AUTOMATIC MULTI -NEEDLE SEWING MACHINE FOR MAKING ORNAMENTAL STITCHES WITH CHAIN STITCH, TO CREATE ORNAMENTAL EFFECTS WITH MOSS STITCH AND CHENILLE STITCH, FOR THE APPLICATION OF TAPES, AND RELATIVE METHOD

摘要

Automatic multi-needle sewing machine (10) and method for making continuous or isolated ornamental stitches with 4 or more colours with chain stitch and for creating ornamental effects with moss stitch and chenille stitch, on a fabric (11) fed continuously, from roll to roll. The sewing machine has upper sewing members (30) and lower sewing members (31), and at least a supporting bar (21) with which the upper sewing members are able to be associated. The upper sewing members (30) comprise a plurality of hook-type needles (41), mobile with a rotatory motion and an alternate vertical motion, and the lower sewing members (31) are solid with the base of the sewing machine (10) and comprise a plurality of lower thread feeders (63) able to feed said hook-type sewing needles (41) with sewing threads (56) of different colours.