Bobbin thread pull-off for lockstitch looptaker

A lockstitch forming looptaker for a sewing machine having a thread carrying needle which is endwise reciprocal in a path cooperating with said looptaker through a needle aperture in a work supporting plate and thread take-up means synchronized with said endwise reciprocal movement of said thread carrying needle for setting a stitch at one position and for controlling needle thread at other positions, said looptaker comprising a circularly moving looptaker body with a needle thread loop seizing beak and formed with an annular raceway for accommodating a bobbin case constrained against motion with said looptaker, said bobbin case being of a variety having thread guiding means thereon located opposite the point of seizure of said needle loop by said looptaker beak for directing a bobbin thread from a bobbin accommodating cavity in said bobbin case in a path from said thread guiding means to said needle aperture in said work supporting plate between said stationary bobbin case and said circularly moving looptaker body, and separable bobbin thread manipulating means attachable to said looptaker body in a position to act on said bobbin thread after setting said stitch at said one position of said take-up means and prior to endwise passage of said sewing needle through said needle aperture toward said looptaker body for urging said bobbin thread into a preferred orientation with respect to said sewing needle to preclude half hitching and for drawing a supply of bobbin thread from said bobbin accommodating cavity.