Patent ID: 6415726
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: D05B,D05D

Abstract:
A placket sewing machine for attaching a placket patch to a fabric part of a garment in overlying relation to form a multiple layer placket assembly, the placket sewing machine comprising:(a) a base defining a working surface of the sewing machine, and including a fabric moving feed dog for moving the overlaid placket patch and fabric part downstream through the sewing machine; (b) a reciprocating needle chuck having first and second needle openings formed in a staggered forward and rearward arrangement; (c) first and second sewing needles positioned within respective needle openings of said chuck, and adapted for carrying respective ends of thread into and through the overlaid placket patch and fabric part to form first and second parallel lines of stitches in the placket assembly, said first line of stitches extending a greater distance along the length of the overlaid placket patch and fabric part than said second line of stitches; (d) a sewing motor operatively connected to said needle chuck for actuating said needle chuck during operation of the sewing machine; and (e) a fabric cutter located downstream of and centrally disposed between said first and second sewing needles for cutting the overlaid placket patch and fabric part after sewing.