Abstract: A quadrupole is filled with ions and the ions are cooled by applying a pressure and gas flow within the quadrupole. Ions are trapped in the quadrupole by applying a DC voltage and an RF voltage to quadrupole rods of the quadrupole, one or more DC voltages to a plurality of auxiliary electrodes of the quadrupole, and a DC voltage and an RF voltage to an exit lens at the end of the quadrupole. The ions are coherently oscillated after the filling and cooling by applying a coherent excitation between at least two rods of the quadrupole rods. The coherently oscillating ions are axially ejected through the exit lens and to a destructive detector for detection by changing one or more voltages of the one or more DC voltages of the plurality of auxiliary electrodes and changing the DC voltage of the exit lens.

Abstract: A quadrupole is filled with ions and the ions are cooled by applying a pressure and gas flow within the quadrupole. Ions are trapped in the quadrupole by applying a DC voltage and an RF voltage to quadrupole rods of the quadrupole, one or more DC voltages to a plurality of auxiliary electrodes of the quadrupole, and a DC voltage and an RF voltage to an exit lens at the end of the quadrupole. The ions are coherently oscillated after the filling and cooling by applying a coherent excitation between at least two rods of the quadrupole rods. The coherently oscillating ions are axially ejected through the exit lens and to a destructive detector for detection by changing one or more voltages of the one or more DC voltages of the plurality of auxiliary electrodes and changing the DC voltage of the exit lens.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for shaping an effective transmission window used to select precursor ions for a precursor mass range of a sequential windowed acquisition experiment. For at least one precursor mass range, an ion transfer function is selected that is a function of mass using a processor. A quadrupole mass filter that transmits ions from a sample is instructed to produce two or more transmission windows over time using the processor. The two or more transmission windows are produced to cumulatively create an effective transmission window for the at least one precursor mass range with a shape described by the ion transfer function.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for shaping an effective transmission window used to select precursor ions for a precursor mass range of a sequential windowed acquisition experiment. For at least one precursor mass range, an ion transfer function is selected that is a function of mass using a processor. A quadrupole mass filter that transmits ions from a sample is instructed to produce two or more transmission windows over time using the processor. The two or more transmission windows are produced to cumulatively create an effective transmission window for the at least one precursor mass range with a shape described by the ion transfer function.

Abstract: A processing and sewing machine arrangement for preparing a seam which is uninterrupted on a seam side facing the needle of the sewing machine. The arrangement includes a shuttle thread disturbance detection arrangement and a control arrangement activating a stopping arrangement for stopping the sewing machine after the shuttle thread disturbance has been detected and after a stitch formation cycle which has been begun is completed. A regulating mechanism for setting stitch length is set into a reverse stitching mode by the control arrangement while the fabric being sewn is moved backward by one stitch length. After the shuttle thread has been fed in, thread is knotted by at least one stitch with the needle thread in the same insertion hole in which the old shuttle thread is located such that the old shuttle thread is correctly knotted with the needle thread.

Abstract: The control circuit of a catch thread device has a counter for the main shaft of the swing machine. The counter counts the number of revolutions of the main shaft 26 during the reception of one of at least two signal intensities and is reset to its initial value when this signal intensity changes to the other signal intensity. When a predetermined maximum number of revolutions is reached, the counter emits a signal indicating a thread fault.

Abstract: A method of sewing the corners of a double seam, employing a two-needle machine the two needle rods of which each may be mutually independently engaged and disengaged. The method uses control means to arrive at the corner point of the inner seam, disengaging the internal needle rod, furthersewing to the corner point of the outer seam, stopping the sewing machine with the outer needle penetrating the workpiece, then rotating the workpiece, sewing the thus rotated outer seam, and engaging the inner needle rod.

Abstract: An arrangement for monitoring the shuttle thread reserve in a sewing machine with a lockstitch revolving shuttle and with a light-emitting diode, which sends a beam of light through openings in the bobbin housing and in the bobbin to a photodetector which triggers a switching pulse for an actuating device. To obtain maximum utilization of the residual thread, the photodetector is used at the same time as a pulse generator for a counter which controls the actuating device. The counter can be connected to a switch-off device of a drive motor for the sewing machine.

