Gammill, Inc.

Regal Beloit America, Inc.

Daniel Lee Elliott

Joseph Wesley Bauman

John Ray Busé

Bettilou Kenney Langford

Jason Jon Kreidler

Zachary Joseph Stauffer

Mark Lyon Klopp

William Joseph Conway

Harold Dean Willis

John Ray Buse

The present invention relates to a method of operating a quilting or sewing machine. In the method, an operator may switch the modes in which the sewing machine is operating. The modes may be switched when the sewing machine is in operation or when the machine is stopped. The modes to which the sewing machine may be switched to and from may be pre-set modes as defined by an operator. The modes that may be switched to and from may include settings for stitch mode and stitch speed. The buttons may be physical buttons associated with the sewing machine's handles, or they may be digital buttons associated with a tablet device.

Stitching mode regulator

The present invention relates to a quilting machine and more specifically a long-arm stitching machine, or stitcher. The stitcher includes handles that are used to trace a laser dot on a pantograph pattern located in front of the fabric being quilted. Tracing the laser dot ensures that the needle and thread associated with the sewing machine head duplicates the pattern being traced. In the present invention, the handles are placed to one side of the sewing machine head to allow an operator to remain upright when watching the laser trace the pattern or the needle and thread quilting the fabric.

Ergonomic pantograph handles

A member for cooperation with the stator of an electric machine and for mounting electrical connectors to the stator is provided. The member includes a body, a mounting feature and a receptacle. The mounting feature is operably associated with the body and is adapted for mounting the body onto the stator. The receptacle is operably associated with the body and is adapted for receiving at least a portion of one of the electrical connectors.

Electric machine and associated method

The present invention relates to a sewing machine, specifically a long-armed stitcher. The present invention includes a computer device that may store pantograph patterns therein. The data including the pantograph patterns may be sent to projection units associated with the sewing machine head of the long-armed stitcher. The projection units use projection elements to project the pantograph patterns on the fabric to be stitched, allowing an operator of the stitcher to trace the projected pattern with a needle associated with the sewing machine head. Measurement devices associated with the sewing machine head determine head movement and alter the projected pattern accordingly such that the needle of the sewing head may continue to follow the pantograph pattern despite the head having moved in order to trace the pattern.

Pantograph projection

The present invention relates to a quilting machine, or stitcher, further including a centrally located swiveling tablet mount for securing a tablet that is used in the quilting process. The mount is positioned such that a user may access the mount from either side of, or the rear or front of the stitcher. The mount is one capable of swiveling so that the user does not have to move the tablet between front and rear mounts of the stitcher or buy separate tablets for a front and rear mount.

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West Plains, MO, United States of America

Daniel Lee Elliott