摘要 |
Apparatus for joining together two plies of material such as textile fabric comprising a sewing machine, contour guide means for shifting the plies as they are fed forward through the sewing machine to effect contour seaming of the plies, and a feed control clamp for clamping the trailing ends of the plies as they are fed forward. This clamp, clamped on the trailing ends of the plies, moves forward with the plies as they are fed forward. It is also automatically shifted from side to side as it moves forward to maintain the edge of the plies being sewn aligned with the contour guide means. The apparatus further comprises loading means which is adapted, while a pair of plies is being sewn, to receive the next pair to be sewn and, upon completion of sewing the first pair, to enter the next pair in the sewing machine and in the feed control clamp.
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