TYPES OF MACHINES |
General types for making thread seams without lateral movement | 1/00 |
Special-purpose or automatic machines |
with lateral movement of needle or work | 3/00 |
for sewing quilts or mattresses, sacks, leather goods | 11/00, 13/00, 15/00 |
for temporarily connecting articles | 5/00 |
linking machines; hem-stitch machines; for making thread and welded seams | 7/00; 9/00; 17/00 |
programme-controlled | 19/00, 21/00 |
Other types of sewing machines | 23/00 |
Combination of machines; machines incorporating devices for other purposes than sewing | 25/00; 81/00 |
THE WORK; MACHINE ELEMENTS RELATING THERETO |
For feeding, pressing, holding, supplying, or removing the work | 27/00, 29/00, 31/00, 33/00 |
Devices for slitting, grooving, or cutting the work | 37/00 |
Work-piece carriers, work- collecting devices | 39/00, 41/00 |
Other elements relating to the work | 35/00 |
SEWING-THREAD; MACHINE ELEMENTS RELATING THERETO |
Needle thread |
spool-pin assemblies | 43/00 |
measuring length of thread used; regulating tension; severing thread | 45/00; 47/00; 65/00 |
take-up, needle-thread guard, break detectors, thread laying; needle holders | 49/00, 51/00, 53/00; 55/00 |
Lower thread |
loop takers; loop manipulators; tension; severing thread | 57/00; 61/00; 63/00; 65/00 |
bobbin winding or changing | 59/00 |
Lubricating, waxing, or colouring thread | 67/00 |
OTHER ELEMENTS OF SEWING MACHINES; ACCESSORIES |
Driving or control; lubricating or cooling; lighting equipment | 69/00; 71/00; 79/00 |
Accessories |
guards for operator | 83/00 |
casings; frames or tables; covers or portable enclosures | 73/00; 75/00; 77/00 |
HAND SEWING |
Tools and accessories; stitches or stitch seams | 91/00; 93/00 |
Preparatory or finishing operations | 95/00 |
Hand-sewing processes and apparatus for other special work, or not otherwise provided for | 97/00 |
NEEDLES; NEEDLE-THREADING DEVICES; SEAM-RIPPING | 85/00; 87/00; 89/00 |