SEWING TEMPLATE SETUP FOR A SEWING MACHINE

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a stencil device according to the preamble of claim 1.

[0002] Sewing machines are widely used in the automated production of textiles. They are designed to automate the actual sewing process and, as far as possible, to carry out the sewing process without the need for a person, who would otherwise manually control the sewing process and, if necessary, guide the fabric. With sewing machines, the manual activities are usually limited to inserting fabric cuts into the sewing machine, triggering the sewing process, and removing the sewn fabric. Templates are used to automate the sewing process and hold the fabric in a specific position throughout the entire sewing process. These are usually plate-shaped and have a contour adapted to the specific fabric, either for handling the fabric and / or as a specification of a needle path for a needle on the sewing machine. A groove can be incorporated into a template to specify a needle path.In addition to specifying the needle path, the templates also serve, for example, to hold down the fabric or to transfer the fabric from a loading station of the sewing machine to a sewing station of the sewing machine. Documents DE 37 09 210 A1 and JP H05 208086 A disclose templates known from the prior art.

[0003] Such templates are therefore specifically designed for each type of fabric and sewing process. If a different fabric, such as a different model of trousers or a different shirt, or if other alterations are to be made on a sewing machine, a new template must be manufactured and the template previously used on the sewing machine must be replaced with the new one. Since the templates each have geometrically complex and elaborate interfaces with which the sewing template can be arranged and detachably attached to the interfaces on the sewing machine, converting a sewing machine from one fabric model to another is difficult. CONFIRMATION COPY

[0004] Fabric models are associated with relatively high costs, particularly in terms of manufacturing costs. In addition to the high costs, another disadvantage is that different machine tools are usually required to manufacture complete template devices. However, most sewing factories do not usually have an extensive machine tool park or the personnel required to plan and execute such metal manufacturing work. The template devices are therefore usually ordered from the manufacturer of the sewing machine, which, however, entails delivery times, usually of several weeks. A quick changeover from one fabric model to a new fabric model is therefore generally not possible. In the fast-moving fashion industry, however, there is often a need for such quick and short-term changeovers of sewing machines to new fabric models and / or different clothing sizes.There is therefore a great need to be able to quickly convert sewing machines with their templates, without there being a practical and cost-effective solution for this.

[0005] The invention is therefore based on the object of providing a possibility for template devices of the generic type which enables faster conversion of template devices of the type mentioned at the outset in sewing machines.

[0006] This object is achieved according to the invention in a template device of the type mentioned at the outset in that the first interface means are arranged on a carrier means of the sewing template device, wherein the carrier means is physically separate from the at least one template plate, and the at least one template plate can be detachably and exchangeably fastened to the carrier means of the template device by means of second interface means, wherein both the carrier means and the at least one template plate at least predominantly comprise a metallic material, wherein the metallic material of the carrier means has a higher strength, in particular a higher tensile and compressive strength, than the at least one template plate.

[0007] The object is also achieved by a template system according to claim 8 and a sewing machine according to claim 10.

[0008] According to the invention, a further interface is thus introduced, through which the template device itself is divided into two components. By means of this second interface means, the two components of the template device according to the invention can be detachably connected to one another. This makes it possible to divide a template device into a machine-specific component and a customer-specific or sewing material-specific component. The machine-specific component, with its first interface, can meet all requirements to ensure the necessary strength and secure connection to the sewing machine for the template. The machine-specific component can therefore preferably be designed exclusively in accordance with these requirements, both structurally, geometrically and with regard to the materials used.Due to its preferably higher-quality design, the machine- or sewing-automation-side component of the template device can also be suitable for successive use for different customer- or material-specific components. In particular, the possible preferential selection of one or more higher-quality materials for the machine-specific component of the template device can thus lead to a significantly longer service life of the machine-specific component. This allows the machine-specific component to be used—if necessary, together with alternating different customer- or material-specific components—until the machine-specific component reaches the end of its service life.This avoids the previous disadvantage of parts of existing template devices having to be removed from service early and before their service life has already been reached because, after completion of the template device, it becomes apparent in connection with the garment belonging to the corresponding template device that only a smaller number of pieces are to be produced. Due to its interface with the sewing machine, the machine-specific component can also be designed and configured in such a way that it can, if necessary, absorb a drive movement transmitted to the template device for a transfer movement of the textile cuts to be processed without play and convert this movement into a movement of the template device.

