Sewing – Elements – Thread cutting – severing or breaking
Patent
1991-05-16
1993-01-05
Falik, Andrew M.
Sewing
Elements
Thread cutting, severing or breaking
112287, 112301, 112DIG1, D05B 6500, D05B 6506
Patent
active
051760843
ABSTRACT:
A thread cutting knife assembly for an automatic sewing machine cuts leading and trailing threads during the stitching of garments so that very little tail is left. The body member of the assembly has an open top cavity and first and second ends spaced from each other in a first dimension, which includes a first direction in which the thread passes with respect to the assembly under the influence of the sewing machine feed dogs. A top plate covers the body member cavity open top, and a movable cutting element is disposed between the top plate and the body member and is reciprocated to effect cutting of the thread. Air flow within the cavity from the first end of the body toward the second end in the first direction is effected by supplying air under pressure to an opening at the body first end. Another opening at the body first end can also be provided into which atmospheric air is drawn to provide a Venturi effect. The movable cutting element is reciprocated by a cam in the first direction, and returns to effect cutting under a spring bias. A pneumatic actuator may alternatively be provided for reciprocating the movable cutting element, and includes an O-ring movable with, and then with respect to, an interior bore in a piston to block, and then uncover, a vent passage, to thereby limit the stroke of the cutting element as powered by the actuator. A groove or cavity is defined in the top plate to guide the thread to the movable blade for effective cutting.
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Falik Andrew M.
Lewis Paul C.
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