Sewing machine for sewing on pieces of material such as tags

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SEWING MACHINE FOR SEWING ON PIECES OF MATERIAL SUCH AS NAME TAGS, WHICH ARE FORMED IN A CONTINUOUS RIBBON AND FED UNDER THE RAISED PRESSER FOOT OF THE MACHINE AT TIME INTERVALS COINCIDING WITH THE OPERATING CYCLE OF THE MACHINE, SAID MACHINE HAVING A MACHINE ARM INCLUDING A HEAD SUPPORTING A PRESSER FOOT LIFTING BAR, A PRESSER FOOT OPERATIVELY LINKED TO SAID LIFTING BAR, A BASE PORTION HAVING A STITCH PLATE DISPOSED BELOW SAID PRESSER FOOT, A FEEDING CARRIAGE SLIDEABLY SUPPORTED ON SLIDE MEMBERS EXTENDING BETWEEN AND TRANSVERSELY OF SAID HEAD AND SAID BASE PORTION, SAID CARRIAGE HAVING A SUPPORTING ARM EXTENDING THEREFROM, A FEEDING PLATE FOR CARRYING ONE END OF SAID RIBBON, A BOLT HAVING A PROJECTION EXTENDING FROM SAID ARM AND PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID FEEDING PLATE ON SAID ARM, A STATIONARY OPERATING MEANS MOUNTED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID SLIDE MEMBERS HAVING A BIFURCATED END ENGAGEABLE BY SAID BOLT PROJECTION, A SWITCH DISPOSED PROXIMATE SAID BIFURCATED MEMBER, AN ELECTROMAGNET RESPONSIVE TO THE OPERATION OF SAID SWITCH HAVING AN ARMATURE DEFINING OPERATING MEANS, A SPRING BIASED TWO-ARMED ANGULAR LEVER HAVING ONE ARM OPERATIVELY RELATED TO THE OPERATING MEANS OF SAID ELECTROMAGNET AND ANOTHER ARM IN SLIDING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CARRIAGE, SAID ANGULAR LEVER BEING OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO OPERATION OF SAID SWITCH AND THEREBY SAID MAGNET TO MOVE SAID CARRIAGE AND THEREBY PLACE SAID FEEDING PLATE WITH SAID RIBBON IN OBLIQUE POSITION INTERMEDIATE SAID STITCH PLATE AND SAID PRESSER FOOT.