Abstract: The present invention is directed to a skipped-stitch mechanism on a sewing machine having a needle bar oscillating in a longitudinal direction, a control device for producing lateral swing-out motions of the needle bar in order to make different zigzag stitches, and a coupling device coacting with the needle bar and operated by a second control device so as to intermittently separate the needle bar from its driving member under the control of a program device in order to skip the stitching.

Abstract: A lifting device for the presser foot of a sewing machine comprising an operating lever provided on a front face of the sewing machine for synchronous knee or arm operation. The operating lever is connected via a linkage to one end of a double lever arranged in the proximity of the rear side of the machine. The other end of the double lever engages the presser bar. The double lever is supported to be pivotable in a vertical plane. An upwardly projecting guide arm is operatively connected to the lever arm and includes a detent member which is in engaging relationship in a groove which is disposed in a vertical plane. The groove extends approximately in the shape of a heart and closes on itself. The groove has, at the tip of the heart, a lower detent location and, in the central zone between the two upper arcs of the heart an upper detent location for receiving the detent member. Upper stop locations are positioned in the upper arcs of the heart.

Abstract: A hem forming means comprising a guide shoe suspended with limited movability on a spring clip directly in front of the needle hole of the machine. The spring clip, which is arranged at right angles to the conveying direction of the sewing material is attached to a ruler forming an edge abutment surface for the sewing material. In the zone of the edge abutment surface, the guide shoe is provided with a turndown nose which has, on the side facing away from the ruler, a lateral surface extending with broadening of the turndown nose at an acute angle with respect to the needle hole. This lateral surface extends at a spacing parallel to a beveled surface of the base plate, said beveled surface extending toward the needle center. The beveled surface constitutes one limitation of a wedge-shaped edge cutout of the base plate, into which the turndown nose of the guide shoe disposed thereabove can enter under spring pressure.

Abstract: A device for a sewing machine for making functional and ornamental stitches permits locking the needle bar according to signals that are given from a pulse transmitter, which monitors the rotational position of the top shaft, to a control system which actuates the drive motor of the sewing machine in coincidence with a foot starter. The sewing machine possesses a manually adjustable stitch selector and a device controlled by the needle bar drive for monitoring the relative position of the end of an ornamental stitch pattern. With both the stitch selector and the monitor device are operatively connected respective reversing switches adapted to be brought each into one of two change-over positions.

Abstract: A mechanism for coupling and uncoupling a driven rotatable drive wheel from a rotatable shaft, particularly, the arm shaft of a sewing machine from its associated drive wheel in order to spool up the lower thread, comprises a rotatable shaft which has an annular collar portion which is frictionally engageable by a drive wheel which is freely rotatable on the shaft. The drive wheel is continuously driven from a drive, such as a belt, and it may be urged into engagement with the collar by means of a nut which is threaded onto the end of the shaft. The arrangement includes a stop disc which has a cam surface which is engageable with a stop defined on the nut end face in a recess thereof. The cam surface and the stop define a cam structure which permits rotation of the nut so as to permit frictional engagement of the drive wheel with the shaft collar for driving the shaft and the disengagement thereof by rotation of the nut in a reverse direction.

Abstract: The device is incorporated in a sewing machine having an arm enclosing and rotatably mounting an arm shaft connected to the sewing mechanism, a drive wheel rotatably mounted on the arm shaft and driven in any suitable manner, and a thread winder including a wheel selectively engageable with the drive wheel. A clutch ring surrounds the arm shaft and is pivotal on a pin extending diametrically of the arm shaft, the clutch ring having a trapezoidal engaging cam engageable in trapezoidal recesses in the drive wheel. A flat spring biases the clutch ring normally to couple the drive wheel to the arm shaft. When the thread winder is moved into a position adjacent a fixed stop, a release stirrup engages the clutch ring and pivots it to a position disconnecting the drive wheel from the arm shaft. Another spring biases the release stirrup away from the clutch ring.

Abstract: A switch construction, comprises a support base upon which is mounted a spring of hemispherical outline which includes an annular lower portion with a plurality of upstanding circumferentially spaced curved segment portions which are spaced apart at their tops to define a centering area for a top cover which is pivotal on the base. A contact member is in the form of a lever which is pivoted at one end on an upstanding portion of the base, and has an opposite engagement end which, for example, is movable along a rheostat control for the purpose of changing the setting thereof. The switch contact member is provided with a central substantially hemispherical cam portion which cooperates with a foot actuated cover and a similar cam portion defined on the cover which is located within the central part of the supporting spring.