Patent ID: 7293512

Claim:
A sequin sewing apparatus comprising: a supplying section that supplies a plurality of continuous sequin strips, each comprising a multiplicity of continuously-connected sequins, in an overlapped state; a feeding mechanism that feeds the plurality of continuous sequin strips supplied in the overlapped state by said supplying section a predetermined pitch at a time in interlocked relation to predetermined sewing operation; a sewing mechanism that sews leading sequins of the plurality of continuous sequin strips fed by said feeding mechanism in the overlapped state onto a sewn-to member; and a cutting mechanism that cuts off the leading sequins sewn by said sewing mechanism from the respective continuous sequin strips, wherein the sequins of each of the continuous sequin strips have holes, and wherein positions of the holes of the sequins are aligned in the overlapped state to permit the feeding mechanism to engage the holes of the aligned sequins to sequentially feed the plurality of continuous sequin strips at the predetermined pitch at a time in interlocked relation to predetermined sewing operation.