Abstract: A lighting device, preferably a LED, includes a profiled element adapted to be applied to an external structure and coupled to a transparent or translucent longitudinal portion that allows the passage of a luminous flux generated by an illuminating element, preferably a LED strip, housed within a longitudinal chamber defined inside the profiled element. The profiled element also houses, in facing relationship to the illuminating element, a reflecting element oriented to reflect the luminous flux generated by the illuminating element toward the transparent or translucent longitudinal portion of the profiled element. The longitudinal chamber housing the illuminating element is separate from a second longitudinal chamber defined inside the profiled element and housing the reflecting element.

Abstract: A lighting device, preferably a LED, includes a profiled element adapted to be applied to an external structure and coupled to a transparent or translucent longitudinal portion that allows the passage of a luminous flux generated by an illuminating element, preferably a LED strip, housed within a longitudinal chamber defined inside the profiled element. The profiled element also houses, in facing relationship to the illuminating element, a reflecting element oriented to reflect the luminous flux generated by the illuminating element toward the transparent or translucent longitudinal portion of the profiled element. The longitudinal chamber housing the illuminating element is separate from a second longitudinal chamber defined inside the profiled element and housing the reflecting element.

Abstract: A furnishing structure with light sources includes two substantially equal base sections facing each other and held together by a connection section and by a pair of end heads to jointly define a prismatic body and jointly delimit at least one slot for light rays to pass, the light rays being emitted by at least one multiple light source positioned removably inside the space delimited by the base sections facing each other and being reflected by the connection section. Each base section includes a first wing, which is coplanar to a first wall of the prismatic body, a second wing, which is adjacent to the first wing, and a third wing, which is adjacent to the second wing and extends parallel from the third wing of the other base section to delimit the slot when the two base sections are facing each other.

Abstract: A furnishing structure with light sources includes two substantially equal base sections facing each other and held together by a connection section and by a pair of end heads to jointly define a prismatic body and jointly delimit at least one slot for light rays to pass, the light rays being emitted by at least one multiple light source positioned removably inside the space delimited by the base sections facing each other and being reflected by the connection section. Each base section includes a first wing, which is coplanar to a first wall of the prismatic body, a second wing, which is adjacent to the first wing, and a third wing, which is adjacent to the second wing and extends parallel from the third wing of the other base section to delimit the slot when the two base sections are facing each other.

Abstract: An element for coupling a lighting appliance to an electrified rail includes two separate components, the first of which exclusively provides the electrical connection to the electrified rail, and the second of which is mechanically separate from the first component and is of essentially of box form. In one embodiment, the second component includes a U-shaped bracket configured to clamp to the electrified rail from the outside, to support the lighting appliance, and to house electrical components, each lateral flange of the clamping bracket having an inner surface that is partially shaped to be complementary to the outer surface of the rail. The second component further includes a U-shaped bracket configured to interlink with the clamping bracket and to confine the volume defined by the clamping bracket that is not taken by the rail.

Abstract: An element for coupling a lighting appliance to an electrified rail includes two separate components, the first of which exclusively provides the electrical connection to the electrified rail, and the second of which is mechanically separate from the first component and is of essentially of box form. In one embodiment, the second component includes a U-shaped bracket configured to clamp to the electrified rail from the outside, to support the lighting appliance, and to house electrical components, each lateral flange of the clamping bracket having an inner surface that is partially shaped to be complementary to the outer surface of the rail. The second component further includes a U-shaped bracket configured to interlink with the clamping bracket and to confine the volume defined by the clamping bracket that is not taken by the rail.

Abstract: A needle clamp, fixed at the lower end of the needle bar of a sewing machine. A guide member is provided in the lower portion of the needle clamp locating a sewing needle in a predetermined position in the needle clamp. The guide member has a cylindrical opening in its upper portion coupling with the extreme lower portion of the needle bar and in its lower portion a guide hole whose section has substantially the shape of the transverse section of the needle shank.

Abstract: A needle plate on the base of a sewing machine with a pin projecting from the plate lower surface. The pin is coil spring biassed upwardly to allow rotation of the plate about the pin and selection of one of two holes in the plate to cooperate with the needle. Flexure of a leaf spring, that engages the pin, will draw the needle plate into a fixed position on the base.

Abstract: A transformable sewing surface for sewing machines formed of a base consisting of a first section having an upper and lower surface, a second section containing stitch-forming members, extending parallel to the first section and spaced from it, and a platform connected to said first section so as to swing with respect to it in order to assume two positions, in the first of which it is located in the space present between the sections of the base so as to form a continuous sewing surface with it while in the second position it turns with respect to the first section so as to leave the second section free, the connection of the platform being provided with hinges of flexible material by means of which the platform can turn so as to be swung from the first position in which it rests on the lower surface of the first section to the second position where the platform rests on the upper surface of the first section.

Abstract: Needle bar drive in a sewing machine comprising a crank driven by a connecting rod provided on the main shaft for transmitting reciprocating motion to the needle bar and by a rod connected to the needle bar gate and driven by a linear motor in order to impart to the needle bar transverse movements relative to the sewing direction. A joint type connection between the connecting rod and the needle bar is provided in order to allow a smooth rational operation to the assembly.

Abstract: A sewing machine with a work supporting surface convertible into a free arm, comprising a bed provided with a cantilevered arm containing a bobbin hook, a door pivoting on the cantilevered arm to rotate from a closed position to an opened position for access to the hook, and a movable work supporting surface which can be moved to an operatively raised position and an operatively lowered position at which lowered position the free arm is completely accessible. The support work surface comprises a U-shaped element, a plate slidable on suitable guides positioned on the work supporting surface in the front portion of the work supporting surface, a latch connected to the plate and a wall defining a relief and tooth connected to the door to couple with the plate latch to allow the opening and/or closing of the door every time that the plate is urged to take the extreme position of its stroke.

