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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2001
Ferruccio Perego, Milan, IT;
Mario Valle, Pavia, IT;
Conti Complett S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A sewing machine for forming running-stitch seams, comprises a needle provided with an open eye and orientated with the axis substantially perpendicular to a surface for supporting the sewn item and is actuated with a reciprocating motion to pass cyclically through the supporting surface. A thread take-up wheel, provided below the supporting surface, is composed of a fixed part, with a magazine for the taken-up thread, and a rotatable part, rotationally actuated about its own axis. The rotatable part supports a lower looper engaging a portion of the loop that protrudes from the eye along one side of the needle. A thread disengager is provided for disengaging the thread from the needle which engage the portion of the loop of thread protruding from the eye.