[0009] The inventive division of the respective template device into a machine-related component and at least one customer- or material-specific component allows the customer- or material-specific component to be designed solely, or at least primarily, according to the customer's requirements, which includes the possibility of creating and using a template as quickly as possible. The at least one template plate of the customer- or material-specific component can therefore be made of a material that can be processed using simple manual means. For example, sheet materials that can also be processed with saws, jigsaws, files, and the like can be suitable.It may therefore be preferable for the manufacturer of an automatic sewing machine to provide the customer with a complete, machine-specific component of a specific template device, including the first interface means, which may already be installed upon delivery of the automatic sewing machine or at least be easy to assemble. The customer of the automatic sewing machine may also be provided with the second interface means for releasably attaching the customer-specific or fabric-specific component of the template device to its machine-specific component. Furthermore, the customer may be provided with at least one template plate as a semi-finished product that has not yet been adapted to a fabric or textile cut.The customer preferably stocks several such semi-finished stencil plates, which can be rectangular or square, for example, and have a size that allows the at least one semi-finished stencil plate to be provided with a contour adapted to the at least one textile blank by machining the respective stencil plate. This contour can include an inner and an outer contour, for example an outer contour that corresponds to the geometric shape of the blank, optionally with an addition or a subtraction. An inner contour can, for example, correspond to a needle path of a needle that forms one or more seams on the blank. This respective semi-finished stencil plate can preferably be provided with the required contour by the customer themselves using tools. Due to the ease of machining, this can be done by the customer themselves with little technical effort.This allows the customer to immediately customize a semi-finished template plate with the appropriate contour and then adapt it to the fabric to be produced or to the associated textile cuts immediately upon needing a new template plate for the sewing machine. Since the semi-finished template plates are in stock and can be processed using simple tools such as metal saws, jigsaws, files, pliers, etc., the user can adapt one or more semi-finished template plates to their needs in a very short time and thus create one or more template plates suitable for production. These template plates can then be mounted on the machine-specific components and used in the sewing machine immediately and without waiting for delivery times.Since the semi-finished template plates can be made of simple and inexpensive metallic materials, the invention makes it possible, at significantly lower cost than before, to conduct tests with several differently designed template plates for a specific task in the sewing machine and then use the most suitable template plate for production. This allows the automated production of clothing and other textiles to be optimized in a simple, fast, and yet cost-effective manner.

[0010] In connection with the invention, it is therefore preferred if the respective machine-specific component with the aforementioned preferably existing properties and configurations has a support means. The support means can advantageously be physically separated from the at least one template plate and also from the sewing machine, whereby, due to the second interface means, it is possible to exchange the respective at least one template plate or other template means on the support means for at least one other template plate / template means from the system without detaching the support means with the first interface and possibly further connection means on the sewing machine.When using different templates / template plates, one carrier can remain unchanged in the sewing machine and alternately accommodate one of the templates / template plates, thus indirectly connecting the template / template plate to the sewing machine. Nevertheless, the carrier is also interchangeable due to the presence of the first interface means, for example because the end of the service life of the carrier has been reached or because different second interface means are to be used. In this way, it is now also possible to design a template system according to the invention, in particular a sewing template system. This is characterized by the detachable and exchangeable attachment of the carrier to the sewing machine and by template plates that can also be detachably attached to the carrier.The template plates represent the respective adaptation of the sewing machine to the respective textile product to be manufactured through a corresponding shape and / or contour. Such a template system can in principle be provided for only one, for several or for each station of a sewing machine, whereby the template system can be adapted to the respective needs and requirements of the respective station in the sewing machine.

[0011] Further preferred embodiments of the invention emerge from the claims, the description and the drawing.

[0012] The invention is explained in more detail with reference to exemplary embodiments shown purely schematically in the figures, in which: Fig. 1 shows a sewing machine in which template devices according to the invention can be inserted and used, including a detailed illustration marked by a circle; Fig. 2 shows various template devices of the sewing machine, with an upper row showing a delivery state of the template devices and a lower row showing a state of each template device adapted for use in the sewing device; Fig. 3 shows a pocket template device made of Fig. 2 ; Fig. 4 a customer-specific component of the pocket template device from Fig. 2 and 3 ; Fig. 5 a machine-specific component of the pocket template device from Fig. 2 and 3 ; Fig. 6 a pocket slide stencil device; Fig. 7 a back of the stamp stencil device; Fig. 8 a front of the stamp stencil device; Fig. 9 the transfer stencil device from Fig. 2 ; Fig. 10 the inner sewing template device from Fig. 2 ; Fig. 11 the machine-specific component of the inner sewing template device from Fig. 10 ; Fig. 12Semi-finished template plates of the sewing template device made of Fig. 10 : Fig. 13 an external sewing template device made of Fig. 2 ; Fig. 14Semi-finished template plates of the sewing template device made of Fig. 13 ; Fig. 15 an auxiliary device for applying contours to stencil plates of the stencil devices;

[0013] Fig. 1shows an automatic sewing machine 1 used in the industrial production of trousers. The automatic sewing machine 1 automatically sews trouser pocket blanks onto trouser leg blanks. For this purpose, an operator places a trouser leg blank and a trouser pocket blank on top of each other in a predetermined manner in an insertion station 2 of the automatic sewing machine 1, and then initiates the handling and sewing processes performed sequentially by the automatic sewing machine 1.