Abstract: At a work clamp for buttonhole sewing machines, comprising a support plate and a clamping frame arranged at a pivotable carrying lever, spaced from the clamping frame, a hold-down device with a clamping plate resiliently pressed against the work is fastened at the carrying lever. The clamping frame, when raised is pressed into a slanting position by a spring. During the descending movement of the clamping frame and hold-down device, the hold-down device precedes the clamping frame and clamps the work to the support plate. As a next step, the edge of the clamping plate of the clamping frame which is spaced from the hold-down device impinges on the work. A clamping surface of the clamping plate forms an acute angle with the support plate. As the descending movement of the clamping plate continues, the clamping frame swings out about its bearing pin on the carrying lever. At this time the edge engaging the work moves away from the hold-down device.

Abstract: An auxiliary needle is supported by a shiftable and rotatable slide rod which extends in a slightly inclined position relative to the vertical and is guided by an extension in a guide slot. The upper portion of the guide slot extends at an angle relative to the slide rod. Therefore, if moved from its rest position downwardly into its working position, the auxiliary needle performs first a combined rotary and translational motion, and then, upon penetrating a workpiece, only a straight longitudinal motion.

Abstract: A sewing machine with at least one feed means, the feed amount of which is variable by means of a positioning device acting on at least one positioning gearing; with a system for approaching a predeterminable end point of a seam in spaced relation to the edge of a workpiece; with a sensor disposed before the needle which during passage of the edge triggers the process for the positioning of the needle in the end point; with a pulse generator coupled with the main shaft of the sewing machine for the delivery of counting pulses for a pulse counter and a microcomputer which interrupts the action of the feed means as a function of the pulses emanating from the sensor and from the pulse generator in the end point.

Abstract: A sewing machine is with a device for producing corner seams comprising a sensor which is located ahead of the needle and which releases the operation of stopping the needle at a predetermined corner point as soon as an edge of the work passes by. To exactly control the sticking in of the needle at a predetermined corner location, a pulse generator for delivering counting pulses and coupled to the main shaft of the sewing machine, is connected through a switching element to a setting counter, and is effective only during the advance phases of the feed dog motion. In addition, the sensor is connected to the switching element to switch it on as soon as the oblique edge of the work passes by, and the setting counter is connected to a device for instantly stopping the advancing effect of the feed dog, and to a device for stopping the sewing machine in the lowermost position of the needle, to release the operation of these devices as soon as a presettable number of pulses is reached.

Abstract: A sewing machine for making edge-parallel shaping seams in multiple layer articles such as shirt collars comprises a reciprocating needle for sewing through the multiple layers of a workpiece such as a collar which has a plurality of edges disposed at angles to each other. The construction includes a guide fence having a guide edge extending alongside the needle. The material is guided against the guide edge. A feeder engages the workpiece from below a presser foot which is biased against the needle in a working position. The presser foot has an upwardly extending infeed end and a holddown member in the form of a strip element. It is adjustably supported above the workpiece and includes a front edge which is engaged downwardly on the workpiece and extends into the infeed end of the presser foot.

Abstract: A thread-cutting device for sewing machines including a housing mounting a reciprocating thread guiding needle which cooperates with a revolving looper comprises a thread catcher adjacent the looper which is movable to engage the thread and to advance the thread past a fixed knife. The catcher is mounted so that it may move relative to the looper and the fixed knife to urge thread held by the catcher into cutting engagement with the knife. Double action fluid pressure operated piston and cylinder is connected to the catcher so as to move it relative to the knife and to the looper. A member is connected to the mechanism between the fluid pressure cylinder operator and the thread catcher and a spring has one end connected to the member and an opposite end mounted on the housing in such a manner that the force of the spring may be adjusted. A fluid pressure operated control has a movable control piston rod which is engageable with the member in an engagement portion thereof such as an opening therethrough.

