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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1980
Filed:
May. 12, 1978
Denis Matthews, Sutton in Ashfield, GB;
Mathbirk Limited, Sutton in Ashfield, GB;
Abstract
A sewing machine having a rotatable inner disc, on which is supported a needle and a thread guide for rotation with the disc, and a rotatable outer ring mounting a plurality of radially extending points on which fabrics to be joined together are impaled. The inner disc and outer ring are generally co-planar, and are rotatable, both in unison and relative to each other, about a common axis. The disc and ring are rotatable together manually to a selected work location, at which exposed points are presented to an operator for impalement of fabrics to be joined together. The exposed points remain stationary at such location during fabric impalement. While the outer ring is stationary for impalement of fresh fabric pieces, the inner disc, supporting the needle and thread guide, rotates relative to the ring of points, whereby fabrics previously impaled on the points are sewn together. The arrangement permits the operator to impale fresh fabrics on stationary points at the work location while the machine sews together pieces of fabric previously impaled. The improved machine is particularly useful in joining together fabrics of relatively short length, such as the sewing together of the openings of half hose, following removal from the knitting machine.