Apparatus for padding undercollars

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR PADDING UNDERCOLLARS BY MEANS OF A PLURALITY OF LATERALLY SPACED INDEPENDENT LINES OF STITCHES HAVING A PREDETERMINED FORM INCLUDING A SEWING MACHINE ADAPTED TO IMPART FEEDING MOVEMENT TO THE WORK DURING APPLICATION OF A LINE OF STITCHES THERETO, A BASE ADJACENT SAID SEWING MACHINE, A SUPPORT MOUNTED ON SAID BASE, A WORK SUPPORTING CARRIAGE ON SAID SUPPORT AND MOVABLE WITH RESPECT THERETO, A WORK HOLDING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CARRIAGE ADAPTED TO HOLD SAID WORK DURING APPLICATION OF THE LINE OF STITCHES THERETO, MEANS MOVING SAID SUPPORT AND SAID CARRIAGE ADJACENT SAID SEWING MACHINE TO A POSITION PLACING THE WORK IN OPERATIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SEWING MACHINE, SAID CARRIAGE BEING MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID SEWING MACHINE DURING A PLURALITY OF SEWING OPERATIONS IN A PATH CORRESPONDING TO THE PREDETERMINED FORM OF THE LINE OF STITCHES BEING APPLIED, SAID SUPPORT BEING MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID SEWING MACHINE IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF FEEDING MOVEMENT IMPARTED BY SAID SEWING MACHINE, A CAM FOLLOWER SECURED TO SAID CARRIAGE, A RECIPROCABLE CAM COOPERATING WITH SAID CAM FOLLOWER POSITIVELY RETURNING SAID WORK SUPPORTING CARRIAGE TO A STARTING POSITION AFTER EACH OF SAID SEWING OPERATIONS, MEANS OPERATIVELY RESPONSIVE TO THE POSITION OF SAID CARRIAGE UPON THE COMPLETION OF A LINE OF STITCHES TO EFFECT ACTUATION OF SAID SUPPORT AND SAID CARRIAGE MOVING MEANS SO THAT SAID WORK IS POSITIONED IN OPERATIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SEWING MACHINE FOR THE APPLICATION OF A SUCCEEDING LINE OF STITCHES LATERALLY SPACED FROM THE PRECEDING LINE OF STITCHES AND MEANS EJECTING THE WORK WHEN SAID SEWING OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.