Straight stitch throat plate for a sewing machine
AssigneeThe Singer Company
InventorCharles R. Odermann
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Abstract
A straight stitch throat plate for a sewing machine is formed as a resilient thin sheet metal part with integral appendages including a depending rear tab which hooks under the edge of a feed dog slot in a zig-zag plate, laterally spaced depending tabs which are received in locator holes in the zig-zag place, and a bent down flange to extend over a front edge of the zig-zag plate into a position wherein the flange may be engaged by a slide plate on the sewing machine.
Claims6
A straight stitch throat plate attachable to a zig-zag throat plate in a sewing machine, both of the plates being slotted to accommodate feed dog members, and said zig-zag plate including laterally spaced locator holes, said straight stitch throat plate being a thin sheet metal part which is formed from a resilient metal and which is flat except for integral appendages including a depending rear tab which hooks under an edge of a feed dog slot in the zig-zag plate, laterally spaced depending tabs which are received in said locator holes, and a bent down flange to extend over a front edge of the zig-zag plate into a position wherein the flange may be engaged by a slide plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.