fabric shearing and heating tool
    Patent number: 4424094
    Abstract: A fabric repairing tool is provided with a cutter which is operable in a one-shot shearing operation to remove a portion of fabric from a folded piece of material held in the tool with a foldable clamp, and is further provided with heating means which is energizable to a controlled temperature effective in a desirable period of time to bond a thermoplastic pad and patch to a damaged fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Michael Laude, Michael Marra, Corbett W. Stone, Artin G. Vartoukian
  • Belt retainer guard for sewing machine
    Patent number: 4422396
    Abstract: A sewing machine with a timing belt for transmitting power from a toothed driving pulley to a toothed driven pulley that rotates a loop taker is provided at each pulley on the belt entering side only with a belt guard which guides the belt onto the pulley and prevents teeth on the belt from jumping over teeth on the pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Jan Szostak, Henry Schaeflern
  • Thread handling arrangement with fiber carrying strip and cam
    Patent number: 4422395
    Abstract: A sewing machine is provided with a thread handling device including an elongate rigid member and a strip from which resilient fibers extend outwardly to contact thread passing between the rigid member and strip, and with a thread engaging cam which prevents a premature descent in said device and improperly formed stitches resulting therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventor: Donald Rodda
  • Convertible bed for a sewing machine
    Patent number: 4421043
    Abstract: A free arm of a convertible bed sewing machine is provided with a rear bed extending member which is pivoted on a cover that is fitted over a fixed machine supporting leg but can be readily removed therefrom with the bed extending member to provide space for an embroidery attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1983
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Boleslaw Kornatowski, Kenneth D. Adams
  • Combination handwheel and handwheel clutch for sewing machines
    Patent number: 4418809
    Abstract: A handwheel and handwheel clutch assembly for a sewing machine having a bistable tiltable element for engaging or disengaging the clutch thereby coupling or decoupling the handwheel from the arm shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventor: Boleslaw Kornatowski
  • Camming arrangement for thread handling device
    Patent number: 4413578
    Abstract: A thread handling device including an elongate rigid member and a strip with fibers extending outwardly to contact thread in a sewing machine passing between the rigid member and strip is provided with bracketing thread controlling cams which improve the performance of said device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventor: Donald Rodda