Abstract: A method and device for coring and cutting food products such as peppers in a hydrocutter. The preferred embodiment of the invention includes an outer rim, which is configured for placement within a hydrocutter. This rim has a first end and a second end and defines a passageway there through. A coring cutter is suspended in a generally centrally located position within this passageway. This coring cutter includes pairs of peaks and troughs which are positioned so as to impact the item being processed prior to the other portions of the coring cutter and by so doing enable the device to be cut with decreased amounts of force and water pressure upon the device. Thus preserving fragile structures such as a pepper.

Abstract: Provided is a bean sprout both end portions removing method for mechanically cutting and removing root portions and sprouting portions of bean sprouts. The method comprises a bean sprouts separating step to separate and remove undergrown bean sprouts, etc. from bean sprouts as harvested by a bean sprouts separating device (1), etc.

Abstract: A device for finishing the surface of a building board of a pressed wood material, in particular MDF or HDF, or a wood material/plastic mixture, by embossing a structure or printing a pattern, with a pressing plate engraved according to the structure or the pattern and a tool carrier supported in a press device. The tool carrier is embodied as a hollow body and the pressing plate is releasably attached to the tool carrier directly and over the entire surface.

Abstract: Horizontal joint portions of abutting building boards are constructed in a manner to look straight-line in an external appearance when constructed even in a case that the building board has a dimension error. A printing apparatus for printing a building board of a shiplap joint system composed of a design surface having a horizontal joint portion formed along a longitudinal direction of the building board and an upper and lower shiplap portions formed at an end portion of the building board includes a fixed printing head having a plurality of nozzles for performing printing operation by means of emitting a jet of ink toward the design surface of the building board, in which the printing head performs printing operation along a printing line spaced apart from an edge of the upper shiplap portion or the lower shiplap portion at a constant distance when performing the printing operation for the horizontal joint portion.

Abstract: A folding device in or for a printing machine, said folding device comprising: a) an upper folding apparatus comprising an upper transverse cutting means for transversely cutting a first printed product web into printed products and an upper folding cylinder for transversely folding the printed products; b) and a lower folding apparatus comprising a lower transverse cutting means for transversely cutting a second printed product web into other printed products and a lower folding cylinder for transversely folding the other printed products; c) wherein the upper folding apparatus is arranged above the lower folding apparatus and partly overlaps with the lower folding apparatus.

Abstract: A printing device, a patterning method using the same and a method of fabricating an LCD device using the same are disclosed. The printing device includes a printing roll having a blanket adhered to an outer surface thereof; and an absorption nozzle to absorb solvent from the blanket. The absorption nozzle may include an absorber having a slit, a vacuum controller connected to the absorber, and a pipe connected to the vacuum controller.

Abstract: An adjustment of a transfer of printing ink is accomplished by arranging a first roller in an inker unit and by using that first roller to transfer ink to a forme cylinder. A temperature is adjusted on an outer surface of the first roller by the use of a first temperature control unit which includes an adjuster device. The adjuster device also adjusts a temperature to be set on an outer surface of the forme cylinder by the use of a second temperature control unit. These two temperature control units adjust parameters of the printing ink through the controls of the outer surfaces of their associated first roller and forme cylinders. The parameters of the printing ink which are adjusted are preferably the ink's tackiness and its viscosity.

Abstract: An ink transport route switching apparatus in an inking device of a printing press, the inking device being arranged to supply ink to a printing plate via an ink transport route composed of a plurality of ink rollers, and equipped with an ink distribution roller which moves to a first position and a second position to switch the ink transport route between a first ink transport route and a second ink transport route, the ink transport route switching apparatus comprising a control device which finds image area rates or image areas in a plurality of ranges, divided in a lateral direction, of an image to be printed; finds a difference between the image area rates or the image areas in the adjacent ranges; compares the difference between the image area rates or the image areas with a reference value for switching the ink transport route.

Abstract: A printing member such as a printing cylinder includes an at least partly metal cylinder, or a sleeve to be mounted on a mandrel rotating about its axis. The printing member comprises a body having a thickness. With the printing member there is associated an activatable signaling device that is connectable to a recording device that is arranged to store data related to at least one characteristic of the printing member or to the use of the printing member. The activatable signaling device can include a transponder such as an RFID.

