Patent ID: 6694905
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: D05B,D10B

Abstract:
An automated feeding mechanism in combination with a sewing machine including a feed dog member workable in one feeding direction, wherein said automated feeding mechanism is operable for automatically feeding a hard synthetic resin material and a trim cover assembly toward said sewing machine, wherein said hard synthetic resin material has a free end and said trim cover assembly comprises a central cover section including an arcuate end portion and an arcuate peripheral cover section sewn with and along said arcuate end portion, said arcuate peripheral cover section extending vertically from said central cover section and having a free end,said automated feeding mechanism comprising: a table on which said sewing machine is fixedly mounted; a rotary support means disposed in vicinity of said sewing machine, said rotary support means having a contour generally equal in shape to a contour of said trim cover assembly, thereby allowing said trim cover assembly to be attached and supported thereon, said rotary support means being rotatably mounted on said table so as to allow said arcuate peripheral cover section of said trim cover assembly to be fed toward said sewing machine along said one feeding direction associated with said feed dog member; a support means arranged on one side of said rotary support means such that the support means is disposed along a peripheral end of the rotary support means, said support means being adapted to support said arcuate peripheral cover section of the trim cover assembly thereon; a space for allowing said hard synthetic resin material to be stored therein, said space being defined at said one side of said rotary support means; and a clamp means provided in said support means, said clamp means being adapted to temporarily retain said arcuate peripheral cover section, wherein, said hard synthetic resin material is juxtaposed with said arcuate peripheral cover section, with said free end of said hard synthetic resin material being aligned with said free end of the arcuate peripheral cover section, and operation of the automated feeding mechanism causes both of the thus-juxtaposed portions of said hard synthetic resin material and said arcuate peripheral cover section to be automatically fed toward said sewing machine, with said free ends of said hard synthetic resin material in alignment with each other along said feeding direction.