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Stitch-reg′u-lator.


Sewing-machine.) A device to determine the length of stitch according to the quality or thickness of goods, or for other cause. Some devices for this purpose are shown under sewing-machine. See Fig. 4867.

Stitch-regulator.

The Willcox and Gibbs machine has a table on its cloth-plate, showing the proper relation of size of thread or silk, size of needle, and length of stitch. The oscillating lever has a segment of a cylinder, attached on the periphery of which are the [2389] various numbers from 12 to 30, representing those numbers of stitches to an inch. As the lever is adjusted, each of these numbers is exposed at an opening in the cloth-plate seen within the shield. The proper thread and appropriate needle being determined, the suitable stitch is indicated and the lever moved until the determined number is exposed at the opening in the plate.

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