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7325502 Method and device for controlling the movement of a needle in a sewing machine  
A method and device for controlling movement of the needle in a sewing machine ( 1 ) based on a detection device ( 27 ), which detects the movements of the visible surface of the manually...
7291236 Method and machine for producing a seam which is not susceptible to coming undone  
A method and a machine for producing a seam which is not susceptible to coming undone, with at least one interlooped and/or interlaced stitching thread and with stitching passes in or through at...
7240628 Thread feed for a sewing machine  
A sewing machine including a needle being supplied with an upper thread, a loop taker which accommodates a bobbin for a bottom thread, and a drive unit, which forces the needle to perform a...
7225747 Control of thread feed for a sewing machine  
A sewing machine including an upper thread supply to a needle, a loop taker accommodating a bobbin for a bottom thread, a drive unit which through coupling elements affects a number of mechanical...
7162966 Sewing or embroidery machine  
To determine the thread supply on a lower-thread bobbin ( 17 ), holes ( 19 ) are arranged in the shape of a spiral in a flange ( 21 ) of the bobbin. Light from a light source ( 35 ), which is...
7056402 Technical production method, tension module and sewing material holder for creating textile preforms for the production of fibre-reinforced plastic components  
A ready-made technical process for manufacturing fiber-reinforced plastic building components envisions the use of a link and, optionally, a flange and/or a base using textile blanks as starting...
7028871 Musical instrument support strap and method of manufacture  
A device for supporting a musical instrument on a shoulder of an individual is disclosed. The device includes a first end segment adapted to be connectable to a first portion of a musical...
7017504 Method for cutting out a cutting from a web of endless textile fabric for producing workpieces from a fiber/plastic composite  
A method for cutting out a cutting ( 13 ) from a web ( 1 ) of endless textile fabric for producing workpieces from a fiber/plastic composite is described, with the web ( 1 ) of endless fabric made...
6986317 Bobbin case tool and method of use  
A bobbin case tool to aid in the removal and installation of a prior art bobbin case on a sewing machine. The bobbin case tool includes an elongated arm having a clearance, a pair of lead in...
6968794 Presser foot control system  
A presser foot control system for a sewing station for sewing heavy gauge or thick materials includes an actuator for selectively applying and relieving an additional compression force to the...
6959658 Breakaway lacing for emergency evacuation slide  
A method of lacing together two parts of an inflatable evacuation slide uses a single piece of cord that is passed through multiple pairs of apertures formed in the two parts to be joined....
6871605 Computerized stitching including embroidering  
A stitching apparatus is disclosed which has at least one active thread feeder and is operable to adjust stitching operation based on the condition of a thread being stitched. The active thread...
6863007 Method for determining a lower thread supply, and a sewing machine having a lower thread supply monitoring device  
From a light source ( 51 ), light beams ( 57 ) are directed tangentially through the hook body ( 17 ), the hook base ( 27 ), and the bobbin case ( 28 ), onto a light receiver ( 53 ). Using the time...
6843190 Free motion sewing methods and mechanisms  
A method and mechanism for free form sewing in which the workpiece is being sewn on a sewing machine having a plastic sheet or panel secured to the sewing machine work surface which has a...
6792883 Sewn article and method of making  
An article and an apparatus and method for making the article. The article including a first piece of material having a margin extending inwardly from an edge of the material. The margin has an...
6736077 Presser foot assembly  
A presser foot assembly is disclosed which is operable to adjust the pressure applied to a fabric by a presser foot in a stitching machine. The presser foot assembly includes an adjustment element,...
6662737 Mattress label sewing clamp  
A clamping system for a sewing machine used to sew first and second materials together. The clamping system has a plurality of clamps mounted adjacent an opening in a frame. Each of the clamps has...
6571833 Optic cable conduit insert and method of manufacture  
A conduit sleeve structure for use with fiber optic cables, coaxial cables and the like includes a pair of adjacent strip-shaped layers of flexible material that are joined along their longitudinal...
6357370 Method of making a quilted border, quilting borders, and quilting border kit  
The present invention provides a kit of parts for quilting a border, a border pattern, and a method of making a quilted border. The method includes the steps of preparing a quilt for quilting on a...
6205940 System and method for controlling the stopping point of a tufting machine at a preset stop step in a carpet stitch pattern  
A system and method for controlling the stopping point of a tufting machine in relation to a preset stitch pattern. The system includes a controller and an encoder to detect the current location of...
6170418 Method and arrangement for transmitting yarn-specific data during rewinding processes for producing two-thread lock stitch seams which are to be documented  
Method for transmitting thread-specific data in re-reeling operations for the manufacture of two-thread lock stitch seams which have to be documented comprising the following steps: the bobbin...
6155189 Stitching guide  
A stitching guide for enabling designs to be stitched onto fabric comprises a flexible sheet into which perforations are cut to form a desired design. The perforations preferably have a...
6092478 Apparatus and method for monitoring consumption of sewing thread supply  
An apparatus for monitoring consumption of a supply of thread includes entry keys for allowing a user to input an initial supply of thread, and a minimum allowable supply of thread, and a detector...
6012405 Method and apparatus for automatic adjustment of thread tension  
A computerized stitching apparatus that automatically controls thread tension is disclosed. In one embodiment, at least two factors are used to determine the desired thread consumption for the next...
5974997 Clothing article having a trimmed applique and method for making the same  
A decorative article and method for making an article is provided, the article having a base material, a decorative material covering a portion of the base material, and a trim material secured to...