Abstract: A printing plate material for direct plate-making includes a PET film base material; a protective layer and a photocatalytic hydrophilic layer provided on the base material; and a dot control layer provided on the hydrophilic layer and having a critical surface tension equal to or lower than a surface tension of an image forming liquid. The image forming liquid is discharged from an inkjet recording head onto a surface of the printing plate material for direct plate-making and is hardened. Thereby, a direct-made printing plate is obtained.

Abstract: A method of producing an element for contacting printing material, such as an impression cylinder jacket, includes generating a micro-structured surface on a carrier, preferably on an aluminum plate, by electrolytic oxidizing, i.e. anodizing aluminum, and coating the micro-structured surface by a sol-gel process. An element for contacting printing material includes an anodization layer and a sol-gel layer. A machine for processing printing material, in particular a printing press or a sheet-processing rotary printing press for lithographic offset printing, includes an element for contacting the printing material.

Abstract: A quantity of ink is dosed in an inking system of a printing machine, which inking system is provided with at least one dosing device that can be used to modify the quantity of ink which is transferred by the inking system. The dosing device can be adjusted by the use of an adjusting element to modify the quantity of ink that is to be transferred. A modification of the quantity of ink is defined by an adjustment of the adjusting element. The dosing device is adjusted in accordance with a pre-determined correlation between the amount of the adjustment of the adjusting device and the current state of the dosing device. The adjustment of the dosing device is carried out in accordance with the correlation in such a way that a relation between the modification of the quantity of ink caused by the adjustment of the dosing device, and the ink quantity transferred by the dosing device remains essentially constant.

Abstract: A curved surface printing method comprises a step of applying a printing ink to a raised portion of a letterpress printing original plate which is a planographic plate the raised portion of which is 0.1 to 50 ?m high, a step in which an elastic blanket (2) of rubber or rubberish material having a curved surface (221, 222, 21) of a predetermined shape formed on a convex or concave surface of an object (1) to be printed and set in the same polarity direction as that of the convex or concave surface of the object (1) is pressed to the letterpress printing original plate placed in a fixed position and coated with the printing ink, and the printing ink is transferred to the curved surface (221, 222, 21) of the predetermined shape, and a step of moving the elastic blanket (2) to which the printing ink is transferred and which has curved surface (221, 222, 21) of the predetermined shape, bringing the elastic blanket (2) into contact with the curved surface of the object (1), and thus printing the object.

Abstract: The invention relates to an impact fuse comprising a body containing a piezoelectric generator put in place on a bracket integral with the body and forming an anvil, said fuse comprising a piston intended to come to exert a mechanical stress on the generator, said piston receiving the impact strain transmitted by a cap, said fuse being wherein the piston is slidably fitted relatively to the body and in that it comprises plastically deformable means that are interposed between the cap and the body, said means being deformed by the cap movement on impact on a target, said movement causing a piston movement, the energy consumed by the means deformation thus allowing to ensure a longer and more gradual crushing of the piezoelectric generator on impact on a target.

Abstract: A safe and arm (S&A) device is disclosed. The device utilizes a no-fire separation distance and a mechanical configuration of primary explosive/booster explosive and secondary explosive to establish a safe mode. While in safe mode, the device would allow no more than 1 in 1 million detonation transfers to occur from primary to secondary. In armed mode, the no-fire separation distance is taken away, allowing reliable detonation transfer. Two arming environments, which occur after launch and safe separation, are used to move the S&A device to armed mode. The first environment is the release event of the projectiles from their packed state in a dispenser. The second environment is a target sense mechanism. If either arming environment returns to its original state, the mechanism returns to safe mode. The S&A device will not allow inadvertent packing into the dispenser of explosive devices in the armed state.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a multiple part missile according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a first missile part having a first groove formed in a surface of the first missile part and a second missile part having a second groove. A snap ring may be configured to engage the first groove and the second groove.

Abstract: A cableway system has at least one continuous conveying cable, which is guided over deflecting pulleys in the terminal stations, and transport devices, such as cablecars and chairs, that can be coupled to the conveying cable. Guide rails are provided in the stations along which the transporting means uncoupled from the conveying cable can be displaced. Two vertical conveying wheels rotatably supported about a horizontal axis are provided in at least one of the stations for moving the transport devices between an upper plane and a lower plane in the station. The transport devices are uncoupled from the conveying cable, guided along a first guide rail in the upper plane of the station to a first vertical conveying wheel, which moves them from the upper plane into the lower plane, moved along the second guide rail in the lower plane through a passenger boarding and disembarking region, and moved to the second vertical conveying wheel, which conveys them back into the upper plane.

