Kenneth M Adams

39903753, Nov 9, 1976

Nov 7, 1975

5/629834

Kenneth D. Adams - Madison NJ

The Singer Company - New York NY

D05B 4300

112258

This disclosure relates to spool holders for supporting a spool of thread on a sewing machine and particularly relates to a detachable spool holder having spaced depending leg-like portions formed of resilient material for insertion into associated spaced apertures in the cover of the sewing machine so that the spool holder may be readily assembled onto the sewing machine frame and held in relatively tight fitting relationship therein while giving the appearance of a unitary structure.

52032493, Apr 20, 1993

Aug 30, 1991

7/753288

Kenneth M. Adams - Sandy Hook CT
Richard J. Simkulak - Meriden CT

United Technologies Corporation - Hartford CT

D04C 348

87 34

A composite braiding apparatus has a rotatable cantilever mandrel support 20 that is capable of supporting multiple mandrels 17a and 17b. The mandrels can be properly oriented to be braided without removing them from the mandrel support 20. Once the braiding operation has begun on one mandrel 17, subsequent mandrels can be mounted on the mandrel support 20 while braiding is taking place. Then, when a braiding operation is completed, the other mandrel 17 can be moved into proper position for braiding. The invention also allows one mandrel 17a (or 17b) to be braided while the opposite mandrel 17b (or 17a) that is not being braided can be worked on manually without stopping the braiding operation. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, a braiding apparatus 10' has two braid ring assemblies 11a and 11b. Both braiding rings 12a and 12b are mounted at opposite ends of a guide track 26.

44133103, Nov 1, 1983

Aug 16, 1982

6/408383

Kenneth D. Adams - Madison NJ

The Singer Company - Stamford CT

D05B 7900

362 90

A sewing machine is provided with a slidable bulb carrying bracket like member and a bulb cover with which the member may be moved between: (1) an elevated position wherein the bulb is protected both by the bulb cover and surrounding structure of the head end portion of the machine; and (2) a lowered position wherein the bulb is accessible for removal and replacement.

41777450, Dec 11, 1979

Jun 7, 1978

5/913424

Kenneth D. Adams - Madison NJ
Robert B. Brauch - Wayne NJ

The Singer Company - New York NY

D05B 6902

112221

A molded plastic guide provided in the head end mounting plate of a sewing machine receives the plastic toe of a latch carrier that is secured to a needle bar, and guides vertical reciprocatory movements of the needle bar.

48950890, Jan 23, 1990

Feb 1, 1989

7/304523

Kenneth D. Adams - Madison NJ

SSMC Inc. - Fairfield NJ

D05B 2700

112316

A sewing machine employs stepper motor actuated control for magnitude and direction of work feed including operator influenced feed balancing cam apparatus for shifting the stepper motor actuated control axially relative to or with a stepper motor shaft in order to attain parity between forward and reverse directions of work feed.

42403685, Dec 23, 1980

Mar 17, 1980

6/130792

Kenneth D. Adams - Madison NJ

The Singer Company - Stamford CT

D05B 6902

112220

A module including a frame which supports a motor, reduction gearing and a belt driving pulley is mounted in a sewing machine for position adjusting movements in one direction effective to set tension in a shaft timing belt, and position adjusting movements in another direction effective to set tension in a hook shaft timing belt.

48739324, Oct 17, 1989

Feb 1, 1989

7/304540

Kenneth D. Adams - Madison NJ

SSMC Inc. - Fairfield NJ

D05B 302

112443

A sewing machine employing a stepper driven-stitch patterning mechanism including a stepper rotated cam with a spiral cam groove tracked by a follower formed with different cross sectional shape than the cam groove in order to provide only point contact with each side of the cam groove when spring biased therein. A spring arrangement biases the cam and follower together in a direction perpendicular to the axis of cam rotation, thus minimizing lost motion between cam and follower.

44857551, Dec 4, 1984

Dec 16, 1983

6/562317

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

The Singer Company - Stamford CT

D05B 6500

112292

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.