Fabric positioning and sewing apparatus

Claim 1

EQUIPMENT FOR FORMING HEMISTITCHED RECTANGULAR ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE SUCH AS TABLECLOTHS AND HANDKERCHIEFS HAVING AT LEAST ONE UNHEMMED EDGE, SAID EQUIPMENT COMPRISING CONVEYER MEANS HAVING A SURFACE UPON WHICH A RECTANGLE OF CLOTH GEOMETRICALLY SIMILAR TO THE SHAPE OF THAT OF THE DESIRED ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE MAY BE PLACED, POSITIONING MEANS MOUNTED OVER SAID CONVEYER MEANS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE AN UNHEMMED EDGE OF THE CLOTH TO POSITION SAME IN AN ORIENTATION SUCH THAT THE UNHEMMED EDGE OF THE CLOTH EXTENDS SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE CONVEYER MEANS, MEANS TO DRIVE SAID POSITIONING MEANS INDEPENDENTLY OF THE MOVEMENT OF SAID CLOTH BY SAID CONVEYER MEANS, HEMSTITCHING MEANS ARRANGED IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE UNHEMMED EDGE OF CLOTH, SAID HEMSTITCHING MEANS BEING ORIENTED TO EXTEND ALONG THE EDGE OF THE CONVEYER MEANS AND HOLD DOWN MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID CONVEYER MEANS TO ENGAGE THE CLOTH PLACED ON THE CONVEYER MEANS WHILE THE HEMSTITCHING MEANS OPERATES UPON SAID CLOTH.