Abstract: A presser foot for a sewing machine includes: a presser main body having an opening in which an upper feed dog is to be arranged, and configured to press a cloth; a rotational shaft connected to an upper feed mechanism of the sewing machine; a guide base provided to the presser main body so as to form a single unit, and configured to guide a ribbon; right and left guides configured as a pair of members provided such that they can be relatively moved with respect to the guide base, and to guide a position of the ribbon in the width direction, and arranged symmetrically with a position at which a sewing needle moves in a vertical direction as a base position; and an adjustment screw, right and left guide bushes, configured as a linking portion that links the movements of the right and left guides.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multi-piece article, such as a garment, comprises the following steps. First, at least two parts of the article are provided. Then, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is attached to each of the at least two parts of the article. Each of the RFID tags stores data including data identifying the part of the article associated with the RFID tag and manufacturing instructions identifying parts of the article to be connected. Next, the RFID tags including manufacturing instructions identifying matching parts of the article are scanned. Subsequently, the at least two parts of the article are connected together according to the manufacturing instructions obtained prior to the step of connecting the at least two parts so as to form at least a portion of the article.

Abstract: A rigid cage cotton gin includes a feeder that delivers seed cotton locks to be ginned. A doffing cylinder at the discharge of the feeder casts seed cotton locks into a bonnet housing, with air inlet vents in the bonnet housing deflecting the seed cotton locks onto a revolving rigid cage having a series of sifting bars that are fixedly mounted thereto. The sifting bars are spaced-apart to define a series of slots. The rigid cage is rotated for seed cotton locks to be drawn to the slots between the sifting bars, and the fibers will be drawn through the slots by air currents flowing through the slots. A fiber-engaging cylinder is mounted within the rigid cage, with the outer surface of the fiber-engaging cylinder abutting the interior surfaces of the sifting bars. The sifting bars are contoured to restrain the cotton seed from moving closer than a predetermined distance from the surface of the fiber-engaging cylinder to control the minimum fiber length removed.