Abstract: Sheet material 30 is taken from a supply 32 and is cut by cutter 36 into segments 35. The segments are moved rapidly parallel to their cut edges into a slower operating first sewing station 40 where elastic bands are sewn to the side edges of the segments. The rapidly moving trailing portion of the segment 35 of sheet material is temporarily accumulated at the accumulation station 39 and progressively fed at a slower rate through the first sewing station 40. The side edges are folded into overlying relationship with respect to the main body portion at folding station 42. Sewing machines 64 and 165 are moved inwardly of the sewing path to simultaneously cut and sew diagonal corners at the trailing and leading edges of the segments, with the sewing machines pivoting so as to face the relative movement of the sheet material, and the removed corners 25 and elastic banding 21 are pulled away from the work product by a vacuum system 186.

Abstract: A waist part cloth guiding device for a sewing machine comprises a guide which folds and guides a side edge portion of a cylindrical cloth to enclose a ring band ahead of the needle drop point, while feeding the band together with the cloth in a cloth feed direction by a forced feeding device, regardless of the operation of a main shaft of the sewing machine. After setting the ring band to be inserted into the folded portion of the cylindrical cloth at a position close to the needle drop point of the sewing machine, the side edge portion of the cylindrical cloth may be automatically guided and folded to the lower side of the ring band.

Abstract: An automatic apparatus and method for forming a V-top shirt pocket or similar article with a folded region, sewing a stitch to hold the fold, and stacking a plurality of same with distributed hem build-up. An unfolded ply of material is provided to a folding station, which forms a tucked edge fold in the material. The ply is then held at the tucked edge, and the opposite end is folded over a folding rod with an air jet. Holding fingers descend to hold the fold in the ply. A transport carriage arrives at the folding station to retrieve the folded, edge-tucked ply. The transport carriage includes a clamp, which clamps on the folded, edge-tucked ply to hold the fold and edge tuck as the folding station elements retract. The transport carriage carries the folded, edge-tucked held ply through a sewing station in synchronization with a sewing machine, where a V-shaped hem is sewn.

Abstract: A self-guiding zig-zag satin stitch presser edge foot includes a sole to be pressed against a fabric to be sewn and a fabric guide for engaging an edge of the fabric. The fabric guide carriers a thread guide pin which lies adjacent to the edge of the fabric. The fabric guide and the thread guide pin are laterally movable, as a unit, by the positioning of a nut on a threaded shank which is fixed relative to the sole. Extending upwardly from the fabric guide is a U-shaped yoke which is slidably received onto the threaded shank. A nut, which is threaded onto the shank, is positioned within the yoke to move the fabric guide and the thread guide pin as the nut is rotated about the shank. The sole includes a channel formed on the underside thereof rearwardly of a needle dropping hole, having a sufficient depth to permit a thickened satin-stitch hem to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A down type static folder is provided for folding the edge of a garment during hemming. The folder is mounted--such as by a pivot post and latch--in a specific predetermined position on an automatic sewing machine head. The static folder is preferably mounted in place of a conventional cloth plate on the sewing machine head. The static folder includes a plate with a tongue for holding the folded over edge of the garment in a specific relationship with respect to the needle of the sewing machine during hemming. The tongue is in very close proximity to the needle (e.g. 0.0012-0.0015 inches). A flared portion of the folder automatically opens up the blank after hemming. By utilizing the invention it is possible to provide a perfect blind stitch in a T-shirt sleeve or the like.

Abstract: An automatic feeder unit for a twin or triple needle bottom cover stitch machine which allows hemmed garments to be chained off while being sewn automatically. The feed unit comprises a top feed conveyor coupled to a synchronizer which senses the speed of the main shaft of the sewing head to control the speed of the top feed conveyor in relation to the speed of the sewing head. Further a feed dog and throat plate assembly comprises an extended land area beyond the chaining finger and having a slot located therebeyond through which a feed dog protrudes during operation, to thereby retain the chain stitch during chaining off.

