Abstract: The present invention is a method and a machine for automatic sewing of pre-ironed patch pockets to clothing items. The clothing item and the pocket are manually positioned on a work surface at one end of the machine while a previous pocket is sewn to the previous clothing item at a sewing station. After the previous pocket is sewn, a feeder automatically feeds the clothing item to the sewing station while an unloading device simultaneously unloads the previous clothing item from the sewing station to another end of the machine (opposite to said one end). Operations of the feeder, of the unloading device and the double clip at the sewing station are synchronized.

Abstract: The instant invention concerns an industrial sewing machine of the type comprising a double clamp for gripping and transporting the patch and the fabric on the work surface, this clamp being applied to the front of a trolley, connected both to the first slide of a cross shaped table, activated by a motor by means of a toothed belt, and to the rack rod of a rack and pinion, activated by a motor; this sewing machine is characterised by the fact that the aforementioned cross shaped table is positioned above the trolley and fixed below a support plate, the support plate being below the projecting arm of the sewing machine.