Shortening of needle thread end at the beginning and end of sewing in lockstitch sewing machines

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PATENT NO 5375546
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08050272

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In a process and a device for shortening the needle thread end at the beginning of sewing and at the end of sewing in two-thread lockstitch sewing machines, the catch thread device (23) of an already existing thread-cutting device (22; 60; 90) is moved into its thread-catching position during the first stitch formation cycle, and it is ensured, either by the selection of a suitable point in time for moving the catch thread device (23) or by a compressed air flow discharged from a compressed air line (81), that at least the reserve-side leg of the needle thread loop will be caught by the catch thread device (23). Part of the needle thread end is cut off during the return movement of the catch thread device (23) into its starting position. Furthermore, the needle thread is clamped either under a leaf spring (44), or is pushed by a sufficiently large feed step under the pressure foot, and is thus held in a frictionally engaged manner.

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G M PFAFF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT67655 KAISERSLAUTERN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Butzen, Edgar Landstuhl, DE 5 50
Denuell, Gunther Kaiserslautern, DE 2 20
Jehle, Fritz Enkenbach-Alsenborn, DE 6 66
Walther, Karl-Heinz Weilerbach, DE 10 63

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