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2. Presser foot - Wikipedia

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   A sewing machine presser foot. A presser foot is an attachment used with sewing machines to hold fabric flat as it is fed through the machine and stitched. Sewing machines have feed dogs in the bed of the machine to provide traction and move the fabric as it is fed through the machine, while the sewer provides extra support for the fabric by guiding it with one hand.

3. Davis Sewing Machine Company - Wikipedia

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   While Davis called this mechanism their "Vertical Feed", sewing machines with similar mechanisms are now known as "walking foot" machines. Closeup of the vertical feed mechanism on an 1877 Davis sewing machine. Later Davis machines used a more conventional feed mechanism, with a stationary presser foot and feed dogs.

4. Feed dog - Wikipedia

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   A set of feed dogs typically resembles two or three short, thin metal bars, crosscut with diagonal teeth, which move both front to back and up and down in slots in a sewing machine's needle plate: front to back to advance fabric gripped between the dogs and the presser foot toward the needle, and up and down to recess at the end of their stroke, release the fabric, and remain recessed while ...

5. Sewing machine - Wikipedia

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   Most household machines do not use needle feed. A walking foot replaces the stationary presser foot with one that moves along with whatever other feed mechanisms the machine already has. As the walking foot moves, it shifts the workpiece along with it. It is most useful for sewing heavy materials where needle feed is mechanically inadequate ...

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   The holiday week opens with another rise in average rates on 30-year and 15-year fixed-term mortgages, trending higher after the Federal Reserve announced a third straight cut to its benchmark ...

7. Should you throw out your black plastic cooking utensils? - AOL

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   Liu says her advice is the same as it's been: “If you can, reduce your use of plastic. Not just black plastic, but plastic in general, [which] can reduce your exposure to any harmful chemical ...