Abstract: Prior to being introduced into a sewing machine, an elongated binding strip passes through a plow where it is folded lengthwise to create a recess into which the edge of an article to be bound is received. The strip is trimmed by a cutter to a length longer than the edge to be bound. The trailing end portion of the strip is then folded widthwise, around a retractable rod, by a moveable guide and guided into a plow entrance, after the rod is retracted. The trailing end portion overlaps the leading end portion of the strip as it is sewn to the article, such that only the finished end of the strip is visible.

Abstract: The device according to the invention, which is used to make a border or a collar on the edge of a piece of fabric, defines a U-shaped channel the end (14) of which is seen in the figures, which is delimited by an outside wall (17) and an inside wall (18), the wall (18) being mobile with respect to the wall (17) so that the device can thereby be adjusted to different strip widths (4).

Abstract: The tape-like facing band is fitted annularly around the carcass (M) and the front surface of the casing is supported on said carcass, which is received in a containing structure (3) with a boundary edge (3B) from which the carcass and the facing band partially project; a guide rail (7,9) extends around said edge for a supporting carriage (20) which has orientable rollers (24) for passing over the curves at the corners and is motorized; a further trolley (42) is movable on said rails and connected to said supporting carriage by an articulation (40); a cutter (18) is capable of acting in a position in front of that of the stitcher.

Abstract: The sewing machine herein described comprises a hem folder 9 arranged to introduce an elastic band into the folded edges of a workpiece and a feed guide 16 arranged to apply ribbon-like trimmings along the edges of the same workpiece. The hem folder is oscillatably connected to the machine bed 2 and is movable, upon command of a fluid-operated cylinder 15, from a working position in which it is disposed flush with the workpiece supporting table 3 and before the presser foot 7 to a rest position in which it is tilted in front of the bed and disposed at a lower position than the supporting table. The feed guide which is connected to the machine bed by a rotary fluid-operated cylinder 20, is movable from a rest position in which it is spaced apart sideways from the supporting table 3 to a working position in which it has a free end 16a disposed before the presser foot.

Abstract: A mock-linking apparatus is disclosed for linking a specially knitted edging trim in the form of a ribbon of knitted yarn with an unfinished edge of a knitted garment, such as a V-neck opening, to obtain a finish which substantially simulates a point-to-point link finish. The trim is weft-knitted on a double bed knitting machine to incorporate a course of transfer stitches followed by a slack tension course which defines a fold line to facilitate tucking-in of the ravel edge, and an adjacent seam line along the folded edge, wherein the seam line is well-defined by a line of outwardly-protruding loops with spaces therebetween. A conventional chain-stitch sewing machine is used, provided with folding means and guide means to bring the seam line of the trim, which has been folded over the unfinished garment edge, into alignment with the needle path, wherein the two pieces of knitted fabric are joined along the seam line with matching thread.

Abstract: As a web of material is guided along an L-shaped path toward a sewing station, the web is progressively folded in the first leg of the L-shaped path, and the web is refolded into a binding fold as it turns from the first leg to the second leg of the L-shaped path. The folder through which the web of material passes progressively shapes the web into the desired fold, and the folder is open along its upper edge so that if the material is too wide or irregularly shaped, the upper edge of the material can protrude out of the folder as the material is being folded along the first leg of the L-shaped path, and when the material is being refolded, the protruding edge of the web is folded into the binding fold.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a sewing machine and a supporting member near the sewing machine. The supporting member includes a bed carrying a plurality of impaling pins for supporting one of the fabric portions to be sewn together. The pins are axially slidable between a loading position and an unloading position. The supporting member is guided along a path at least at the sewing machine needle aligned with the path wherealong the machine is normally causing the components to be sewn to advance. The pins are controlled to be withdrawn from the loading position into the unloading position as they pass at the level of the sewing machine needle.

Abstract: An automatic package wrapping apparatus of the L-scaler type. The packages to be wrapped are transported through the apparatus in a straight line one by one and in so doing pass through a film inverting head where they are surrounded by a pre-folded thermoplastic film. The film is supplied from the rear of the apparatus in a prefolded condition and is both turned inside out and redirected into a path corresponding to the path of the packages through the apparatus in the film inverting head. Also that method of wrapping packages wherein a generally U-shaped inverting head is provided, wherein a length of longitudinally pre-folded thermoplastic film is passed over and then through said head thereby turning the film inside out and redirecting its path and wherein the package to be wrapped is passed through said inverting head thereby surrounding itself with said film.