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Jump stitch
Movement of the frame without stitching but with take-up lever and hook movement.
Lock stitch machine
Machine which forms a stitch using a hook and needle. Includes home sewing, as well as computerized,
embroidery machines.
Memory
The amount of stitches that the machine can store internally.
Needle bar
Holds the needle in the machine; moves in an up and down motion.
Needle plate
The metal plate located above the hook assembly of an embroidery machine. This plate has a hole in the
center through which the needle travels to reach the hook and form a stitch. Also known as a throat plate.
Origin
The starting point of the design.
Pantograph
A bar, rack or holder that frames or holding fixtures are attached to. The pantograph moves in x and y
directions to form the embroidery design, controlled electronically or mechanically depending on the
machine.
Paper tape
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One punching format. Continuous reel of paper or Mylar tape containing x-y coordinate information in
binary, Fortran or other numeric code to control pantograph movement. Becoming less-favored and
replaced by computer disks.
Presser foot
Metal device that touches the goods being embroidered while the needle is in the goods. The main func-
tion of the presser foot is to hold the material being embroidered until the hook point catches the thread
loop formed by the needle rise.
Pre-tensioner
Thread tension assemblies that are before the main tension assembly in the thread path. The function of
the pre-tensioner is to apply a light amount of tension in order to make the main tensioner work. See Ten-
sioner .
Repeat
Layout used for making emblems or designs on a fabric span that are repeated at regular intervals.
Take-up spring
See Check spring .
Tape reader
A device attached to an embroidery machine that enables the machine to read embroidery designs from
8-channel paper computer tapes.
Tensioner
Device used to adjust the tautness of thread when forming stitches.
Thread clippers
Small cutting utensil with a spring action that is operated by the thumb in a hole on the top blade and the
fingers cupped around the bottom blade. Useful for quick thread cutting, but unsuitable for detailed trim-
ming or the removal of backing.
Trimmers
Built into an embroidery machine to automatically trim or cut remaining thread when the design jumps
from one area to another or performs a color change.
Tubular embroidery
Embroidery produced on an embroidery machine, which allows tubular fabric or pre-assembled garments
to be placed around the hook assembly. Allows sewing of the front of a garment without sewing through
the front and back of it.
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