Abstract: A method and sewing unit for folding a strip of cloth and then transporting it to a sewing machine together with a sewing material blank to which it is to be sewn. In accordance with this invention, the sewing material blank 109, which has been laid out in accordance with markings at a layout point 101 of the sewing unit, together with the strip of cloth 110, are transferred by a feed device 8 to a transfer point 106 beneath the sewing-material holder 9, which has previously been raised. A pivotable and displaceable folding-plate 94 provided on the sewing-material holder, together with a counterplate 54 of the feed device 8, carries out the folding of the strip of cloth 110. Then the folding-plate 94 is pulled forward and the counterplate 54 backward, and the feed device 8 is placed in its raised position. The sewing-material holder 9 moves the folded strip of cloth 110 and the blank 109 lying under it to the sewing point 108 at the sewing machine 3.

Abstract: A hem folding attachment for folding a reinforcement member into the end of a strip of material prior to insertion of the folded end of the strip of material into a hem forming maching. The attachment including a frame or table having a guide mounted on the frame for aligning the strip of material on the table and a hem stop mounted on the frame for engaging the end of the strip of material. The reinforcement member is aligned on the top of the strip of material in a spaced relation to the hem stop. A folder bar is mounted on the frame beneath the strip of material for movement upwardly into engagement with the strip of material to fold the end of the strip of material around the reinforcement member. A shuttle is moved into engagement with the reinforcement member and folds the end of the strip over the top of the reinforcement member. The shuttle includes a clamp for engaging the reinforcement member prior to the movement of the shuttle transversely to feed the strip into the hem forming machine.

Abstract: A sewing machine for making a threefold hem in each of the legs of a pair of trousers has a folding guide member for turning a bottom edge of the trouser leg inwardly of the trouser leg, a revolving roller positioned below the folding guide member for rocking motion in a direction rightwards and leftwards, and a detecting plate positioned above the folding guide member for the detection of the passage of at least one seam in the trouser legs over the folding guide member and movable up and down.

Abstract: A sewing machine comprising a feed unit 10 to feed a folded tape beneath a presser foot 8, a cutting unit 15 to cut the tape upstream of the presser foot and a hemming group 21 to guide and shape the hem of a workpiece upstream of the presser foot. The feed unit 10, cutting unit 15 and hemming group 21 comprise a feed guide 11, a cutting member 16 and a hem folder 22 respectively, which are individually and selectively movable from a rest position in which they are spaced apart from a workpiece supporting table 3 and the presser foot 8 to a working position in which they are disposed close to the supporting table and presser foot to perform their operating functions.

Abstract: A folding device for an automatic sewing machine has a carrier plate for a first workpiece, a sword which is movable in the longitudinal direction thereof to receive a second workpiece and an outer frame having creasing devices for folding the second workpiece around the sword. The outer frame is pivotable into a total of three different working positions. In addition, it is movable out of its working positions into a retracted position. The purpose of this measure is to improve the field of vision for the operator while at the same time reducing the risk of an accident.

Abstract: A waistband sew-in device to carry out. The sewing of waistbands in the waist part of briefs, skirts and trousers by retaining a cloth in a hoop shape with a stationary frame equipped with an inverted two-legged U-shaped guide surface, inserting a stretched waistband outside the cloth, folding over a cloth edge of the cloth in two plies to the outside of the waistband, further folding the cloth edge of the already folded part in two plies to be pushed into the space between the waistband and the cloth, sliding a belt strip reeled on the guide surface of the stationary frame on the guide surface by a take-up and rewinding mechanism installed on each leg of the two legs of the stationary frame, and sending the cloth having the waistband reeled in its three-folded cloth edge into a sewing unit of a sewing machine together with said waistband.

