Automated feeding mechanism for sewing machine comprises rotary support in sewing machine and having contour equal in shape to contour of trim cover assembly, allowing trim cover assembly to be attached and supported on rotary support

摘要

An automated feeding mechanism in combination with a sewing machine comprises a table on which the sewing machine is fixedly mounted; rotary support in the sewing machine and having a contour equal in shape to a contour of the trim cover assembly, thus allowing trim cover assembly to be attached and supported on the rotary support; support arranged on one side of rotary support; space for storage of resin material; and clamp. An automated feeding mechanism in combination with a sewing machine (M) including a feed dog (M4) workable in one feeding direction, where the automated feeding mechanism is operable for automatically feeding a hard synthetic resin material and a trim cover assembly toward the sewing machine, the hard synthetic resin material has a free end and the trim cover assembly comprises a central cover section including an arcuate end portion and an arcuate peripheral cover section sewn with and along the arcuate end portion, the arcuate peripheral cover section extending vertically from the central cover section and having a free end, comprises a table (T) on which the sewing machine is fixedly mounted; rotary support in the sewing machine and having a contour equal in shape to a contour of the trim cover assembly, thus allowing trim cover assembly to be attached and supported on the rotary support, the rotary support being rotatably mounted on the table to allow the arcuate peripheral cover section of the trim cover assembly to be fed toward the sewing machine along the feeding mechanism direction associated with the feed dog; support arranged on one side of rotary support such that the support is along a peripheral end of the rotary support, the support being adapted to support the arcuate peripheral cover section of the trim cover assembly; space for allowing the hard synthetic resin material to be stored, the space being defined at one side of the rotary support; and clamp (3) in the support and adapted to temporarily retain the arcuate peripheral cover section. The hard synthetic resin material is juxtaposed with the arcuate peripheral cover section, with the free end of the resin material being aligned with the free end of the arcuate peripheral cover section, and operation of the feeding mechanism causes both the juxtaposed portions of the resin material and the arcuate peripheral cover section to be automatically fed toward the sewing machine, with the free ends of the resin material in alignment with each other along the feeding direction.