METHOD OF FEEDING THREAD TO A SEWING MACHINE AND SEWING MACHINE THREAD FEED

摘要

A sewing machine thread feed for a supplying sewing thread to a sewing machine, the sewing thread including a low melting point filament and a textile filament, the feed comprising: a guide mechanism for guiding sewing thread to a needle of the sewing machine; first and second spools carrying first and second filaments respectively, one of the spools carrying a low- melt filament and the other carrying a textile filament; first and second retention mechanisms for retaining the first and second spools respectively in position against force applied to them when filament is drawn off; the first and second filaments run from the first and second spools respectively to the guide mechanism; wherein the first filament runs from the first spool, through the centre of the second spool, so that the action of the second filament, when being drawn off the second spool, causes inter-winding of the first and second filaments to create composite sewing thread.