Sewing assembly and method
AssigneeFaurecia Interieur Industrie
InventorsRégis Beyou, Juan Medina Galarza, Juan Soriano Ponce
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Abstract
A sewing assembly to make a seam along a determined path on a surface of a part. The sewing assembly includes a mask adapted to be fixed to the part and a sewing machine, the mask having a guide groove adapted to be superimposed on the path. The sewing machine includes a base and a head. The head has at least one needle, a part support foot and a guide, the guide including a front guide and a rear guide arranged to interact with the mask and spaced apart from each other along the guide groove. The at least one needle and the support foot are engaged in the groove between the front guide and the rear guide.
Claims19
A sewing assembly for making a seam along a predetermined path on a surface of a part, the sewing assembly comprising a mask adapted to be attached to the part and a sewing machine, the mask being a sheet and having a longitudinally elongated guide groove formed through the sheet and adapted to be superimposed on said path, the sewing machine comprising:
- a base;
- and
- a head arranged above the base, the part fitted with the mask being adapted to be received between the base and the head with the mask turned towards the head, the head comprising at least one needle, a part support foot and a guide, the guide comprising a front guide and a rear guide arranged to interact with the mask, the front guide and the rear guide being separate components and longitudinally spaced apart from each other along the guide groove, the at least one needle and the support foot being engaged in the groove between the front guide and the rear guide.
A sewing assembly for making a seam along a predetermined path on a surface of a part, the sewing assembly comprising a mask adapted to be attached to the part and a sewing machine, the mask being a sheet and having a longitudinally elongated guide groove formed through the sheet and adapted to be superimposed on said path, the sewing machine comprising:
- a base;
- and
- a head arranged above the base, the part fitted with the mask being adapted to be received between the base and the head with the mask turned towards the head, the head comprising at least one needle, a part support foot and a guide, the guide comprising a front guide and a rear guide arranged to interact with the mask and spaced apart from each other along the guide groove, the at least one needle and the support foot being engaged in the groove between the front guide and the rear guide,
- wherein the head comprises two rods arranged on either side of the groove and connecting the front guide and the rear guide to each other, the two rods, the front guide, and the rear guide together constituting a rigid frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.