Abstract: A storage system for containers including a plurality of cells for reception of containers and means of transferring containers within and outside of the cells. The transfer means include shuttles for translation between the cells and ensilage trolleys which are carried by the shuttles to face a cell and which are motorized to enter and exit from the cell and transfer containers between the cell and the shuttle. The ensilage trolleys are fitted with at least one transport unit made up of a base frame with motorized wheels for running on rails for the entrance and exit movement and with loading platform arranged above the base frame and designed to support a container. Between the platform and the base frame there are fluid hoisting sets distributed longitudinally to the trolley for controlled hoisting of the platform and which also realize elastic attenuation parts.

Abstract: The present invention is of a cable way comprising a beam with a fixed support structure to which a circular or an arc-shaped track is attached. A track cart, to which one end of a carrying cable is connected, is movably assembled onto the track. The principles of the invention include that the ends of the carrying cables may move in any direction, provided the distance between the two cable end attachment points and thus the cable tension remains unchanged. By moving the track carts the gradient and position of the carrying cable can be altered individually and controlled in the horizontal as well as vertical direction in order to efficiently increase the use of space and reach of a cable way. In particular, loads, which move on the carrying cables by force of gravity, can be influenced in both direction and path of motion.

Abstract: A switching electromagnetic moving system is comprised of at least one track and at least one moving body located on the track. The track is comprised of a power buss, at least two track sections and a controller. Each track section has a contact surface and comprises electrically connected coil windings spaced apart in a series way to form a multi-phase linear stator. Each track section has a switch and at least one sensor to detect the position of the moving body on the track. For each track section the sensor of the preceding track section relative to the direction of travel of the moving body controls the switch to power on and the sensor of the subsequent track section controls the switch to power off.

Abstract: To provide an electric rolling stock driving apparatus allowing for an enhanced reliability of rolling stock system, a main motor 14 for driving an electric rolling stock, a VVVF inverter 13 for driving the main motor, and a brake controller 12 for controlling braking forces of wheels 16 are provided within a driving truck 9, allowing for an improvement in reliability of a rolling stock system that otherwise might have deficiencies such as an increased rolling stock manufacture term or an increased trouble restoration time by a complicated implementation of wiring due to an arrangement according to a relevant art in which, for driving a rolling stock, associated apparatuses are separately mounted to a car body and a truck.

Abstract: Many dead results from train accidents every year. A simple invention like train forerunner can save many lives. What is a train forerunner? Basically, it is an extra train engine running independently ahead of the train at the same speed of the train with its own train engine. The train forerunner is not coupled to the train or train engine but running independently ahead of the train engine or train. The train forerunner is controlled by remote control to run at the same speed of the train while the train engine is controlled by a engineer. The remote controlled train forerunner can be programmed to run ahead at a distance that a train is able to stop.

Abstract: A removable bulkhead for a railcar is provided, wherein the railcar includes a pair of spaced-apart side sills, at least one side stake pocket, and at least one end stake pocket. The removable bulkhead includes a support structure removably attachable to the railcar. The support structure of the removable bulkhead includes at least one bottom connecting mechanism, and the bottom connecting mechanism is receivable in a corresponding end stake pocket of the railcar. The removable bulkhead further includes at least one stabilizing mechanism operatively connecting the support structure to the railcar.

Abstract: A lateral face of a rail vehicle body is provided including a framework which is formed by an assembly of a plurality of adjacent panels and an outer skin which is adhesively-bonded to the framework and which extends over at least two adjacent panels, the assembly of panels and the skin forming a laminated assembly, each panel including ribs which are arranged so as to ensure the vertical rigidity and the horizontal rigidity of the lateral face. The outer skin extends over the entire length of the lateral face.

Abstract: The invention provides an inkjet ink set for use in an inkjet recording apparatus including a heater that heats a recording medium at least before or after ejecting each liquid of the ink set onto the recording medium, the ink set including: an inkjet ink; and an inkjet processing liquid including at least a compound having a function of aggregating, thickening or insolubilizing a component of the ink, at least one of the ink or the processing liquid including at least one selected from the group consisting of saccharides represented by the following Formula (I) and derivatives thereof: Formula (I): Cm(H2O)n, in Formula (I), m representing an integer of 3 to 6, and n representing an integer of 3 to 6, and at least one of the ink or the processing liquid including a penetrating agent.

