LABEL SEWING MACHINE WITH THREAD CUTTER

摘要

An improvement for a sewing machine used for barring and tacking operations which moves the work piece with respect to the sewing machine needle and produces a preselected number of stitches in programmed directions within the work piece. These machines inherently have a thread surplus extending from the thread source and through the work piece at the commencement of each sewing cycle. Specifically, this invention is a thread surplus separating apparatus which extends the thread surplus in a given manner, retains the thread surplus in this extended direction on the needle side of the work piece to avoid collection on the thread of dirt and grease from the shuttle of the machine and separates the thread surplus from the thread supply.