Abstract: A device for marking the height above the floor of the edges of articles of clothing in which a force accumulator is charged and released upon actuation of a cloth-pressing lever which drives a pin into the cloth from a pin magazine.

Abstract: A pressure plate is mounted on a vertical support for holding material. A material deflector is pivotally mounted with respect to the support and is adapted to deflect the material against the pressure plate. The pressure plate and the material deflector are formed with cooperating opposed faces for folding the material and with a needle guide for passage of a needle through the folds. A needle to which thread is fed, is held on a carrier and is movably mounted on the support to carry the needle into and out of the needle guide. A clamping device is arranged at the rear end of the needle guide to grasp the thread, and a cutter means is located at the front end of the needle guide to cut the thread. All of the elements are sequentially operated by a single actuator.

Abstract: A hem-line marker used with needles having a head portion and a shank portion, having a base having an upright, clamping means mounted on and slidable along the upright for clamping a portion of the cloth of a garment, pin storing and feeding means for feeding pins to an inserting position, and pin inserting means for inserting pins into the clamped cloth portion.