Abstract: Nepheline syenite powder with a controlled particle size where 99.9% of the particles are less than 6 microns, which powder has a moisture content of less than 0.8% and an Einlehner Abrasive Value of less than 100 and products using this fine grain ultra fine nepheline syenite powder.

Abstract: [Method for solving the problems]The present invention relates to an azo compound represented by the following Formula (1) in free acid form or a salt thereof, [KA 1] (wherein, D represents a residual group of aromatic ring or heterocyclic diazo components, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1 to C4 alkyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a cyano group or a carbamoyl group, R3, R4, R5 and R6 may be the same or different respectively and each represents a hydrogen atom, a C1 to C4 alkyl group substituted by a sulfonic acid group or a carboxyl group) and an ink composition characterized by comprising the same, and said composition is excellent in storage stability, exhibits orange color by itself and hue with highly vividness when used for inkjet recording, provides strong fastnesses such as light fastness and ozone fastness of a recorded article, and is suitable for inkjet recording.

Abstract: A non-aqueous pigment ink includes a colorant and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the colorant is a pigment complex of a pigment, a dispersant and a polymer compound, the polymer compound contains 2 or more primary and/or secondary amino groups within each molecule, and the dispersant contains 2 or more reactive functional groups within each molecule that exhibit reactivity with the amino groups of the polymer compound.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a water-based pigment dispersion having superior ejection stability, long-term storage stability and clogging resistance. [Solving Means] A water-based pigment dispersion comprising: a pigment dispersoid containing a pigment and a sulfonate-based polymerizable surfactant adsorbed to the pigment, wherein the water-based pigment dispersion is produced by a process including the steps of: pulverizing and mixing a mixture containing the pigment, the sulfonate-based polymerizable surfactant, and an aqueous medium to prepare a water-based dispersion; treating the water-based dispersion in the presence of a peroxodisulfate to prepare a modified water-based dispersion; and subjecting the modified water-based dispersion to ultrafiltration until the dissolved portion of the sulfonate-based polymerizable surfactant in the aqueous medium is reduced to less than 10 ppm.

Abstract: Described herein are composite compositions and methods for making such compositions. The composition includes or is the reaction product of a cellulosic material, an organic component, and a thermoplastic. Some useful organic components include a silane-containing polymer. Some of the compositions have improved physical properties such as tensile properties, improved strength, and reduced water absorption.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide coating materials including at least one binder and at least one photocatalytically-active substance adapted to absorb light at one or more absorption wavelengths in the range of about 380 nm to about 500 nm. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: A radiation curable powder coating composition for preparing low gloss coatings, comprises as a binder a mixture of 30 to 90 weight % of one or more (meth)acryloyl group containing amorphous polyester resins having an unsaturated equivalent weight of more than 700 g/double bond and an isophthalic acid content of from 65 to 100 weight %, calculated on all the acids, and 10 to 70 weight % of one or more (meth)acryloyl group containing acrylic copolymers having an unsaturated equivalent weight of up to 1250 g/double bond.

Abstract: A pigment dispersing polymer comprising a backbone having one or more urea groups and having polymeric side chains extending therefrom. The dispersing polymer may be formed from the reaction of a compound having one or more carbodiimide groups with acid functional resins such as acid functional polyesters, acid functional acrylics, acid functional polyethers, and fatty acids.

Abstract: The invention disclosed a pigment having angle dependence of the interference colors and its production process, in which mica is used as the substrate and the first metal oxide coating with high refractive index has the optical thickness of silver to golden interference color. And the second metal oxide coating with low refractive index has the optical thickness of the second circle green to the fourth circle interference color. The third coating is a highly refractive metal oxide. The lowly refractive metal oxide is SiO2 and the highly refractive metal oxide is TiO2, SnO2, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, CoO, Co2O3, ZrO2, Cr2O3 or their mixtures as well as complexes. The mica substrate is wet-milled mica powders with a thickness of 0.1-0.9 micrometers and a diameter of 5-250 micrometers.

Abstract: A method for the production of metakaolin particles includes following method steps: preparing a lightweight expandable aggregate material in granulate form adding kaolin particles to the lightweight aggregate as a separating agent; feeding the separating agent-granulate mixture through a kiln; exposing the separating agent-granulate mixture to thermal energy, in order to expand the lightweight aggregate material, with simultaneous calcination of the kaolin particles into metakaolin particles; and separating the metakaolin particles from the lightweight aggregate granulate.

