Cutting and hemming system

Apparatus for forming hemmed sections of cloth and the like comprising first feed means for pulling a length of cloth along its length from a supply, guide means for guiding the length of cloth in a first direction with one surface facing up and subsequently in a second direction with the opposite surface facing up, a first edge treating means positioned along the path of the length of cloth as the cloth moves in the first direction, a second edge treating means positioned along the path of the length of cloth as the cloth moves in the opposite direction, second feed means for moving the length of cloth to a cutting station, cutting means in said cutting station for cutting sections of cloth from the length of cloth, a belt conveyor system including a belt conveyor for receiving and moving the sections of cloth in sequence from said cutting station along the first and second legs of an approximately L-shaped path with the cut edges of the sections of cloth extending along the path of movement, a third edge treating means positioned along the first leg of the L-shaped path and arranged to treat one cut edge of the sections of cloth, and a fourth edge treating means positioned along the second leg of the L-shaped path and arranged to treat the other cut edge of the sections of cloth, and an elongated convex turning member positioned at the intersection of the first and second legs of the L-shaped path of said belt conveyor system with the longitudinal axis of said turning member oriented at an approximately 45.degree. angle with respect to the first and second legs of the L-shaped path, with said belt conveyor extending about said turning member.