Presser foot sewing machines
AssigneeYoshida Kogyo K.K.
InventorTatsuo Osaki
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Abstract
A presser foot, for a sewing machine for use in sewing slide fasteners to garments, has a foot portion pivotally mounted on a vertically movable presser bar of the sewing machine, gripping members pivotally mounted on the foot portion and cooperating with the latter in forming guide grooves for receiving and guiding element rows secured to the slide fastener tapes, and a spring member fixed to the foot portion and engaging with the gripping members to normally bias the latter toward the foot portion in a direction to narrow the guide grooves.
Claims6
A presser foot for sewing to a garment a slide fastener having two rows of fastener elements mounted on respective carrier tapes, comprising in combination:
- a. a foot portion pivotally mounted on a presser bar;
- b. a gripping member mounted on said foot portion and cooperating with the latter in forming a guiding groove for receiving and guiding one of the rows of tape-mounted fastener elements;
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- c. a spring member secured to said foot portion and engaging with said gripping member to normally bias the latter toward said foot portion in a direction to narrow said guide groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.