[0014] In the illustrated preferred embodiment, the handling processes include holding the trouser leg blank on a work surface 6 of the sewing machine using vacuum during the insertion process. Likewise, the insertion process includes placing the pocket blank on a pocket template of a pocket template device 7. The handling processes also include a folding process, in which, except for the opening of the trouser pocket, the side edges of the blank are automatically folded over for the pocket in the insertion station. A pocket pusher and a stamp of a folding template device 8 and a stamping template device 12 are provided for this purpose.

[0015] Finally, the automated handling processes also include a transfer process, in which the respective trouser leg blank, together with the folded pocket blank, is transferred by means of a transfer station 3 from the insertion station 2 to the sewing station 4, in which at least one sewing process, in particular a sewing process for attaching the pocket blank to the trouser leg blank by means of a sewn seam, is then carried out. For this purpose, the transfer station 3 has a transfer template device 9, which grasps the trouser leg blank together with the folded pocket blank and transfers it to the sewing station.

[0016] In the illustrated embodiment, the automatic sewing machine 1 has two sewing heads, each of which can perform one or more sewing processes, for example, creating seams with different colors of thread. To carry out the multi-part sewing process, the automatic sewing machine has an inner and an outer sewing template device 11, 12, wherein the inner sewing template device 10 is provided with an inner sewing template plate and the outer sewing template device 11 is provided with an outer sewing template plate. The inner sewing template plate has an inner needle path of a needle of one of the sewing heads. The outer sewing template plate, on the other hand, has an outer contour for a needle path of the other of the two sewing heads.

[0017] In Fig. 2 All template devices 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 are shown in two states each. In an upper row of Fig. 2The template devices 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are shown as they are preferably supplied by the manufacturer of the respective sewing machine. At least one of the template plates is designed as a semi-finished product, i.e., as a generally more or less rectangular plate that is not yet adapted to the contour of the respective sewing material to be processed.

[0018] In a lower row, the same template devices 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are shown in their final form for use in the sewing machine, which they receive by machining at least one template plate. All template devices are constructed according to the same principle and yet differ in their structural details. Each of the template devices has an assembly referred to as a machine-specific component. This machine-specific component 14 is each provided with first interface means 15, which are intended for the detachable attachment of the machine-specific component 14 to a corresponding receptacle of the sewing machine 1 for the machine-specific component 14.A respective customer- or material-specific component 18 of the respective template device can be detachably attached to the machine-specific component 14 of the template device by means of second interface means 19. The customer- or material-specific component 18 has a single- or multi-part template plate 20, the geometric shape of which is adapted to the respective material to be sewn or to the at least one blank for the material to be processed. The single- or multi-part template plate 20 used in the sewing machine is completed on-site at the customer of the sewing machine manufacturer based on a semi-finished template plate 20a, which is made available to the respective customer for carrying out their own processing measures. Specific possible and preferred designs of different template devices are discussed below.

[0019] In the Fig. 3 , 4 and 5The pocket template device 7 is shown on which the pocket blank is arranged and subsequently folded using the pocket template device 7, the stamp template device 12 and the folding template device 8 and lowered onto the trouser leg blank. Fig. 3 The pocket template device shown in the illustration of Fig. 3in the upper part, the machine-specific component. This can be made of a support means 17 made of tool steel with high strength and a long service life. The machine-specific component 14 and its support means have, as first interface means 15, two tabs 22 which are spaced apart from one another and provided with recesses and which can be detachably fastened to a correspondingly designed receptacle of the sewing machine 1 by means of suitable fastening means. Each tab has a recess 23 as a component of the first interface means. The pocket template device 7, like each of the other template devices 8-12, is fastened to the receptacle of the sewing machine 1 provided for this specific template device only by means of its first interface means(s) 15 and, if applicable, fastening means cooperating with the interface means 15.The cutting means shown in this embodiment are shown and illustrated in this form merely as examples of a multitude of differently designed possible interface means.