Abstract: The sewing machine herein described comprises a hem folder 9 arranged to introduce an elastic band into the folded edges of a workpiece and a feed guide 16 arranged to apply ribbon-like trimmings along the edges of the same workpiece. The hem folder is oscillatably connected to the machine bed 2 and is movable, upon command of a fluid-operated cylinder 15, from a working position in which it is disposed flush with the workpiece supporting table 3 and before the presser foot 7 to a rest position in which it is tilted in front of the bed and disposed at a lower position than the supporting table. The feed guide which is connected to the machine bed by a rotary fluid-operated cylinder 20, is movable from a rest position in which it is spaced apart sideways from the supporting table 3 to a working position in which it has a free end 16a disposed before the presser foot.

Abstract: A sewing machine for sewing a fabric comprising, a reciprociting needle, a hemming device comprising a guide member having an edge guide extending towards the needle, and an elongated hemming guide extending laterally from the guide member and including a device for retaining the fabric in a folded configuration passing towards the needle. The sewing machine has a device for sensing passage of a cross-seam of the fabric as it passes along the guide member, a device responsive to the sensing device for shifting the guide member and hemming guide along with the fabric laterally away while the needle penetrates the fabric in the region of the cross-seam, and a device for returning the guide member and hemming guide along with the fabric to its original position.

Abstract: Sheet material (30) is cut into rectangular segments (35). The segments are then moved parallel to their cut edges rapidly away from the cutting station into a slower operating first sewing station (40) where elastic bands are sewn to the cut head and foot edge portions of the segment. The rapidly moving trailing portion of the segment (35) of sheet material is temporarily accumulated at the accumulation station (39) and progressively fed at a lower rate from the accumulation station to the first sewing station. The head and foot edge portions are folded into overlying relationship with respect the main body portion by passing the main body portion through a U-shaped turn and at the same time passing the head and foot edge portions through a pair of 90 degree turns. Sewing machines are moved first inwardly and then outwardly across the folded edge portions of the segment, thus forming the sewn line of chain stitching at the corners of the bedsheet.

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for feeding a cylindrical piece of fabric to a sewing portion of a sewing machine whereby a hem is set at the edge portion of the fabric as a twice-folded, three-layered band. The apparatus has parallel supports for the cylindrical fabric both secured to the sewing portion, and a plurality of pairs of clamp plates disposed to the left and right of the supports at forward and backward positions and movable to the left and right and back and forth. The cylindrical piece of fabric is supported around the supports and four pairs of clamp plates are moved in such a manner that the fabric portions are appropriately stretched and the fabric has a twice folded portion.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for successively fabricating pillowcases from a continuous open width textile fabric and in which the leading end portion of the textile fabric is folded over onto an adjacent trailing portion before the fabric is transversely cut. The folding of the leading end portion of the textile fabric over and above the adjacent trailing portion provides positive and accurate control and positioning of the corresponding edges of the upper and lower layers of the pillowcase blank. This accurate alignment of the edges of the upper and lower layers of the pillowcase blank is maintained while respective side and bottom seams are formed along the corresponding edges of the pillowcase blank.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for forming a double-folded wide hem in cut textile articles, such as would be used for the open entrance end of a pillowcase, the top of a bed sheet and the like. Rectangular cut articles are successively fed in a longitudinal path of travel and are stopped for hem folding during such travel. A predetermined width of one edge portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the path of travel of each article is elevated and stopped in the folding position. The elevated portion is folded over the remainder of the article and over a stationary folding shoe having a transverse dimension corresponding to the desired width of the wide hem being formed in the article, while forming a first fold in the edge portion of the article around an outer longitudinally-extending edge of the stationary folding shoe.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for automatically guiding, trimming, splitting and side hemming continuous textile material having thickened individual portions, such as terry towels, woven therein in side-by-side relationship transversely of the material and in series longitudinally of the material. This material is fed through the apparatus and thinned selvage edge portions are trimmed to a predetermined width, hems are formed in each of the trimmed selvage edges and stitched with mechanisms in a first work station of the apparatus. The trimming, folding and stitching mechanisms on each side of the traveling material are individually moved and aligned in proper transverse positions relative to each of the selvage edges regardless of transverse deviation in the longitudinal paths of travel of the selvage edges as the material travels through the first work station.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for feeding a tubular fabric to a sewing portion of a sewing machine so as to set a hem on the edge portion of the fabric formed as a twice-folded, three-layered band. The operation is performed so that a left rear clamp is moved to the right so as to contact a holder extending from the sewing portion on its left side; the tubular fabric is inserted around the holder from the free end thereof; a main left front clamp is moved to the right and a right front clamp is moved to the left so as to clamp intermediate portions of the peripheral surface of said fabric from the outside. Then the left rear clamp is moved to the left and a main right rear clamp is moved to the right so as to stretch right and left sides of the fabric closer to the sewing portion from the inside to the outside, so that the right and left sides of the fabric become wider than the clamped portions of the fabric.

