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EP 0132466 B1 19880928 - APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A SEAM

Title (en)

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A SEAM

Publication

EP 0132466 B1 19880928 (EN)

Application

EP 83304359 A 19830728

Priority

EP 83304359 A 19830728

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0132466A1] A method of seaming together two or more pieces (10) (12) of fabric wherein the edges (11) (13) of the pieces of fabric are initially seamed together by one or more rows of ordinary chain stitches (16) (17) and thereafter the joined edges are oversewed by at least one pair of independent rows of oversew chain stitches (18) (19), one row of stitches of said pair being formed so that its loops (18a) are located on one side of the finished seam and the other row of stitches (19a) of said pair being formed so that its loops are located on the other side of the finished seam.

IPC 1-7

D05B 1/22

IPC 8 full level

D05B 1/22 (2006.01); D05B 7/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D05B 7/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0132466 A1 19850213; EP 0132466 B1 19880928; DE 3378133 D1 19881103; JP S6075080 A 19850427

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 83304359 A 19830728; DE 3378133 T 19830728; JP 15112384 A 19840720