Abstract: In a sewing device for feeding a sewn product through a given gap defined between the feeding surface of a sewing machine table and forward feeding members provided above the feeding surface, a sewn product supporting member for carrying the sewn product thereon is provided under the feeding members on the feeding side of the sewn product and a vertically driving unit for vertically moving the sewn product supporting member between the height of the feeding surface and that below the same is attached thereto. When the sewn product supporting member is lifted, the front end portion of the sewn product is brought into close contact with the feeding members uniformly and certainly. The feeding members subsequently feed the sewn product toward the feeding surface of the sewing machine table with certainty without rolling in or pulling the front end portion of the sewn product. As a result, it is possible to efficiently fabricate a sewn product of even and high quality.

Abstract: A mask sewing device comprises a pair of sewing machines which are fixed to a working table, being arranged left and right thereon in such a way as to face each other, and are operated in synchronism with each other, a pair of belts provided apart from each other on the working table by a given interval, each belt extending between the mask cloth feeding side and mask cloth sending-out side of the working table and a feeding unit for driving the belts in the normal and reverse directions, wherein the sewing machines can concurrently sew the folded end portions of the mask cloth at both sides thereof respectively, the mask cloth being inserted into the interval from the feeding side.

Abstract: There is provided an auxiliary bed device for an overlock machine in which sewing of cylindrical workpieces, such as cuffs and bottom edges of pants legs, and pouches as well as flat ones can be performed only by manually sliding the auxiliary bed against the free arm, thereby a change-over of the auxiliary bed being considerably efficient when sewing of cylindrical and flat workpieces are carried out alternately.

Abstract: A rolled hem switching device comprises a lower knife mounting base which is arranged below a throat plate and is adjustably movable in a lateral direction by way of a laterally moving mechanism provided on a sewing machine frame, a moving pawl which slidably engages a guide groove extending in a cloth feeding direction on a side surface of the lower knife mounting base, a presser member which is fixed to the lower knife mounting base and slidably supports a side surface of the moving pawl and which comprises a horizontal slit of a given length for projecting a projecting portion of the moving pawl therethrough and a lower knife which is fixed to a side surface of the lower knife mounting base at a front side of the presser member for slidably supporting a side surface of the moving pawl.

Abstract: A towel cloth drawing-out device comprises a pair of working tables facing each other with a gap therebetween, a towel cloth drawing unit for drawing out the towel cloth from the towel material to hang the same in the gap, a towel cloth clamp member which is provided in the gap and is able to reciprocate in the drawing direction of the towel cloth, a driving unit for reciprocating the towel cloth clamp member and a vertical wall which is provided on the side of one of the working tables, the working table being disposed on the drawing side of the towel cloth, for clamping the same between the towel cloth clamp member and itself.

Abstract: A thread guide holder device comprises a thread guide holder which is mounted on a spool stand base and has thread guides each for guiding a thread therethrough, wherein the thread guide holder is mounted on the spool stand base by way of damping materials. As a result, it is possible to restrain the oscillation of the thread guide holder during sewing operation so as to smoothly draw out the threads through the thread guides of the thread guide holder and consequently prevent irregular stitches and restrain an eye-offensive oscillation of the thread guide holder.

Abstract: A steam press for pressing fabric is disclosed. The press includes a piston pump which draws water out of a water reservoir and forces the water into a water inlet port of the press. The pump is operated by a direct current motor which is coupled to the piston of the pump by a drive shaft. The piston is caused to slide back and forth by means of first and second relays coupled between a source of direct current and the motor. The first and second relays apply, respectively, direct voltage of a first polarity and a second reverse polarity to the motor.

Abstract: In a bar tacking stitch pattern comprising lateral stitches formed in a sewn product in such a way as to cover the starting and ending portions of overedge chain stitches which are formed on the periphery of a button hole in the direction substantially at right angles to the extending direction thereof and zigzag stitches which cross the lateral stitches, a pair of stitches of the zigzag stitches are formed on both sides of an end portion of the button hole adjacent thereto in such a way as to be substantially symmetrical with regard to the button hole and a pair of stitches of the lateral stitches are formed on both sides of the end portion of the buttonhole adjacent thereto outside the area between a pair of line segments which respectively extends through the pair of stitches of the zigzag stitches in the extending direction of the button hole.

Abstract: A thread trimming device for a lockstitch bar tacking sewing machine is equipped with a thread trimming unit comprising a detecting member which is rotatably supported by a sewing machine body and has a detecting portion, a first position detecting means which is fixedly mounted on said sewing machine body in such a way as to be capable of facing the detecting portion of the detecting member and which produces a thread trimming signal for starting thread trimming when the detecting portion approaches thereto and a driving unit for driving a thread trimming cam link in such a way as to bring the contact portion of a thread cam link in contact with the cam surface of a thread trimming cam for trimming a needle and a bobbin threads based on the thread trimming signal. As a result, the mechanical components thereof becomes simple in structure and easy in adjustment, and those relating to the thread trimming operation are improved in durability.

