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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur C Wokeck, Mauldin, SC (US);
Theodore Opuszenski, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Clinton Industries, Inc., Carlstadt, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
112130 ; 112289 ;
Abstract
A thread cutter for a sewing machine uses a circular rotary cutter mounted to the sewing machine. The thread cutter includes a body having an air motor disposed therein. A circular blade is supported on a shaft extending from the air motor. The cutter body is reciprocally supported on a rod fixed at one end to a mounting plate. The rod is disposed in a cylinder within the body and has a piston end, air supplied to one side or the other of the piston driving the cutter body reciprocally into and out of engagement with any threads trailing from a sewn article.