Patent ID: 6871606

Claim:
Method for regulating the transport of material in a sewing or embroidery machine ( 1 ), comprising providing at least one material transport device ( 27 ) for transporting an article to be sewn ( 28 ) in at least one direction for, in each case, one target increment (Δy A ; Δx A ), whereby the target increment (Δy A ; Δx A ) can be adjusted or calculated by controls ( 13 ) and influences at least one feeding increment (Δy T ; Δx T ) of the material transport device ( 27 ) for transporting the article to be sewn ( 28 ), detecting at least one actual increment (Δy B ; Δx B ) of movement of the article to be sewn by at least one sensor 32 , and regulating the feeding increment (Δy T ; Δx T ) with the controls ( 13 ) depending on the actual increments (Δy B ; Δx B ) detected by the sensor ( 32 ) so that the deviations of the actual increments (Δy B ; Δx B ) from the respective target increments (Δy A ; Δx A ) are compensated for by averaging over one or several consecutive sewing steps.