5943974 Gathering gauge  
A gathering gauge for assisting in the fabrication of a gather in a sewn article of manufacture. The gathering gauge is used to evenly distribute a given length of a fabric over a selected gather...
5887537 Method and apparatus for the production of a seam in a workplace  
A sewing machine comprises a holding device, by means of which the front end of the needle thread can be clamped and held. Further, a cutter is available, by means of which the front end of the...
5803002 Method and apparatus for latchtacking  
An apparatus and method is provided for a less costly and more reliable latchtacking technique that produces a finished work piece that is esthetically superior to the work piece that is produced...
5787827 Fabric feed direction reversing device for sewing machine and control means therefor  
A fabric feed direction reversing device for a sewing machine having a reversing mechanism that switches a sewing object feed direction includes a control means that stops a needle at an upper...
5776547 Low permeability geosynthetic clay liner and method of manufacture thereof  
A geosynthetic clay liner with a low permeability or controlled permeability intermediate sheet is provided. The liner includes two outer sheets with two layers of bentonite and an intermediate...
5694876 Front roller feeder  
A fabric feed mechanism that includes a forward feed roller located forward of the stitch forming area and a rear feed roller located to the rear of the stitch forming area. The drive to the...
5676077 Multi-needle chain stitch sewing machine with thread severing system  
A multi-needle chain stitch sewing machine with a thread thread severing system and method thereof for cutting needle threads between two isolated stitched patterns of a fabric. The multi-needle...
5606926 Method and apparatus for detecting an aberrational stitch in real time  
A method and apparatus for detecting an aberrational stitch, normally a skipped stitch, in real time in a sewing apparatus. Movement of thread is detected, and a signal is generated if the thread...
5598800 Fur fabric and method of production  
A fabric having a furry surface comprising an elongated strip of a hair-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal, said strip having a hair-free body portion and a hair-bearing portion extending the...
5596939 Apparatus for forming tubular collars  
An apparatus for converting a length of large diameter knitted tubular fabric into a plurality of fabric bands for use in the manufacture of apparel collars, cuffs and bands. The apparatus includes...
5564355 Rotatable presser foot for use in a sewing machine  
A rotatable presser foot for use in a sewing machine having a sewing station. The rotatable presser foot comprises a foot member and a coupler for detachably and adjustably coupling the foot member...
5551361 Sewing machine having presser bar system for maintaining constant contact force between presser foot and fabric  
A sewing machine having a presser bar with a force transducer mounted thereon for detecting forces applied to the presser bar during high speed sewing and an electromagnetic actuator operatively...
5546880 Annular filamentary structures and methods of making  
Fibrous substrates for the production of carbon and/or ceramic (including mixtures of these) fiber reinforced carbon and/or ceramic (including mixtures of these) composites and to methods of...
5526761 Method and apparatus for closing mattresses  
A method for forming a partial mattress sack which prevents radial bunching includes feeding first and second panels having different edge lengths at different rates through a sewing machine to...
5505150 Method and apparatus for facilitating loop take time adjustment in multi-needle quilting machine  
A multiple needle double lock chain stitch quilting machine is provided with an adjustment or calibrating system by which the positions of loopers relative to the corresponding needles of each of a...
5481993 Method and apparatus for embroidering beads  
A method and apparatus for automatically embroidering beads on a cloth is disclosed. A continuous bead string, which is made of a plurality of beads with separable connecting sections arranged in...
5469798 Thread cutting device and method for a chain stitch sewing machine  
A thread cutting device for a chain-stitch sewing machine having a cylindrical arm (2) moves a thread catcher (14) towards a thread-catching position in a jerk-free manner utilizing a sliding and...
5448959 Belt drive puller mechanism  
A workpiece puller mechanism for a sewing machine including a carrier including a feed shaft mounted thereon that supports a feed roller. The periphery of the feed roller is biased downwardly into...
5429853 Method for producing a fiber reinforcement for a component of composite material, and composite component comprising such a reinforcement  
Method for producing a fibrous reinforcement (1) for a component of composite material comprising a panel provided with a rib. Transverse fibers (4A) are inserted over the whole extent of the first...
5417173 Method of cutting threads in a sewing machine and device for performing the same  
When needle threads that move vertically together with a plurality of needles which move vertically to pass through a throat plate positioned on a cylinder bed, and a looper thread that is caused...
5400729 Sewing apparatus for making composite draw cord/elastic waistband  
A sewing apparatus combines an elastic band with a non-elastic draw cord to form a composite band. The apparatus includes a sewing machine for sewing the draw cord to one surface of the elastic...
5385765 Splicing for fluoropolymer coated belts  
This invention relates to a spliced fluoropolymer coated mesh fabric comprising a fluoropolymer coated mesh fabric having two ends that are overlapped so as to align the mesh voids, and a...
5345887 Thread manipulations at the beginning and end of a seam  
A thread-pulling device is fastened on the arm of a sewing machine. The thread-pulling device has a thread clamp that can be opened and closed on the thread, and can be moved toward and away from...
5337688 Looper thread holding apparatus for a sewing machine and method of holding a looper thread  
The apparatus provides: thread hooking means having a thread hooking member for hooking a thread having a predetermined tension, the thread hooking member being disposed in proximity of a moving...
5337685 Expansion kit for programmable sewing machine  
An apparatus for increasing the range of movement of a clamp assembly of a sewing machine in two directions, one being opposite the other. The apparatus generally comprises a first tripping member...
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