Abstract: A sprayable and pourable cement composition is provided. The cement composition comprises about 30 to 40 percent by weight calcium silicate, about 20 to 35 percent by weight magnesium oxide and about 25 to 45 percent by weight monopotassium phosphate.

Abstract: A low viscosity aqueous slurry of hydrated lime is provided by combining as dispersants glucose syrup and a polycarboxylate copolymer salt. The aqueous slurries have low viscosity and exhibit good viscosity stability over practical storage periods.

Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore that penetrates a subterranean formation includes displacing a cement composition comprising an aromatic sulfonated polymer into the wellbore and allowing the cement composition to set. In an embodiment, a transition time of the cement composition is less than or equal to about 60 minutes, alternatively less than or equal to about 50 minutes, less than or equal to about 40 minutes, less than or equal to about 30 minutes, less than or equal to about 20 minutes, or less than or equal to about 10 minutes. Thus, the transition time may be short enough to inhibit a substantial amount of gas migration into the cement composition before it sets. In yet another embodiment, the cement composition exhibits a viscosity that increases from a value of 35 Bc (Bearden units) to about 100 Bc in about 10 minutes or less when the cement composition sets.

Abstract: The Anderlyn Portable Standup Desk is unique and new in its invention as it is lightweight, made of ABS plastics, it is easy to store, easy to move to a different location and it has specifically designed hinged legs (for storing and transporting) and leg extensions, attached to the legs, that make it possible for individuals from 4?11? to 6?6? to use this one desktop. The desktop surface is made with a generous working space, which is also a unique feature of this invention and can hold a laptop computer, flat screen monitor, telephone and working documents. The Anderlyn Portable Standup Desktop is designed to be used with (placed on top of) any existing surface, such as a conventional desk, table or counter which also makes it a unique invention as to enhance and utilize existing office and home equipment instead of replacing it.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pallet comprising a four-sided support plate, said support plate comprising two first edges arranged opposite each other and two second edges arranged opposite each other, first walls arranged along the first edges of support plate and hinged to the support plate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nestable load support (1), preferably made of plastic, comprising a deck (3), an outer edge (9) that extends along the entire periphery, several legs (5) which are each formed by a respective depression in the deck, with two sidewalls (7) and a bottom (8), the sidewalls and the bottom forming a trapezoidal cross section, and at least one respective opening (19) for the forks of a stacker in the sidewalls of the legs. The outer edge and the deck are connected to each other exclusively via the sidewalls and the bottoms of the legs.

Abstract: A furniture line comprised of a system of furniture manufacturing including, but not limited to tables and table-desks that are produced by skilled and unskilled labor with minimal supervision whereby adhesives are utilized in lieu of mechanical fasteners or connectors to produce an unlimited number of furniture models in unlimited variations of sizes, shapes, materials and finishes while maintaining a conceptual basis of relationships between components wherein the underside of every tabletop is configured to nest with the tops of one or more corresponding foam-core pedestals having one or more recessed bases and the perimeters of the recessed areas of the tabletops and the edges of the pedestal tops parallel and abut each other thereby facilitating nesting and wherein every table top may be installed without tools.

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for removing and treating contaminated materials on a bottom of a body of water and introducing growth packets to revitalize the treated bottom of the body of water. The structure may comprise a vessel with an open face. The vessel may be lowered down to the bottom of the body of water with the face facing down. As a result, the vessel and the bottom form an isolated space. The structure may comprise at least one agitating device(s) for stirring up the materials inside the vessel so as to form a mixture containing the sediment materials which in turn contain the contaminants. Multiple at least one pipe(s) may be coupled to the vessel for transporting the mixture out of the vessel for processing (filtering, treating with chemicals, etc.) so as to neutralize or eliminate the contaminants in the mixture. Then, the treated mixture can be returned to the inside of the vessel via the at least one pipe(s).

Abstract: A seed planting assembly comprising a laterally extending support member and a planting unit including a planting frame supported by said support member. Said planting unit frame carries, a seed trench opening assembly operable to create a seed trench in a ground surface, a depth regulating member having a vertical position relative to said seed trench opening assembly, wherein said depth regulating member responds to forces upon said planting unit to control ground surface engagement, an arm assembly connecting said depth regulating member to said planting unit frame with a depth monitoring means for indicating whether said depth regulating member is fully engaged with said ground surface wherein said depth monitoring means indicates whether said arm assembly is engaged with said stop means.