Abstract: This invention relates to a machine for forming a fly structure in garments or the like and more particularly to a machine which folds a fly flap portion which is integral with the garment forming panel, then places a predetermined length of one half of a slide fastener stringer in position on the fly flap portion within the folds thus formed and secures the stringer to the folded flap portion.

Abstract: An improvement in the initial folding operation of the hemming machine disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,066,025 by the substitution of a live angular belt extending across the path of advancing overhanging hem material in place of the prior fixed curved guide which led the material to a folded under position.

Abstract: This invention relates to a machine for forming a fly structure in a garment or the like and more particularly to a machine which folds a fly flap portion which is integral with the garment panel to form a double welt along the exposed edge of the finished fly structure and then places and secures one half of a slide fastener tape to the fly flap portion.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a guidance system operable in combination with an automatic transfer apparatus. The guidance system is effective to position each half of a folded and hemmed workpiece together in a proper orientation relative to each other and relative to a predetermined path during the time that the workpiece is removed from a first conveyor. The guidance system includes: a pair of workpiece hem aligners and hem guides.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for acting upon a cloth in a manner for automatically forming a shirt sleeve from a sleeve blank. The blank is conveyed by a conveyor is a first direction and a hem is automatically formed and secured along a longitudinal edge thereof. The blank is automatically picked up off the conveyor and folded about an axis substantially transverse to the first direction. The transference of the hemmed and folded sleeve is controlled such that the overlapping edges of the folded blank are in substantial alignment relative to one another when deposited on a second conveyor which conveys the blank in a second direction. As the blank is conveyed by the second conveyor, the overlapping and generally aligned edges of the folded workpiece are secured together to form a shirt sleeve.

Abstract: An automatic sewing apparatus capable of blind stitching an S-shaped hem in the marginal edge of a tubular workpiece. The sewing apparatus is provided with a tensioning device including a pair of roller supports which arrange an open end of the workpiece in a closed loop formation. The roller support, arranged on the downstream side of the sewing machine, is provided with a guiding portion adapted to receive and controllably guide the sewn and hemmed edge of the tubular workpiece.

Abstract: The disclosed invention describes an automatic sewing machine adapted to sew along a tubular workpiece edge. Upon insertion, the workpiece is tensioned and the marginal edge thereof is arranged in a different shape before sewing than after sewing. An array of sensors are positioned to monitor and effectively control the lateral disposition of the workpiece edge during the entirety of the sewing cycle and to effect an uninterrupted working sequence without the need of operator intervention.

Abstract: An apparatus for use with a sewing machine to automatically hem the free ends of tubular portions of garments. The apparatus has a guide cylinder with a stop and a tension cylinder capable of being retracted, both of which are mounted on the sewing machine with a folding guide which is moveable between a retracted position and an operative position. A tube connected to a source of compressed air assists in removing the sewn garment from the apparatus.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a hem in fabric flat goods is disclosed. The method includes the steps of folding the border of the fabric flat goods back over to form a major hem, holding the major hem in place by vacuum, folding the free edge of the major hem back into the fold of the major hem to form a minor hem, clamping the major and minor hems in a movable clamp and moving the clamped together hems to a sewing machine. The apparatus includes a table having a longitudinally extending vacuum slot parallel to one of its sides, a major hem forming plate movable to a position over the table top for forming the major hem, a minor hem forming plate also movable to a position over the table top for forming the minor hem, and a movable clamping device for clamping the hems together and delivering the hems to a sewing machine which stitches the hems.

