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Abstract

A patterned cloth holding apparatus for an automatic sewing machine, which apparatus comprises a cloth holder for holding a generally rectangular piece of fabric at a position spaced from a position where the rectangular piece of fabric is to be sewed on a cloth having a patterned right face. The piece of fabric has a patterned right face, and respective patterns on the piece of fabric and the cloth are, when the piece of fabric is held by the cloth holder, oriented upwards. The apparatus also comprises first and second marking lamps for illuminating a point in an area comprising left and right and front and rear portions of the piece of fabric and a point in an area comprising left and right and front and rear portions of the cloth, respectively, so that the patterns on the respective right faces of the cloth and the piece of fabric can be aligned with each other, and a holder device for reversing the cloth holder to transport the piece of fabric towards the position where the piece of fabric is sewed on the cloth.

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