Abstract: A seed tube for an agricultural planter has a top entrance, a bottom exit, front and rear walls, and sidewalls. A lower seed tube locator fits around the main body of the seed tube as a separate component and provides a lower attachment point for the seed tube. The front wall of the seed tube is free of substantial molded structures that would tend to create a sink or warp the interior surface of the front wall during molding. A sensor is mounted to the seed tube to face an exterior surface of the front wall. Light is transmitted and received by the sensor through the front wall to detect seeds passing through the seed tube. The interior surface of the front wall is smooth, uninterrupted and sink-free to avoid any obstructions that might alter the trajectory of the falling seeds, thereby increasing the seed spacing accuracy of the planter.

Abstract: The inductor assembly of the present invention is configured with an agricultural implement to enhance conveyance of product from a storage hopper to a remote location. The inductor assembly includes an inductor chamber that defines an interior cavity configured to receive the supply of product from the storage hopper, an inlet tube configured to direct the stream of pressurized air so as to generate a combined stream of pressurized air and product, and an outlet tube configured to pass the combined stream of pressurized air and product from the inductor chamber to a distribution system application of the product in an agricultural environment. The improved inductor assembly can further include a selectively extendable outlet tube assembly, a trajectory control assembly coupled to the inlet tube, and an adjustable cover assembly configured to regulate agitation of the product and to purge deposits downstream of the inductor assembly.

Abstract: The inductor assembly of the present invention is configured with an agricultural implement to enhance conveyance of product from a storage hopper to a remote location. The inductor assembly includes an inductor chamber that defines an interior cavity configured to receive the supply of product from the storage hopper, an inlet tube configured to direct the stream of pressurized air so as to generate a combined stream of pressurized air and product, and an outlet tube configured to pass the combined stream of pressurized air and product from the inductor chamber to a distribution system application of the product in an agricultural environment. The improved inductor assembly can further include a selectively extendable outlet tube assembly, a trajectory control assembly coupled to the inlet tube, and an adjustable cover assembly configured to regulate agitation of the product and to purge deposits downstream of the inductor assembly.

Abstract: An embroidery sewing machine with printing function (1) including a sewing machine body (2) having a bed (10), a foot (11), an arm (12), and capable of sewing a workpiece cloth (W) by a sewing unit (99); a cloth holding frame (3) holding the workpiece cloth (W) to be sewn; a frame drive unit (4) moving the cloth holding frame 3 independently in two mutually perpendicular directions in a horizontal plane; an ink-jet printer (5) having a print head (61) printing the workpiece cloth (W) held by the cloth holding frame (3); the embroidery sewing machine with printing function (1) characterized in that the frame drive unit (4) includes a first drive mechanism (45) that moves the cloth holding frame (3) in a first direction parallel with a lengthwise direction of the bed (10); and a second drive mechanism (30) that moves the cloth holding frame (3) in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the print head (61) of the printer (5) includes nozzle arrays (61c to 61f) aligning a plurality of ink-jet

Abstract: Bobbin case containing a lower thread bobbin mounted in a rotary hook of a sewing machine is exchanged for a new bobbin case by the bobbin case being transferred between the rotary hook and a bobbin stock section provided apart from the rotary hook. Transfer mechanism reciprocatively transfers a bobbin grasping device, grasping a bobbin case at a distal end portion of a chuck section, between the rotary hook and the bobbin stock section. In a predetermined position of a transfer stroke of the bobbin grasping device, an orientation change mechanism changes the orientation of the chuck section, being transferred toward the rotary hook, so that the chuck section faces toward the rotary hook, and changes the orientation of the chuck section of the bobbin grasping device, being transferred toward the bobbin stock section, so that the chuck section faces toward the bobbin stock section.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for producing several large area and in particular multi-layered sewing products, for instance mattress sheets, from a preferably multi-layered length of sewing material which is fed to a sewing unit, for instance a multiple needle sewing unit and preferably a multiple needle chain stitch sewing machine in which the length of sewing material is sewn in such a manner that within the length of sewing material several sewing products are formed with at least one sewing product pattern, wherein the length of sewing material is fed to a processing station for sewn material downstream of the sewing unit, in which processing station the sewn length of sewing material is separated and in particular cut to individual sewing products at least transversely to its conveying direction, wherein markers are applied to the length of sewing material which carry information concerning the processing of the length of sewing material and which are read by a reading device.