Abstract: Sheet material is taken from a supply, moved along its length to a cutting station, the sheet material is cut into segments, and the cut segments are moved parallel to their cut edges, the cut edges are hemmed, and the segments are folded. At the cutting station the leading portion of the sheet material is gripped and pulled from the entrance to the cutting station to the other side thereof, a slack bar is moved downwardly into the segment of sheet material in the cutting station to form slack in the segment, and the segment in the cutting station is clamped against parallel conveyor tapes. A cutting disc is drawn across the sheet material at the entrance to the cutting station, and the parallel conveyor tapes move the sheet parallel to its cut edges to a hemming station where the edges are folded and hemmed. The hems of the side edges are expanded after being mechanically formed and prior to being sewn.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing rectangular pieces of fabric wherein the piece of fabric is moved in a first direction until the front edge reaches and is held in a predetermined front position, whereas the remaining part of said piece continues to move in said first direction until the rear edge reaches and is held in a predetermined rear position. The piece is thereafter moved in a second position while the front and rear edges are kept apart at a predetermined distance, and the aforesaid edges are hemmed simultaneously by hemming machines. The method and device according to the invention are used for hemming pieces having two parallel edges, and in particular rectangular pieces cut from a continuous web of fabric, such as for example floor cloths.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for acting upon cloth in a particular manner, most particularly for automatically forming a shirt sleeve from a sleeve blank. The blank is conveyed by a conveyor in a first direction and a hem is automatically formed along a first edge thereof. The hem is ironed, and then the hemmed sleeve blank is automatically picked up off the conveyor and folded about an axis substantially transverse to the first direction. The folded hemmed blank is dropped on a second conveyor which conveys the blank in a second direction substantially transverse to the first direction. A seam is automatically formed along a second edge of the blank as it is being conveyed by the second conveyor, to form a shirt sleeve. A roller moving at a speed different than the speed of the second conveyor preferably engages the blank as it is being conveyed by the second conveyor and effects movement of it so that the seam along the second edge includes at least a portion which is arcuate.

Abstract: Sheet material is taken from a supply, moved along its length to a cutting station, the sheet material is cut into segments, and the cut segments are moved parallel to their cut edges, the cut edges are hemmed, and the segments are folded. At the cutting station the leading portion of the sheet material is gripped and pulled from the entrance to the cutting station to the other side thereof, a slack bar is moved downwardly into the segment of sheet material in the cutting station to form slack in the segment, and the segment in the cutting station is clamped against parallel conveyor tapes. A cutting disc is drawn across the sheet material at the entrance to the cutting station, and the parallel conveyor tapes move the sheet parallel to its cut edges to a hemming station where the edges are folded and hemmed. The hems of the side edges are expanded after being mechanically formed and prior to being sewn.

Abstract: Apparatus for independently guiding two overlaid fabric workpieces as they are simultaneously fed through a sewing work station and are seamed together, wherein the guide apparatus comprises a pair of opposed guide wheels located upstream from the work station with respect to the direction of workpiece feed through the work station; separate servo motors for rotating guide wheels in planes perpendicular to the direction of workpiece feed; a separating bar for spacing apart the two workpieces and for individually pressing them against a different one of the guide wheels; and separate sensors for monitoring the edges of each workpiece and for controlling the servo motors separately to rotate their guide wheels so as to center each workpiece edge opposite its corresponding sensor.

