Patent ID: 6189469
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
A strip matter cutting device for a sewing machine comprising:a strip matter cutting unit having a cutting part for cutting a strip matter sewed on an object in its width direction, said cutting part comprising a rotary cutting blade, and a strip matter receiving portion continuously and integrally formed with a strip matter pick-up portion;a cutting part shifting means for shifting the whole of said cutting part between a cutting action position closely adjacent to the rear of a needle location on the top surface of a sewing machine bed, and a non-action position at which said cutting part is retracted upwardly from the top surface of said sewing machine bed such that said object transferred along the top surface of said sewing machine bed is free to pass through said needle location; anda driving means for driving said cutting part to effect cutting at said cutting action position.