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US3163136A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Trimming device for sewing machine

Assignee: Singer Co
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Filing: 1962-09-10
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Granted: 1964-12-29
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Expires: 1982-09-10
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Charles G Pickett

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 08:09
CPC Classifications
D; D05; D05B; D05B37/00; D05B37/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 143 words
IN COMBINATION WITH A SEWING MACHINE HAVING A FRAME INCLUDING A WORK SUPPORT, STITCH-FORMING INSTRUMENTALITIES AND WORK FEEDING MECHANISM FOR ADVANCING WORK PAST SAID STITCH-FORMING INSTRUMENTALITIES: A WORK TRIMMING DEVICE MOUNTED ON SAID SEWING MACHINE FRAME AND ADAPTED TO SEVER WORK AT A LOCATION REARWARDLY OF SAID STITCH-FORMING INSTRUMENTALITIES WHEN VIEWED IN THE NORMAL DIRECTION OF THE FEED OF THE WORK, SAID WORK TRIMMING DEVICE INCLUDING SCISSORS MEANS SUPPORTED FOR WORK CUTTING MOVEMENT AND FOR BODILY MOVEMENT RELATIVELY TO SAID WORK, ACTUATING MEANS FOR IMPARTING BOTH WORK CUTTING MOVEMENT AND BODILY MOVEMENT TO SAID WORK TRIMMING DEVICE, A MOVABLE WORK ENGAGING MEMBER OPERABLE TO CONTACT AND THEREBY INTERRUPT THE ADVANCE OF A PORTION OF THE WORK BEING MOVED BY THE WORK FEEDING MECHANISM TO FORM A LOOP THEREIN SO AS TO POSITION THE WORK FOR SEVERANCE BY THE SCISSORS MEANS, AND MEANS TO
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 143 words
IN COMBINATION WITH A SEWING MACHINE HAVING A FRAME INCLUDING A WORK SUPPORT, STITCH-FORMING INSTRUMENTALITIES AND WORK FEEDING MECHANISM FOR ADVANCING WORK PAST SAID STITCH-FORMING INSTRUMENTALITIES: A WORK TRIMMING DEVICE MOUNTED ON SAID SEWING MACHINE FRAME AND ADAPTED TO SEVER WORK AT A LOCATION REARWARDLY OF SAID STITCH-FORMING INSTRUMENTALITIES WHEN VIEWED IN THE NORMAL DIRECTION OF THE FEED OF THE WORK, SAID WORK TRIMMING DEVICE INCLUDING SCISSORS MEANS SUPPORTED FOR WORK CUTTING MOVEMENT AND FOR BODILY MOVEMENT RELATIVELY TO SAID WORK, ACTUATING MEANS FOR IMPARTING BOTH WORK CUTTING MOVEMENT AND BODILY MOVEMENT TO SAID WORK TRIMMING DEVICE, A MOVABLE WORK ENGAGING MEMBER OPERABLE TO CONTACT AND THEREBY INTERRUPT THE ADVANCE OF A PORTION OF THE WORK BEING MOVED BY THE WORK FEEDING MECHANISM TO FORM A LOOP THEREIN SO AS TO POSITION THE WORK FOR SEVERANCE BY THE SCISSORS MEANS, AND MEANS TO

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