Abstract: The application discloses a method and apparatus for cutting bed sheets and the like from a large, continuous length of fabric, forming hems on the cut edges of the fabric panels, and then sewing the hems. The fabric is fed "wrong side out", and one of the hems is formed upside down while the other is formed right side up. One hem is formed more or less directly above the other. A pair of sewing machines are mounted one above the other, and the entire fabric panel, with the just-formed hem folds, is advanced laterally through the sewing machines, simultaneously sewing both hems. By arranging for the mounting of both sewing machines, one above the other, servicing of the machines by a single operator is readily accomplished. Moreover, the substantial amount of fabric between the two hems is accommodated in a generally vertically oriented loop of the fabric providing for highly efficient utilization of factory space.

Abstract: Cloth moves from a reel along its length, a first "right-handed" edge treatment system positioned at one edge of the path of movement of the cloth treats one edge of the cloth, the cloth is turned over and a second "right-handed" edge treatment system positioned at the edge of the path of movement treats the opposite edge of the cloth. The cloth then moves into a cutting station where the cloth is cut into smaller sections. The cut sections are moved along an L-shaped path by a conveyor system with the cut edges extending along the path, and a third "right-handed" edge treatment system positioned adjacent the first leg of the L-shaped path treats one cut edge of the sections, the sections are turned over as they move into the second leg of the L-shaped path, and a fourth "right-handed" edge treatment system treats the opposite cut edge of the sections. The sections are then stacked.

Abstract: A device for quickly sewing finishing elements such as edgings and collars onto knitted outerwear articles to be applied on chainstitch sewing machines comprises: (a) a braking member for the finishing element effective to maintain it in a tensioned or stretched condition; (b) a folding or bending member effective to fold or bend said finishing element, and (c) a feeding member effective to feed the folded or bent finishing element and the knitted article, under the foot of the sewing machine. The braking member is formed by a curved rod, onto the bottom of which presses a blade spring, and by two parallel vertical rods located upstream of the first rod, the finishing element passing at first between said two rods and then, together with the selvedge, between the curved rod and blade spring. The pressure exerted by the blade spring on the rod may be adjusted by a screw provided with a spring.

Abstract: A sewing machine installation for sewing shirt front box hems and having a first underlying belt conveyor for individually conveying shirt front material blanks longitudinally forwardly along a lower main support table through a shirt front edge folder and a second overlying belt conveyor for individually conveying separate box hem material blanks with a liner tape longitudinally forwardly along an upper auxiliary table section through a box hem edge folder and into superimposed preassembled association with the prefolded shirt front blanks; the overlying and underlying conveyors thereafter cooperating for conveying the preassembled shirt front box hems longitudinally forwardly along the main support table through sewing and shearing stations for sewing the preassembled shirt front box hems and shearing excess material from the leading and trailing edges thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for use with a sewing machine having a frame for supporting a tubular workpiece that is movable between a workpiece loading station and the sewing area of the machine. The workpiece is supported under tension on the frame which includes a positioning element for locating it thereon and a folding element for folding one of its ends over an elastic band placed on the workpiece at a predetermined distance from the positioning element. Movement of the frame to the sewing area places the workpiece in position to receive a seam of stitches in the folded portion within which the elastic band is located.

Abstract: A sewing machine installation for sewing shirt front box hems and having a first underlying belt conveyor for individually conveying shirt front material blanks longitudinally forwardly along a lower main support table through a shirt front edge folder and a second overlying belt conveyor for individually conveying separate box hem material blanks with a liner tape longitudinally forwardly along an upper auxiliary table section through a box hem edge folder and into superimposed preassembled association with the prefolded shirt front blanks; the overlying and underlying conveyors thereafter cooperating for conveying the preassembled shirt front box hems longitudinally forwardly along the main support table through sewing and shearing stations for sewing the preassembled shirt front box hems and shearing excess material from the leading and trailing edges thereof.

Abstract: Device includes a fabric carrying and feeding means, fabric tensioning means, fabric orientating means, particular means which aid in performing the sewing function and the sewing machine.

