Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for folding and stacking sewing goods disposed downstream of a sewing machine and separated from it by an interspace, wherein a transfer device bridging this interspace and succeeding transport device are available by which the sewing good is removed from the sewing machine and supplied to the stacking device.In the interspace is provided a vertical clamping device through which a portion of the sewing good while being clamped is taken hold of and transported in the vertical direction by a defined magnitude [distance], and subsequently the remaining portion of the sewing good is transported in a transport gap formed by a support surface of the stacking device and the transport device which, with respect to it, can be raised and lowered. The sewing good is therein folded and can be deposited in the correct position by the stacking device.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically cutting off thread formations in sewing machines having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction. The apparatus includes: a needle plate having a surface defining a support plane; a transport plate disposed adjacent the needle plate, the transport plate being displaceable in a plane parallel to the support plane in both the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction; a cutting device disposed adjacent the needle plate for cutting off a thread formation from the sewn item, the cutting device including a stationary lower blade connected to the needle plate and an upper blade connected to the transport plate, the upper blade defining a first recess therein; and a hold-down device disposed adjacent the needle plate and defining a second recess therein and being configured for holding down a sewn item on the needle plate.

Abstract: A device for feeding a product to be sewn to a sewing machine includes a guide element having a curved slide surface on which the product to be sewn is guided in a sliding manner in a direction toward a sewing point. The guide element further has a strip-shaped projection, fitted onto the curved slide surface, which includes an elongated unrolling edge arranged transversely or obliquely to a conveying direction of the product to be sewn, and which projects from the curved slide surface. The elongated unrolling edge defines an upper boundary of the strip-shaped projection on the curved slide surface of the guide element.