Abstract: A sewing machine (100) having a needle bar (120,122) and feed means (131,132,602,603) in which actuators (124,130) adjust the transverse position of the needle bar (120,122) and the positional displacement of the feed means (131,132,602,603) in response to control signals provided thereto, and a rotatable main shaft (104,204,205) operatively connected to the needle bar (120,122) for enabling transverse oscillation thereof which shaft (104) is driven by a main motor (201), includes an arrangement for generating synchronizing timing control signals to the actuators (124,130) and a stop control signal to the motor (201) to stop the shaft (104,204,205) in a predetermined arc of rotation in which a common magnet (208,508) mounted in a holder (207,507) for rotation with the shaft (104,204,205) interacts with a pair of spaced apart magnistors (211,213) to provide the timing control signals to the actuators (124,130) and a separate magnet means which may be either a single magnet (509) or a pair of spaced apart magne

Abstract: A hook for a sewing machine comprising a hook body, a bobbin case holder arranged in the hook body, a bobbin case arranged in the bobbin case holder and a bobbin in the bobbin case. The bobbin case holder has a bottom wall from which extends a pin. The pin is provided with resilient check elements. A pin portion extends centrally from a bottom wall portion of the bobbin case defining a hole therein having a shape suitable to provide together with the pin of the bobbin case holder a locking system to lock the bobbin case to the bobbin case holder. A lever is positioned in the hole to ensure locking and release of the bobbin to and from the bobbin case. The bobbin is inserted in the bobbin case so as to close it upwardly.

Abstract: An improved household type sewing machine having a needle bar and a feed dog wherein an actuator adjusts the transverse position of the needle bar and the positional displacement of the feed dog in response to control signals provided thereto, in which a microcomputer integrated circuit is provided for controlling the machine in response to keyboard selectable pattern and control information stored in a static memory which is interchangeable with other memory configurations to provide different patterns, such as alphabetic stitch patterns. The keyboard contains a numeric display with each of the patterns having a corresponding numeric equivalent which is displayed on the keyboard to indicate which pattern is selected.

Abstract: Electromechanical actuator applied to an electronically controlled sewing machine comprising a bed, a standard on the bed, an arm overhanging the bed, a head, a vertical pin fixed to the head, a needle bar gate transversely oscillatible around the vertical pin, a ferromagnetic frame formed by four walls each one opposite to another, a magnetic pole having the shape of a part of a circle ring connecting two of the opposite walls of the frame, and a conducting wire coil being slidably arranged on the magnetic pole to make circular oscillating paths when energized.

Abstract: Thread cutting device for lockstitch sewing machines equipped with vertical axis looptaker and provided with a thread catching member displacing around an axis parallel to the looptaker axis along a path passing over the looptaker, wherein the thread catching member is formed by a plate ending with a pointed portion having a notching extending upwardly for the needle thread catching and a small foil bent at a right angle relative to the pointed portion, the small foil being so shaped as to be provided with a bobbin thread catching zone and a bobbin and needle thread cutting zone, the cutting zone being closer to the sewn fabric than the needle thread catching zone and than the notching for the needle thread catching.

Abstract: In a sewing machine with connectable and disconnectable needle bars driven by a motor for two needle stitching in different directions, a keyboard programmer and control device connected to the programmer to select the needle bar to be disconnected and the number of stitches to be sewn at low speed with only one needle, to shut down the sewing machine, to count the stitches number at the beginning of the sewing in the second direction to connect the needle for restarting the two-needle sewing and to switch the sewing machine back onto high speed. The device comprises two decade meters the first of which, at the end of the first stitches sewing counting, controls the machine shutdown and sends an advancing pulse to the second decade meter and, at the end of the second stitches counting, sends another pulse to the second decade meter which is switched to send a signal for the reconnecting of the needle bar and the de-energizing of the relay of the low speed.

Abstract: A device for varying the pocket length provided on sewing machines for making welted pockets comprising a bed, a standard, an arm, a head, two groups with adjustable positioning carrying a mounting for driving valves and a mounting for one of two patch turners, frames for carrying the valves and the patch turner movable relative to the groups, pneumatic cylinders fixed to the groups to move the frames to two extreme positions, corresponding to the two extreme operating positions of the pneumatic cylinders and lock blocks positioned intermediate the extreme positions to stop movement of the frames intermediate the extreme positions. The lock blocks are fixed to the end of a piston rod mounted in a cylinder.

Abstract: A device for the insertion of a pocket strip applied to sewing machines for making welted pockets which includes a truck for feeding fabric, a work clamp composed of two distinct elements operated independently, two side pressers, a central blade, a mounting frame, a pneumatic motor to drive the frame toward and away from the pressers, a pocket strip clamp for a pocket strip carried by the mounting frame and adapted to make relative thereto alternate displacements, a pneumatic cylinder fixed to the mounting frame to drive the pocket strip clamp, a frame carried by the mounting frame to prepare and guide a pocket strip free edge projecting from the pocket strip clamp carrying it in such a way as to facilitate the invention of the pocket strip on patch fabric forming the welted pocket.

Abstract: An improved household type sewing machine having a needle bar and a feed dog wherein an actuator adjusts the transverse position of the needle bar and the positional displacement of the feed dog in response to control signals provided thereto, in which a microcomputer integrated circuit is provided for controlling the machine in response to keyboard selectable pattern and control information stored in a static memory which is interchangeable with other memory configurations to provide different patterns, such as alphabetic stitch patterns. The keyboard contains a numeric display with each of the patterns having a corresponding numeric equivalent which is displayed on the keyboard to indicate which pattern is selected.