Device for decorative sewing of different kinds of articles, especially articles made of leather

A device for decorative sewing articles made of leather, this device including:

• a longitudinal guide (7), a part of which is laterally delimited by two inclined flat surfaces (7a, 7b), upwardly convergent, on which an article (1) to be sewn is moved;
• a folding member (12) that is situated over said longitudinal guide (7) for clamping said article (1) to the longitudinal guide by folding this article (1) on the inclined flat surfaces (7a, 7b), when a needle (20) has formed a stitch (4);
• a leather pressing element (15), that presses said article (1) in position adjacent to the stitch (4) that has just been formed, and situated on a plane that is transversal with respect to the longitudinal guide (7), on the side where the needle (20) enters said article (1);
• said device being characterized in that said longitudinal guide (7) at the top of said two inclined, upwardly convergent, flat surfaces (7a, 7b) features a tooth (10) projecting upward and a longitudinal rib (11) located behind said tooth (10) of said guide (7) at a level lower than said tooth (10), said tooth being connected to a said longitudinal rib (11) by a semicircular profile so that the top of said tooth overlays the region where said needle (20) pierces said article (1).