Abstract:
A sewing machine wherein the upper thread spool is held fast on its spindle within the housing provided for it while the thread is wound off the spool in a direction extending substantially in alignment with the spool axis. The cover of the housing may be shifted outwardly together with the spindle which is secured to it to allow removing and replacing the spool. A cap-shaped member fitted loosely over the spool includes a broad flange guiding the thread as it passes off the spool while means are provided to lock the cover in its closed position and to lift the cap-shaped member off the spindle before releasing the cover.
Abstract:
A multipurpose presser foot for sewing machines comprises a sole pivotally mounted to a flange-plate for attaching the foot to a presser bar with an alignment so that, in operation, a part of the lower surface of the sole is adjacent to completed stitching. So as to facilitate passage thereunder of raised stitching, this part is retractable from the lower plane of the sole against the action of a spring. The retractable part is connected to the rest of the sole in the manner of a deformable parallelogram by means of a set of articulated members so that the retractable part, when displaced, remains parallel to the said plane.
Abstract:
A system for adjusting the tensile stress to which the upper thread of the machine is subjected by means of a spring engaging an arrangement including a spindle carrying two plates between which the thread is held against friction during its progression from its spool towards the needle. The adjustment of the spring is ensured by means of two levers connecting corresponding points of the spring respectively with the spindle of said arrangement and with the cam normally controlling the actual tensioning of the spring.
Abstract:
683,380. Sewing-machines. MEFINA SOC. ANON. Dec. 15, 1949. [Dec. 20, 1948], No. 21746/51. Divided out of 683,291. Drawings to Specification. Class 112. Feed by dogs.-The amplitude and direction of feed movement in a zig-zag sewing-machine are controlled during sewing alternatively by manual means and by automatic mechanism which is engageable at will. The mechanism described is the same as that of Specification 683,291. Specifications 683,292 and 683,379 also are referred to.