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APPARATUS FOR PREPARING AN APERTURE IN AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING OR THE LIKE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING SURFACE, MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING A FIRST WORKPIECE HORIZONTALLY OVER SAID SURFACE, MEANS FOR HOLDING A SECOND WORKPIECE ON SAID FIRST WORKPIECE, MEANS FOR SLITTING SAID SECOND WORKPIECE INTO TWO PARTS ALONG A LINE SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDING WITH THE POSITION IN WHICH SAID APERTURE IS TO BE FORMED, MEANS FOR SEWING SAID TWO PARTS OF SAID SECOND WORKPIECE TO SAID FIRST WORKPIECE, AND MEANS FOR CUTTING A SLASH IN SAID FIRST WORKPIECE ALONG A LINE SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDING WITH SAID SLIT IN SAID SECOND WORKPIECE, SAID MEANS FOR HOLDING A SECOND WORKPIECE ON SAID FIRST WORKPIECE, SAID SEWING MEANS AND SAID SLASH-CUTTING MEANS BEING LOCATED ADJACENT SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE IN THE ORDER NAMED, PROCEEDING IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID WORKPIECES, SAID MEANS FOR SLITTING SAID SECOND WORKPIECE BEING LOCATED ADJACENT SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE AT AN APPROPRIATE POINT BETWEEN SAID HOLDING MEANS AND SAID SLASH-CUTTING MEANS.