Amf Reece, Inc.

Jason Prout

Neil Raven

Peter Gill

A presser foot for a sewing machine having a base section, a support projecting upwardly from the base section for attachment to a sewing machine, and a fulling rod secured to the base section. The base section has a needle hole and a front face, a rear face, and opposed first and second sides. The lower surface of the base section has first and second surfaces each extending between the front face and rear face of the base section. The first surface is a planar surface extending substantially horizontally from the first side of the base section to a junction with the second surface. The second surface extends generally diagonally upwardly from the junction to the second side of the base section. The fulling rod extends below and spaced apart from the second surface over substantially the full length of the base section.

Presser foot for a sewing machine

A sewing machine for use with a template capable of holding together two or more layers of fabric that are to be stitched together, the template having a groove shaped according to the required stitching profile and engageable with a guide member projecting upwardly from a baseplate of the sewing machine, the guide member having a hole through which a needle mounted on the sewing machine passes to effect a stitching action, the template further comprising relatively movable sections for forming at least one pleat in an upper layer of fabric and so imparting fullness to that layer as the sections are moved together, the end of the pleat extending across the groove. The machine includes diverting means for engaging the pleat, the diverting means being secured in a fixed position on the sewing machine head to lie above the guide member. The diverting means has a needle passage aligned with the needle passage hole through the guide member. The machine includes drive means for effecting movement of the template relative to the guide member to drive the template so that the groove moves along the guide member. The drive means comprises a drive wheel having a periphery capable of engaging a drive edge of the template, means for rotating the drive wheel to cause this to move the template in a normal direction, and means for reversing the direction of rotation of the drive wheel to cause this to move the template in a reverse direction.

Sewing machine

A sewing machine for use with a template capable of holding together two or more layers of fabric that are to be stitched together, the template having a groove shaped according to the required stitching profile and engageable with a guide member projecting upwardly from a baseplate of the sewing machine, the groove being open-ended at its start location and the guide member having a hole through which a needle mounted on the sewing machine passes to effect a stitching action. The machine includes a drive wheel having a periphery capable of engaging a drive edge of the template, means for rotating the drive wheel to effect movement of the template relative to the guide member to drive the template so that the groove moves along the guide member, a probe lying to the feed side of the drive wheel and biased generally towards the guide member, first sensor means operable by movement of the probe against the bias in response to correct initial positioning of the template with the open end of the groove engaged over the guide member, means responsive to the first sensor means to control the drive means so as to move the template into a start position, second sensor means mounted on the sewing machine head and responsive to indicator means on the template to produce a signal sequence from the first sensor means, and control means responsive to the signal sequence to control commencement of stitching and drive of the template from the start position around the desired stitching profile.

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Leeds, United Kingdom

Jason Prout