Centralized automatic control for machine employed in manufacturing garments

Claim 1

IN A GARMENT SEWING MACHINE HAVING A WORKING TABLE, AT LEAST ONE NEEDLE OPERATING TO FORM A LINE OF STICHING, A PRESSER FOOT FOR HOLDING THE FABRIC OF THE GARMENT TO BE WORKED DURING FORMING OF THE STICHES A MOTOR FOR DRIVING THE MACHINE, A CLUTCH BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND THE MACHINE, AND A THREAD CUTTER, AN AUTOMATIC CONTROL COMPRISING AN INLET FEELER AND AN OUTLET FEELER ARRANGED TO BE SLIGHTLY LIFTED BY THE FABRIC UPON TRAVEL OF THE FABRIC OVER THE WORKING TABLE NEAR THE ZONE AT WHICH THE PRESSER FOOT IS ARRANGED, A MICROSWITCH ASSOCIATED WITH EACH FEELER AND MECHANICALLY ACTUATED BY THE FEELER WITH WHICH IT IS ASSOCIATED FOR STARTING THE MACHINE AUTOMATICALLY UPON INSERTION OF THE FABRIC UNDER THE INLET FEELER AND STOPPING THE MACHINE AUTOMATICALLY UPON WITHDRAWAL OF THE FABRIC FROM UNDER THE OUTLET FEELER, A CENTRALIZED AUTOMATIC CONTROL BOX, THREE RELAYS ARRANGED IN SAID CENTRALIZED AUTOMATIC CONTROL BOX, INCLUDING A STARTING RELAY ENERGIZED BY THE OPERATION OF SAID INLET FEEDER AND OF SAID OUTLET FEELER, THE OUTLET FEELER SUPERSEDING THE INLET FEELER WHEN THE LATTER IS RELEASED ON FEED OF THE FABRIC BENEATH THE PRESSER FOOT, A THREAD CUTTER OPERATING RELAY ENERGIZED WHEN THE OUTLET FEELER IS RELEASED ON COMPLETION OF THE WORK, AND A SELF-FEED RELAY ADAPTED TO CUT OUT THE HIGH VOLTAGE SUPPLY ON BREAKAGE OF THE THREAD, A MICROSWITCH FOR THE THREAD CUTTING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SAID HIGH VOLTAGE CUTOUT, AND A MANUALLY OPERATED LEVER MICROSWITCH FOR STOPPING THE MACHINE AND PLACING IT IN A SAFETY CONDITION, CUTTING OUT SAID HIGH VOLTAGE SUPPLY.