Claims
- 1. A machine for tabling and processing fabric material, the said machine having means providing a surface constructed to have a relatively wide strip of fabric material pass through it from the front to the back of the machine, means for causing the material to pass through the machine over the said surface, means for processing an edge part of the fabric material at one side of the machine, said processing means including a source of a strip of stiffening material positioned for juxtaposing the stiffening material against an edge part of the fabric material and moving it with the fabric material, said processing means including a power driven sewing machine positioned to stitch an edge part of the fabric material to the strip of stiffening material, tangent roller means having axis positioned normally to the direction of movement of the fabric material and to have the edge part of the fabric material and attached stiffener material pass between them, and manually actuable means for moving one of said tangent rollers away from the other whereby to allow threading of the fabric material and stiffener strip between them.
- 2. An apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said processing means includes platform surfaces over which the edge part of the fabric material passes, there being a space between the platform surfaces, said sewing machine being positioned in said space whereby to stitch the edge part of the fabric material to the stiffener strip.
- 3. An apparatus as in claim 1 including means for driving at least one of said tangent rollers about its axis.
- 4. An apparatus as in claim 2, wherein one of said platform surfaces has opening means in it, one of said rollers being positioned to extend partly into said opening means.
- 5. A machine for tabling and processing fabric material, the said machine being constructed to have a relatively wide strip of fabric material pass through it from the front to the back of the machine, means for causing the material to pass through the machine, means for processing an edge part of the fabric material at one side of the machine, said processing means including a source of a strip of stiffening material positioned for juxtaposing the stiffening material against an edge part of the fabric material, said processing means including a power driven sewing machine positioned to stitch an edge part of the fabric material to the strip of stiffening material, tangent roller means having axes positioned normally to the direction of movement of the fabric material and to have the edge part of the fabric material and attached stiffener material pass between them, said tangent roller means including two pairs of tangent rollers, one roller of each tangent pair being positioned to be below the fabric material and a roller of said pair being positioned to be above the fabric material, support means carrying the rollers that are above the fabric material, guide means of said supporting means whereby the support means can be moved in a direction towards and away from the fabric material and manually attached means for moving said support means away from the fabric material.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 390,332, filed Aug. 22, 1973, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,884,747.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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