Kenneth W Adams

US Patent:

44857551, Dec 4, 1984

Filed:

Dec 16, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/562317

Inventors:

Walter H. W. Marsh - Scotch Plains NJ
Kenneth D. Adams - Madison NJ

Assignee:

The Singer Company - Stamford CT

International Classification:

D05B 6500

US Classification:

112292

Abstract:

A manual thread cutter for a sewing machine is disclosed in which a cutting blade is supported on a canted surface merging toward the corner of the hollow interior of a face plate covering the head end of the sewing machine. A slot extends continuously through adjacent walls of the face plate approximately medially of the canted surface so that sewing thread may be drawn through the slot to the cutting edge of the cutting blade. A platform extends from one of the adjacent walls coextensive with the bottom surface of the slot so that thread may be pivoted about the platform and drawn into the slot to impinge upon the cutting edge of the cutting blade.

US Patent:

44210434, Dec 20, 1983

Filed:

Jun 8, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/386176

Inventors:

Boleslaw Kornatowski - Elizabeth NJ
Kenneth D. Adams - Madison NJ

Assignee:

The Singer Company - Stamford CT

International Classification:

D05B 7310

US Classification:

112260

Abstract:

A free arm of a convertible bed sewing machine is provided with a rear bed extending member which is pivoted on a cover that is fitted over a fixed machine supporting leg but can be readily removed therefrom with the bed extending member to provide space for an embroidery attachment.

US Patent:

40164411, Apr 5, 1977

Filed:

May 19, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/687858

Inventors:

John Addison Herr - Garwood NJ
Wolfgang Jaffe - Roselle Park NJ
Allan Matthew Dob - Clifton NJ
Philip Francis Minalga - Piscataway NJ
Kenneth Douglas Adams - Madison NJ
William Lee Herron - Elizabeth NJ

Assignee:

The Singer Company - New York NY

International Classification:

H02K 3318

US Classification:

310 13

Abstract:

A linear motor for use, for example, in sewing machines for controlling needle vibration as to amplitude and/or fabric feed both in magnitude and direction, said motor comprising a frame having an internal central pole piece spaced intermediate two permanent magnets of the high energy product type which are attached to the frame, the central pole piece providing supporting means for movable coil member integrally formed with connecting arms pivotally fastened to an actuator arm carried on a pivoted potentiometer shaft. The permanent magnets are secured through their own magnetism to the frame and are each locked in proper orientation by a non-metallic retainer which is locked to the magnet and additionally formed with a closure panel, said closure panels cooperating with the motor frame completely to enclose a compartment for the movable coil member effecting both a minimum external leakage field and a dust proof unit.

US Patent:

44521596, Jun 5, 1984

Filed:

Mar 7, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/472450

Inventors:

Leo E. McGann - Cranford NJ
Kenneth D. Adams - Madison NJ

Assignee:

The Singer Company - Stamford CT

International Classification:

D05B 7300

US Classification:

112258

Abstract:

A sewing machine bed which, because an open channel is required to accommodate a preassembled operating mechanism module, is reinforced to minimize objectionable deflection by reinforcing ribs formed on a cover plate and rigidly connected to reinforcing bosses on the sewing machine bed when the cover plate is secured thereon.

US Patent:

40868613, May 2, 1978

Filed:

Feb 16, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/769352

Inventors:

Stanley Joseph Ketterer - Jamesburg NJ
Kenneth Douglas Adams - Madison NJ

Assignee:

The Singer Company - New York NY

International Classification:

D05B 302

US Classification:

112158E

Abstract:

An electro-mechanical actuator for sewing machines which allows settings to be made electrically and then acts upon such settings mechanically using the power from the sewing machine drive. This electro-mechanical actuator utilizes the full cycle of a sewing operation for the setting and positioning of the controlled function.

US Patent:

44805667, Nov 6, 1984

Filed:

Aug 25, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/525929

Inventors:

Joseph J. Lukawich - Somerville NJ
Kenneth D. Adams - Madison NJ

Assignee:

The Singer Company - Stamford CT

International Classification:

D05B 2720
D05B 302

US Classification:

112321

Abstract:

A presser attachment device for implementing needle feed in which a presser foot is elevated when a sewing needle is in engagement with work material to facilitate lateral shift thereof by the sewing needle. The presser foot is supported on one end of a substantially centrally pivoted presser foot carrier lever, the other end of which is formed with a gear segment. A pinion and ratchet combination is supported on one end of a pinion carrier lever, the other end of which is carried on the presser foot carrier lever pivot and has a pinion portion thereof in engagement with the gear segment. A combined cam and pawl is provided in which a pawl portion is in engagement with a ratchet portion of the combined pinion and ratchet when the sewing needle extends through the work material so as to lock the pinion against further rotation, depress the pinion and rotate the presser foot carrier lever to elevate the presser foot out of contact with the work material. When the sewing needle is not in engagement with the work material, the pinion is free to rotate to accommodate to the thickness of the work material beneath the presser foot.