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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
May. 09, 1996
Wolfram Schulze, Bielefeld, DE;
John Couch, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Wolfgang Grosser, Bielefeld, DE;
Herbert Zielinski, Spenge, DE;
Abstract
Above a workpiece-receiving plate for an lower workpiece, a folding device for an automatic sewing machine comprises two swords, namely a lower sword and an upper sword for receiving an intermediate workpiece and an upper workpiece, respectively. For the folding of the intermediate workpiece about the outer edges of the lower sword, folding modules are mounted on the underside of an outer frame. For the folding of the upper workpiece about the outer edges of the upper sword, folding modules are provided on the upper side of the outer frame. The swords are mounted on a common carriage and movable in height relative to each other. The carriage iself is likewise displaceable in height.