Abstract: Sewing apparatus, uses plural sewing machines aligned in a row so that the feeding direction of the cloths to be sewn is parallel, each sewing machine having a bed with an upper surface, an arm with a base end part formed coupled to the bed and a needle location. Each base end part having a shape, when viewed orthogonal to the cloth feeding direction, which approximates a Z-form possessing a partition wall the upper surface of which is parallel to the upper surface of the bed. The relay sewing process of sewing the side ends of adjacent broad cloths in an overlapped state can be performed simultaneously on plural cloths arranged in the lateral direction.

Abstract: A device for applying seal tape to sheet-like material, wherein an adhesive tape is fed together with a portion of the material in a feed direction and pressed between a pair of opposed rollers, comprising: a machine body; a fixed arm projecting substantially horizontally from the machine body; a common roller freely rotatably mounted at the distal end of the fixed arm, an operating position for other rollers being defined by operative engagement with the common roller, the material and the tape being pressed between rollers in the operating position; a first movable arm extending generally across the feed direction with a first positionable roller at the distal end thereof, the first movable arm being pivotally mounted for movement of the first roller between the operating position and a first stand-by position; a second movable arm arranged generally along the feed direction with a second positionable roller at the distal end thereof, the second movable arm being pivotally mounted on the machine body for mo