Jig for stitching fabric layers in a sewing machine
AssigneeAMF Incorporated
InventorPeter R. Gill
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Abstract
A jig for use in stitching together two layers of material on a stitching line defining a corner. The jig has a lower plate (1) having a slot (4) through which stitching may be effected, the slot including at least one corner. An upper plate cooperates with the lower plate and a fulling plate (3) is positioned between the lower and upper plates and has fulling means (6 to 8) on its upper surface for defining pleats in a fabric layer placed over the fulling means. At least one of the fulling means has an upstanding, pleat-forming member (11) which is positioned so that the pleat formed thereby extends towards the slot (4) at a line that intersects the slot at a location lying ahead of the associated corner (13).
Claims4
A jig for use in the stitching together of two layers of material along a stitching line that defines a corner, the jig comprising a lower plate having a part engageable with guide means on the sewing machine and having a slot through which stitching may be effected, the slot including a corner and defining the stitching line, an upper plate cooperable with the lower plate and fulling means between the lower and upper plates, the fulling means having an upstanding member for defining a pleat in a fabric layer placed over the fulling means, the member being positioned so that the pleat extends towards the slot along a line that intersects the slot at a location lying ahead of the corner of the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.