A novel sewing machine for decoratively stitching a cricket ball

摘要

Disclosed is a sewing machine for decoratively stitching a cricket ball, said sewing machine comprising: A dual needle looper assembly comprising a plurality of needles place parallel to each other in an offset manner and being fixed onto a needle holder, said plurality of needles having corresponding loopers placed below the needles, said loopers being mounted on looper holders; Said dual needle looper assembly being mounted on reciprocating means; Said dual needle looper assembly being encased within a hemispherical hollow mandrel assemble having an opening/pores to allow reciprocating movement of the needles; Said hemispherical hollow mandrel assembly being mounted with a hemispherical leather cup on which decorative stitching is to be performed; Said hemispherical hollow mandrel mounted with the leather cup being freely mounted on a ball bearing support and being in contact with a ball holder; and Said ball holder is mounted on an indexer assembly to provide circular indexing movement to the hemispherical leather cup.