Method and work card for keying in operating cycles to electronic control units in sewing machines

Claim 1

A method of inputting operating cycles to a sewing machine electronic control units involving the use of an electronic unit (114) in which a plurality of elementary instructions is stored to be sequentially sent to the sewing machine for driving the same in operation, which method comprises a selective batching of said elementary instructions to form a plurality of instruction batches capable of being individually identified by respective identification codes (125) and corresponding each to at least one specific operation included within the execution of a given working by the sewing machine (100), keying-in of the operating cycle comprising the following steps: identifying a sequence of workings to be executed for carrying out an operating cycle relating to the production of a given workpiece (116); selecting the specific operations to be executed for carrying out the individual workings provided in said identified sequence; transmitting to the electronic control unit (114), according to an order corresponding to said working sequence, the identification bar codes (125) of the instruction batches corresponding to the selected operations for the individual workings, said identification codes (125) being sequentially stored in the electronic unit (114) for defining said operating cycle; said identification codes (125) are in the form of bar codes disposed on a corresponding work card (115), the transmission of said codes to the electronic control unit (114) being carried out with the aid of an optical detector (126) associated with the electronic control unit; and wherein the identified working sequence is copied into said work card (115) by means of first progression indices (A, B, C, D, E, F), each of which corresponds to one of said workings and is disposed closed to a corresponding area of a workpiece (116) graphically reproduced on the work card (115).

Claim 2

A method of inputting operating cycles to a sewing machine electronic control units involving the use of an electronic unit (114) in which a plurality of elementary instructions is stored to be sequentially sent to the sewing machine for driving the same in operation, which method comprises a selective batching of said elementary instructions to form a plurality of instruction batches capable of being individually identified by respective identification codes (125) and corresponding each to at least one specific operation included within the execution of a given working by the sewing machine (100), keying-in of the operating cycle comprising the following steps: identifying a sequence of workings to be executed for carrying out an operating cycle relating to the production of a given workpiece (116); selecting the specific operations to be executed for carrying out the individual workings provided in said identified sequence; transmitting to the electronic control unit (114), according to an order corresponding to said working sequence, the identification bar codes (125) of the instruction batches corresponding to the selected operations for the individual workings, said identification codes (125) being sequentially stored in the electronic unit (114) for defining said operating cycle; said identification codes (125) are in the form of bar codes disposed on a corresponding work card (115), the transmission of said codes to the electronic control unit (114) being carried out with the aid of an optical detector (126) associated with the electronic control unit; and wherein the identified working sequence is copied into said work card (115) by means of first progression indices (A, B, C, D, E, F), each of which corresponds to one of said workings and is disposed closed to a corresponding area of a workpiece (116) graphically reproduced on the work card (115).

Claim 3

A method of inputting operating cycles to a sewing machine electronic control unit involving the use of an electronic control unit (114) in which a plurality of elementary instructions is stored to be sequentially sent to the sewing machine for driving the same in operation, which method comprises a selective batching of said elementary instructions to form a plurality of instruction batches capable of being individually identified by respective identification codes (125) and corresponding each to at least one specific operation included within the execution of a given working by the sewing machine (100), keying-in of the operating cycle comprising the following steps: identifying a sequence of workings to be executed for carrying out an operating cycle relating to the production of a given workpiece (116); selecting the specific operations to be executed for carrying out the individual workings provided in said identified sequence; transmitting to the electronic control unit (114), according to an order corresponding to said working sequence, the identification bar codes (125) of the instruction batches corresponding to the selected operations for the individual workings, said identification codes (125) being sequentially stored in the electronic unit (114) for defining said operating cycle; further at least one step of assembling a plurality of instruction batches for defining at least one instruction batch assembly identified by a corresponding identification code (125) and corresponding to the execution of a specific working by the sewing machine (100); said identification codes (125) being in the form of bar codes disposed on a corresponding work card (115), the transmission of said codes to the electronic control unit (114) being carried out with the aid of an optical detector (126) associated with the electronic control unit; and wherein the identified working sequence is copied into said work card (115) by means of first progression indices (A, B, C, D, E, F), each of which corresponds to one of said workings and is disposed close to a corresponding area of a workpiece (116) graphically reproduced on the work card (115).

Claim 4

A method of inputting operating cycles to a sewing machine electronic control unit involving the use of an electronic control unit (114) in which a plurality of elementary instructions is stored to be sequentially sent to the sewing machine for driving the same in operation, which method comprises a selective batching of said elementary instructions to form a plurality of instruction batches capable of being individually identified by respective identification codes (125) and corresponding each to at least one specific operation included within the execution of a given working by the sewing machine (100), keying-in of the operating cycle comprising the following steps: identifying a sequence of workings to be executed for carrying out an operating cycle relating to the production of a given workpiece (116); selecting the specific operations to be executed for carrying out the individual workings provided in said identified sequence; transmitting to the electronic control unit (114), according to an order corresponding to said working sequence, the identification bar codes (125) of the instruction batches corresponding to the selected operations for the individual workings, said identification codes (125) being sequentially stored in the electronic unit (114) for defining said operating cycle; further at least one step of assembling a plurality of instruction batches for defining at least one instruction batch assembly identified by a corresponding identification code (125) and corresponding to the execution of a specific working by the sewing machine (100); said identification codes (125) being in the form of bar codes disposed on a corresponding work card (115), the transmission of said codes to the electronic control unit (114) being carried out with the aid of an optical detector (126) associated with the electronic control unit; and wherein the identified working sequence is copied into said work card (115) by means of first progression indices (A, B, C, D, E, F), each of which corresponds to one of said workings and is disposed close to a corresponding area of a workpiece (116) graphically reproduced on the work card (115).