The purpose of the present investigation is to examine the relation among the forces received at each part of the cloth pressing structure, namely the pressure bar, the throat plate and the feed dog. It is also intended to clarify the relation between these forces and the feeding length of cloth.
The forces of the three parts were simultaneously measured under sewing. However, in the present study, fabric, needle and sewing thread were not used for the convenience of the examination. The results are as follows.
1) The sewing machine is operated at low speed. Then, as the initial pressure force increases, the timing, at which the feed dog begin to receive the force, becomes earlier, while the timing of the force release becomes later. This means that the range of the crank angle at which the feed dog receives the force becomes widened. But the deflections of the feed dog and of the feed bar by the pressure force narrows the range of the crank angle at which the throat plate is unloaded. Since the range of the unloaded crank angle of the throat plate corresponds to the effective crank angle of the cloth feeding, the feed length of the cloth is decreased by the increase in the pressure force.
2) The forces at the feed dog and the pressure bar turn to decrease after passing their maximum values. The timing of the turnover of the two forces is not punctual. The time lag becomes longer as the initial pressure force increases. This is caused by the holding of the pressure bar by the pressure bar bushing.
3) As the machine speed is increased, the force received by the feed dog increases for the sake of inertia force. Under the condition that there is no gap between the pressure foot and the other parts, the range for the crank angle of the feed dog to receive the pressure force, is widened. At the same time, the range of the crank angle of unloaded throat plate, which corresponds to the effective range of the cloth feeding, is widened also.
4) With further increase in the sewing speed, there appear unloaded ranges for the feed dog and the throat plate under the conditions that they should be loaded. This unloading is caused by the separation of the pressure foot from the feed dog or the throat plate.
5) Two reasons were found for the separation of the pressure foot. One is its leaping action caused by the feed dog and the other is the departure of the pressure foot from the feed dog by holding the pressure bar at the pressure bar bushing. The former occurs under low pressure and thelatter, under high pressure.
These results show that care must be taken for the material quality and the length of the pressure bar bushing and the oiling method for the smooth action.
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