Automatic sewing machines

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A SEWING MACHINE HAVING STITCH FORMING MECHANISM DEFINING A POINT OF STITCH FORMATION AND FEEDING MECHANISM FOR ADVANCING WORK PAST THE POINT OF STITCH FORMATION, A LOADING MECHANISM COMPRISING A WORK CARRYING ELEMENT, MEANS MOUNTING SAID ELEMENT FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A LOADING POSITION WHEREIN WORK TO BE SEWED ISLOADED ONTO SAID ELEMENT AND A WORK PRESENTING POSITION WHEREIN SAID ELEMENT PRESENTS THE WORK TO SAID SEWING MACHINE, DRIVE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ELEMENT FORWARD FROM SAID LOADING POSITION TO SAID WORK PRESENTING POSITION AND FOR MOVING SAID ELEMENT IN REVERSE FROM SAID WORK PRESENTING POSITION TO SAID LOADING POSITION, MEANS FOR RELEASABLY SECURING WORK TO SAID ELEMENT, OPERATOR ACTUATED MEANS FOR CLOSING SAID WORK SECURING MEANS AND FOR INIATING FORWARD ACTUATION OF SAID DRIVE MEANS, MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATING FORWARD ACTUATION OF SAID DRIVE MEANS WITH SAID ELEMENT IN THE WORK PRESENTATION POSITION, FOR OPENING SAID WORK SECURING MEANS, AND FOR INIATING OPERATION OF SAID SEWING MACHINE AND REVERSE ACTUATION OF SAID DRIVE MEANS, MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATING REVERSE ACTUATION OF SAID DRIVE MEANS WITH SAI ELEMENT IN LOADING POSITION AND MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATING OPERATION OF SAID SEWING MACHINE AT THE COMPLETION OF THE SEWING OPERATION.