Abstract: A bed structure for an overlock machine comprises a fixed bed formed by connecting an extension bed to a portion of the front side of a main bed, a substantially box-shaped free arm cover transversely slidably and removably disposed contiguously with a main frame beside a throat plate so as to cover a looper; and a substantially U-shaped auxiliary bed having a front portion, a side portion and a rear portion, disposed so as to surround all sides of of the free arm cover excluding one side of the free arm cover adjacent to the main frame with the front portion thereof inserted in a gap between the extension bed and the free arm cover and with the end surfaces of the lower wall and the lower side wall of the side portion thereof in contact with the side surfaces of the main frame and joined to the extension bed with a horizontal land portion formed in the surface of the front portion thereof fitted in a horizontal groove formed in the corresponding surface of the extension bed so as to be transversely movable r

Abstract: A sewing device comprises endless conveyer belts for feeding a sewn product on a feeding surface, a feeding drive unit, a sewn product supporting member which is provided under the endless conveyer belts on the feeding side of the sewn product and a cloth end detecting means which is provided between the needle position line of a pair of sewing machines and the sewn product supporting member for detecting either of the front end portion or the rear end portion of a preceding sewn product when a given interval is formed between the preceding sewn product which has been fed by the endless conveyer belts and a following sewn product which is placed on the sewn product supporting member, wherein the feeding drive unit starts operation upon completion of lifting of the sewn product supporting member which carries the following sewn product thereon and stops operation when the cloth end detecting means detects either of the front end portion or the rear end portion of the preceding sewn product.

Abstract: A thread end holding device for a sewing machine comprises a needle thread catching puller which is swingably supported on the side of a sewing machine arm and is driven to swing between a thread catching position and a home position, and which comprises a hook portion at the tip end thereof for catching a needle thread extending from a needle when said needle thread catching puller is at its thread catching position and holds the needle thread at its home position and first and a second holding members which are respectively mounted on the side of the sewing machine arm and is disengaged from the both clamping portions when the needle thread catching puller is at its thread catching position and enters a gap between the both clamping portions at the hook portion thereof so as to elastically clamp the end of the needle thread between the clamping portions when the needle thread catching puller is at its home position.

Abstract: A label picking up device for drawing by suction the uppermost label from a plurality of labels accommodated in a pile in a label case by way of a vacuum suction unit and supplying the sucked label to a given sewing machine comprises a presser member which is inserted into the label case through a vertical opening portion formed on a side wall thereof for pressing the pile of the labels at an edge portion thereof in the label case from above at a given pressure and a peel-off plate for pushing out the uppermost label by rubbing the same on an edge portion of the upper surface thereof so as to release the same from being pressed down by the presser member. As a result, it is possible to draw the uppermost label by suction with certainty regardless of the weight of the label, the air permeability thereof, etc., and moreover supply the same to a given sewing position.

Abstract: A needle bar thread guide device for a sewing machine comprises a needle bar thread guide which is fixed to the lower end portion of the needle bar of the sewing machine and has a thread retaining portion therein for guiding the needle thread and an auxiliary thread guide which is mounted on the needle bar above the needle bar thread guide in such a way as to be adjustable in its vertical position and has a threading hole therein for passing the needle thread therethrough so as to apply a frictional force to the needle thread by contacting the needle thread at the rim thereof, characterized in that the retaining point of the thread retaining portion and the contact point of the threading hole are shifted from each other in a plan view.

Abstract: A stitch balancing thread tension device for a sewing machine, the body of which is inserted into the opening portion of the sewing machine body, wherein the thread tension device body for supporting a stem on which a pair of tension discs are fit, comprises a projecting portion which contacts the outer side surface of the sewing machine body and pawls which are retained at the circumferential edge of the opening portion by the inner side surface of the sewing machine body for clamping the sewing machine body therebetween. The pawls are elastically invaginable into the thread tension device body to release the sewing machine body from clamping. Since the thread tension device can be attached to or detached from the sewing machine body in one-shot operation, the operability is remarkably improved in efficiency.

Abstract: A thread trimming device for a sewing machine in which a movable knife coupled to a thread trimmer lever by way of a link mechanism is turned to cut sewing threads in cooperation with a fixed knife, the first projection of the thread trimmer lever engaging in the cam groove of a thread trimmer cam, comprises a thread trimmer positive motion bracket having a second projection capable of engaging in the positive motion cam groove of a thread trimmer positive motion cam so as to keep the engagement of the first projection with the cam groove after the second projection thereof engages the positive motion cam groove until it is disengaged therefrom. Since the time of completing the thread trimming can be set by the positive motion cam groove of the thread trimmer positive motion cam, the timing of the thread trimming can be adjusted with certainty. Furthermore, the operating time of the driving means can be remarkably reduced.