METHOD FOR PREVENTING SEAM RAVEL OF MULTI-THREAD CHAIN STITCHES, SEAM RAVEL PREVENTING APPARATUS FOR MULTI-THREAD CHAIN STITCH SEWING MACHINE, AND MULTI-THREAD CHAIN STITCH SEAM STRUCTURE

摘要

A method for preventing seam ravel of multi-thread chain stitches is provided. After normal sewing is terminated with a looper set in a forward movement state, a state in which a needle thread loop caught by the looper is subjected to position-holding at a position closer to a forward movement end of the looper than a descent position of a needle is maintained until the needle descends through the needle thread loop caught by the looper. Thereafter, the position-holding of the needle thread loop is released to permit a sewing action for at least one stitch, thereby allowing the needle thread loop to be self-looped with a needle thread held by the needle. This surely strongly prevents the seam ravel of multi-thread chain stitches formed by the single needle, irrespective of the dimension of tension applied to the needle thread and the looper thread.