Abstract: The invention relates to a feed drive for work holders of sewing assemblies, by which, during the formation of the initial stitches of a seam taking place at a low speed, the control cam plate moving the work holder is driven at a reduced speed, and, during the formation of the main part of the seam taking place at a high sewing speed, the control cam plate is driven intermittently in a manner such that at every lowermost position of the needle, the work holder is temporarily stopped. The feed drive comprises a planetary gearing having two inputs, of which the first input can receive a constant rotary motion, and the second input can receive, at the start of the seam formation, a continuous rotary motion which is subtractively superimposed upon the rotary motion at the first input, and, during the ordinary sewing operation, an oscillatory motion whose frequency is equal to the frequency of the needle bar motion.

Abstract: The sewing machine has a differential work transport, consisting of a lower main feed and lower and upper auxiliary feeds, with the step sizes of the auxiliary feeds being adjustable, from a step size substantially in accordance with the step size of the main feed, against spring bias. The step sizes are adjusted by respective setting devices having associated setting members connected, through a lever drive, to a common actuating device. The lever drive interconnecting the setting members of the setting devices for the lower and upper auxiliary feeds is operable to vary the step sizes of the lower and upper auxiliary feeds so that one of said lower and upper auxiliary feeds increases as the other of said lower and upper auxiliary feeds decreases. The transmission ratio of the lever drive is adjustable, and the lever drive includes a driver connection operative in one direction only.

Abstract: A sewing machine for sewing buttonholes in a workpiece comprises a stationary lower part and an arm having one end pivotally mounted on the lower part and having an opposite end which carries a rotary hook which cooperates with a reciprocating needle carried in the lower part. The arm is pivotal relative to the base part to move the arm from a fixable sewing position with said hook spaced by a predetermined distance from the needle at a stitch-forming area to a rest position in which it is spaced away from the stitch-forming area. A thread-monitoring device is located adjacent the needle for monitoring the thread and detecting any breakage thereof. The machine includes a buttonhole cutting mechanism which is connected to the drive means so as to periodically cut the workpiece. A clamp is carried by the upper arm and it has a lower portion which rests on a resilient support which is biased upwardly by a spring.

Abstract: A sewing device for producing form seams is usable with a sewing machine having a needle which reiprocates in respect to a cooperating rotary hook. The sewing machine also includes a guide mechanism for guiding a workpiece along a path corresponding to the configuration of the form seam in respect to the needle. The device includes a workpiece support member having a stitch hole for the passage of the needle and a force-away surface bounding the stitch hole. The device includes a plate which is mounted so that the force-away surface is disposed between the needle and the rotary hook and it is mounted for vertical movement and horizontal oscillatory movement. The actuating means for the device causes a movement of the force-away surface in timed relationship to the reciprocation of the needle and in accordance with the movement of the workpiece in a direction opposite to the movement of the workpiece with respect to the needle and the rotary hook.

Abstract: A pocket stitch is sewn on cut workpiece parts which are guided into operative association with a reciprocating needle which effects a straight stitch when it is reciprocated and also may be swung from side to side to effect a zig-zag stitching. The workpiece is guided so as to form at least one substantially U-shape straight stitch having spaced apart leg portions and the stitch is secured by guiding the workpiece to effect the formation of a barring stitch at the ends of each leg portion by causing the needle to form a zig-zag stitch at such location. The sewing machine for sewing the pocket cuts includes a needle bar which may be swung during the operation of the drive mechanism or the zig-zag control mechanism may be shifted to effect the formation of a straight stitch. A rotatable cam which is driven by the drive mechanism positions a clamping plate having a substantially U-shape slot which permits reciprocation of the needle through a workpiece carried thereon.

Abstract: A pocket stitch is sewn on cut workpiece parts which are guided into operative association with a reciprocating needle which effects a straight stitch when it is reciprocated and also may be swung from side to side to effect a zig-zag stitching. The workpiece is guided so as to form at least one substantially U-shape straight stitch having spaced apart leg portions and the stitch is secured by guiding the workpiece to effect the formation of a barring stitch at the ends of each leg portion by causing the needle to form a zig-zag stitch at such location. The sewing machine for sewing the pocket cuts includes a needle bar which may be swung during the operation of the drive mechanism or the zig-zag control mechanism may be shifted to effect the formation of a straight stitch. A rotatable cam which is driven by the drive mechanism positions a clamping plate having a substantially U-shape slot which permits reciprocation of the needle through a workpiece carried thereon.