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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerhard Reinert, Bayside, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Singer Company, Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1121 / ; 112168 ; 112277 ;
Abstract
A system is disclosed for minimizing sewing needle breakage on a zig zag sewing machine. A device is included on the sewing machine for sensing the presence of a straight stitch presser foot and, if present, for inhibiting any lateral jogging of the needle bar due to the operator inadvertently selecting a zig zag pattern.