Rockwell-rimoldi S.p.a.

Rockwell International Corporation

Giancarlo Minella

Franco Marchesi

Bruno Motta

Adriano Alberti

Egidio Pedone

A housing forming the free bed base in a sewing machine which is detachable from the remainder of the machine and which is comprised of a tray-shaped base module on which are mounted all lower sewing members that cooperate with the needle in the formation of stitches. These members include a needle plate, closing flat plates located alongside the opposite edges of the needle plate and closing interchangeable elements defining both the front and rear walls of the housing and the remaining portion of the upper flat surface of the latter which is not covered by the closing flat plates and the needle plate.

Convertible work support housing for a sewing machine

A needle protector for sewing machines operatively connected to the machine's horizontal shaft for driving its looper in an orbital pathway about the machine's needles. The horizontal shaft is simultaneously driven through oscillating and reciprocating movements. The needle protector is carried on a pivotable support and the reciprocating movement of the horizontal shaft is effective in moving the needle protector toward and away from the needles in timed sequence with the stitch forming cycle.

Needle protector for sewing machines

An apparatus for selectively changing the distance of needle travel in a sewing machine in which the needle is carried by a needle clamp and reciprocated by a crank driven control lever along a pathway defined by a fixed guide bar. One end of the control lever has a lever pivotably connected thereto and the opposite end of this lever is pivotably connected to an eccentrically mounted and selectively positionable pin that protrudes from the machine's housing. Each of the available positions of the pin provide a means for effecting a change in the distance a needle travels during seaming for the purpose of accommodating workpieces of different thicknesses.

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Milan, Italy

Giancarlo Minella