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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1992
Yukinori Suzuki, Toyohashi, JP;
Hayami Kawamoto, Suita, JP;
Tatsuaki Kaneda, Nishinomiya, JP;
Masahiko Nishikawa, Suita, JP;
Pegasus Sewing Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An automatic sewing apparatus for hemming and closing a sleeve is used for making a tubular sleeve a short-sleeved T-shirt. After placing the sleeve blanks on a conveyor only, subsequent operations are done fully automatically and continuously to make tubular sleeves, resulting in labor savings, productivity enhancement, and a reduction in savings production cost. In particular two types of shapes cut for sleeves can be sewn by using the apparatus by turning them in the appropriate direction. The apparatus comprises a first sewing machine for hemming and a second sewing machine for edge sewing disposed at both inner corner sides of an L-shaped sewing table, a blank feed device installed at a table part of the first sewing machine side, a folding member for the blank edge, a hemmed piece deflecting device, and direction turning members for turning the deflected piece.