Patent ID: 6779471
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: D05B,D05D,D06H

Abstract:
An apparatus for sewing finishing a piece out from a length of textile material unwound from a roll and closing a leading edge of the length of textile material, comprising: advancement means for causing advancement of said length of textile material to unwind along an unwinding direction two successive portions of said length of textile material, for a total longitudinal extension equal to the longitudinal extension of the piece to be finished; cutting means, arranged downstream of said advancement means to cut said piece from said length of textile material with a cut that is perpendicular to said unwinding direction and forms a rear edge of the cut piece and the leading edge of the length of textile material to be unwound; positioning means, arranged downstream of said cutting means; and a sewing machine having a sewing path arranged at said positioning means, said positioning means being adapted to oscillate through a 90Â° angle for arranging and block the leading edge of said unwound length of material at said sewing path of said sewing machine; and said advancement means, said cutting means and said positioning means being coordinately operatable so that said advancement means unwind said length of material for a said first portion whose longitudinal dimension is such that said leading edge is engaged in said positioning means, said positioning means oscillate through said 90Â° angle to position said leading edge in alignment with and at the sewing path of said sewing machine, said sewing machine produces a stitched seam along said leading edge, said advancement means unwind a said second portion from said length of material, and said cutting means cut a piece from said length of material.