Rockwell-rimoldi S.p.a.

Enrico Villa

Pietro Draghicchio

Angelo Radice

Pietro Draghiccio

A device for forming double chain stitches in a sewing machine having independent thread sources for its needle and looper. The device includes a driving apparatus for causing travel of the looper solely in a rectilinear pathway in front of the needle and is effective in taking a loop of thread from the needle and to form a triangle of threads into which the needle will descend to effect completion of a stitch as the looper returns to its starting position.

Device for forming a double chain stitch in a sewing machine

A looper control apparatus for sewing machines which are adapted to form seams of double chain stitches both in a forwardly and reverse direction of sewing. The apparatus includes first and second driving devices for effecting travel of the looper in an elliptical pathway while sewing in a forwardly direction. A disconnecting mechanism is effective upon a selection to sew in a reverse direction in deactivating the second driving device so that the looper is actuated only by the first driving device which causes it to travel in a rectilinear pathway on one side only of the machine's needle.

Looper control apparatus for sewing machines

A method and apparatus for forming a continuous chain of stitches between pieces of material on a double needle sewing machine which includes a sensing device for detecting the presence of material in the sewing area and connected to the sensing device elements are provided for releasing the tension on one of the needle threads upon indication of absence of material in the sewing area. Additionally an auxiliary feed device functioning in cooperation with the machine's feed dog and needle plate is effective in simultaneously advancing the untensioned needle thread with the single chain of stitches being formed.

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Corsico, Italy

Enrico Villa