Abstract: Pieces of cuff material are affixed to a continuous band of linear material as the band passes through a sewing machine. A vacuum force is used to hold material in place on the continuous band as the band is moved. The pieces of material are individually manually placed on the band in a manner such that initially only a small portion thereof is attracted by the vacuum force thereby facilitating correct relative positioning of the piece and band such that the edge of the piece overlaps the edge of the band. Folding of the overlapping edge of the piece over the edge of the band is also achieved through use of the vacuum, which pulls the overlapping edge of the piece around the edge of the band and into a slot in the vacuum enclosure, immediately underneath the edge of the band. The folded edge of the material is creased and passed through the sewing machine for stitching. The band is then cut to form the cuff portions which are thereafter stacked.

Abstract: A sewing machine installation with a material folding device for automatically prefolding a curtain rod box hem along an edge of a curtain as the curtain is conveyed forwardly through the material folding device to a stitching station.

Abstract: A semi automatic hemming machine for folding cloth pieces with the edge folded back within the fold, stitching the folded cloth pieces to form hems thereon and stacking the stitched hemmed pieces into bundles for further processing. The folding and hemming machine utilizes a conveyor belt for transporting the cloth pieces continuously past stationary folding guide plates and a pair of synchronized narrow belts engage the folded edge of the material, top and bottom, to frictionally drive the folded hem through the folding and stitching operations. A transversely reciprocating stacker with a plurality of fingers for engaging the edge of passing cloth pieces removes the hemmed cloth pieces, drops them onto a stack which is periodically removed for further processing.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided having a continuous band of material passing through the stitching means of a sewing machine. Pieces of material are manually placed individually on the band and hemmed to it at a side which has been folded under the band by a mechanical folder. A sensing means senses the passage of an end of each piece which has had a portion raised from the band and in response activates a cutter which cuts away a strip of the band to which the piece was hemmed. A removal means for moving the strip away from the band and into a stacker is activated after the strip has been cut away from the band. The stacker has a base supporting two spaced, upwardly extending sidewalls defining a passage therebetween. Each of the sidewalls supports a ledge protruding into the passage. A portion of the base is vertically movable and adapted to fit within the space between the ledges.

Abstract: A sewing machine installation for sewing shirt front box hems and having a first underlying belt conveyor for individually conveying shirt front material blanks longitudinally forwardly along a lower main support table through a shirt front edge folder and a second overlying belt conveyor for individually conveying separate box hem material blanks with a liner tape longitudinally forwardly along an upper auxiliary table section through a box hem edge folder and into superimposed preassembled association with the prefolded shirt front blanks; the overlying and underlying conveyors thereafter cooperating for conveying the preassembled shirt front box hems longitudinally forwardly along the main support table through sewing and shearing stations for sewing the preassembled shirt front box hems and shearing excess material from the leading and trailing edges thereof.

Abstract: This disclosure teaches an apparatus for manufacturing and stacking hemmed fabric pieces (usually pockets) with the hems either lined or unlined. In the case of lined hemmed fabric pieces, pieces of a liner tape are fed in cut lengths in turn along a path. Limp fabric pieces (the pockets) are inserted manually by an operator and are positioned automatically each on one of the liner pieces. A hem is formed out of a margin of the fabric piece around its related liner piece and a terminal margin flap is tucked under itself. The hem is sewn along the terminal flap. The hemmed lined fabric pieces are then inserted in turn into a cartridge upwardly and the cartridge is revolved about a vertical axis as successive of the hemmed lined fabric pieces are inserted therein so that uneven height caused by the hems is distributed about the stack. In the case of unlined fabric pieces, the apparatus functions substantially the same in positioning the limp fabric pieces, hemming and stacking.

Abstract: A sewing arrangement is mounted on chain-stitch sewing machines to permit efficient sewing of borders and collars on knitted garments.

Abstract: A sewing machine installation with a reinforced hem forming device for automatically forming a hem, reinforced by an integrated reinforcing strip, along an edge of a material blank as the blank is conveyed forwardly through the forming device to a stitching station.