Latch tacker
AssigneeUnion Special Corporation
InventorRobert L. Kosrow
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Abstract
An apparatus for positioning a chain of stitches for stitching onto material in a sewing machine having a needle and a throat plate. The apparatus has a blower for positioning the chain of stitches forwardly of the needle. The apparatus has grasping members for grasping the chain in the forward position. The apparatus also has a cylinder for moving the grasping members between a first position adjacent the throat plate when the chain is being grasped, and a second position away from the throat plate after the chain has been grasped to tighten the grasped chain.
Claims13
An apparatus for positioning a chain of stitches for stitching onto material in a sewing machine having a needle and a throat plate, comprising:
- means for positioning the chain of stitches forwardly of the needle;
- means separate from the positioning means for grasping the chain in the forward position;
- and
- means for moving the grasping means between a first position adjacent a forward end of the throat plate when the chain is being grasped, and a second position away from and forward of the throat plate after the chain has been grasped to tighten the grasped chain.
An apparatus for positioning a chain of stitches for stitching onto material in a sewing machine having a needle and a throat plate, comprising:
- means for positioning the chain of stitches forwardly of the needle;
- means separate from the positioning means for grasping the chain in the forward position;
- means for pivotally mounting the grasping means between a first position adjacent a forward end of the throat plate when the chain is being grasped, and a second position away from and forward of the throat plate after the chain has been grasped to tighten the chain;
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- means for moving the grasping means between the first and second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.