Apparatus for processing textile materials in flat strips, such as bedding materials

Claim 1

In an apparatus for the guiding and processing of articles such as textile materials of certain lengths which have at least two side edges to be hemmed, comprising a supply station, a cutting station adapted to cut the material as supplied from said supply station to predetermined lengths, first removing means for removing said cut materials away from said cutting station, a sewing station coupled to said first removing means for receiving said material and performing a hemming operation thereon, a second removing means coupled to said sewing station for removing the material away from said sewing station, a folding means coupled to said second removing means and adapted to receive the material therefrom, said folding means performing a folding on said material, wherein the improvement comprises: a. said sewing station comprising a pair of primary sewing means arranged parallel with respect to each other; b. said second removing means comprising an intermediate conveyer means arranged after said sewing means and operating at a higher removal speed than the first removing means, said two sewing means being adapted to feed said conveyer means hemmed material alternately; c. a transfer means arranged along the longitudinal side of said intermediate conveyer means for transferring the hemmed materials therefrom to said folding apparatus.