[0020] The customer-specific or fabric-specific component 18 of the pocket template device 7 can be attached to the machine-specific component 15 of the pocket template device 7. The customer-specific or fabric-specific component 18 of the pocket template device 7 can be designed in multiple parts, for example, three parts. In order to fix and fasten the two components 14, 18 to one another in a predetermined manner, second interface means 19 are provided, which are distributed between both the machine-specific and the customer-specific components 14, 18. The second interface means 19 of the machine-specific and the customer-specific components cooperate to detachably fasten the customer-specific component 18 to the machine-specific component 14 using additional fastening means, such as screws, nuts, threaded sleeves, groove elements, sliding blocks, clamps, springs, washers, and the like.The second interface means may also comprise recesses, hole patterns, bayonet elements or pin elements and the like in (partial) combination with one another or individually, which interact with one another to releasably fix the two components to one another, optionally using the fastening means.

[0021] The customer-specific component of the pocket template device is provided with a template plate 20, which is shown in the illustration of Fig. 3is shown as a semi-finished product. As such, the semi-finished template plate 20a has an at least approximately rectangular or square shape, which initially has no relation to the pocket to be produced on another pair of trousers. The semi-finished template plate 20a, which is preferably made of a material that is significantly softer or less wear-resistant than the material of the carrier means 17, can be shaped by the customer for use in a sewing machine in order to provide it with a contour adapted to the pocket cut. Due to the properties of the material and the dimensions of the semi-finished template plate 20a, this shaping work can also be carried out by the customer using simple hand-held tools. A possible contour that can be sawn, cut, or otherwise created from the rectangular semi-finished template plate 20a is shown by way of example in Fig. 2 as well as in Fig. 1in the insertion station 2. The template plate 20 thus produced can be attached to the machine-specific component of the pocket template device 7 as part of the customer-specific component of the pocket template device 7, whereby the pocket template device 7 can be used immediately in the sewing machine 1.

[0022] In the Fig. 6 and 7 and 8 also show the folding template device 8 and the stamping template device 12, which are used after the trouser leg cut has been placed on the work surface 6 in the insertion station 2, the pocket cut and before the cuts are transferred to the sewing station 4, in order to hold the trouser leg cut on the work surface 6 and to fold the edges of the pocket cut in preparation for the sewing process.

[0023] In the Fig. 7 and 8The stamp template device 12 and its machine-specific and customer-specific components, including the first and second interfaces, are shown. The customer-specific component 18 is again designed in several parts, whereby the individual components can be fastened to one another using suitable fastening means. The customer-specific component 18 in turn has a semi-finished template plate 20a, which is designed as a thin steel sheet and can be provided with a sewing material-specific contour using simple hand tools in order to produce a template plate 20 suitable for use in the sewing machine from the semi-finished template plate. Such a possible contoured template plate 20 for a pocket template device 7 is shown by way of example in Fig. 2 shown.

[0024] Here, too, the customer-specific and machine-specific components 14, 18 each have second interface means 19 in the form of aligned recesses and fastening means guided through the recesses, which are intended to releasably fix the two components together. The machine-specific component, like machine-specific components of other template devices, again has fastening means in the form of a hole pattern, guided through the recesses of the hole pattern, and optionally also centering means as first interface means 15, which are intended for releasably fastening the machine-specific component in a corresponding receptacle of the sewing machine.

[0025] In Fig. 6The folding template device 8 and its components are shown. The customer-specific component of the folding template device 8 comprises, as delivered, three semi-finished template plates 20a, which are arranged in a U-shape relative to one another and are intended to be provided with a contour adapted to the pocket blank, which is suitable for folding a side edge of the pocket blank by moving the folding template device 8. The contouring, which takes place after delivery and immediately before use in the sewing machine, transforms the semi-finished template plates 20a into template plates 20 of the folding template device 8, which are ready for use in production.

[0026] The machine-specific and the customer-specific or fabric-specific components 14, 18 are detachably fastened to one another by means of second interface means 19. In the illustrated case, the machine-specific component 14 has three strips and several profiled fastening and locking pins 25, which correspond to and can be arranged in recesses in a sewing machine-side receptacle. By pneumatic actuation of the sewing machine-side locking means, the fastening pins 25 can be locked in the receptacle of the sewing machine provided for this template device. The fastening pins 25 can also be released again by pneumatic actuation in order to remove the template device.

[0027] In connection with the machine-specific component 14, as with other template devices, the first interface means 15 can include profiled pins, which can be arranged in recesses of metal strips as support means. The profiled pins 25 can be releasably locked in the receptacle by means of pneumatically actuated locking means (not shown) on the sewing machine side. By also actuating the pneumatic locking means, the profiled pins or other first interface means can also be released again for removal of the folding template device. In principle, any template device can be provided with such first interface means, which can be fixed to the sewing machine by means of respective pneumatically actuated locking means on the sewing machine side and can also be released again.

[0028] In Fig. 9The transfer template device 9 and its components are shown. The customer-specific or sewing material-specific component 18 of the transfer template device 9 has, as delivered by the manufacturer, two semi-finished template plates 20a arranged one above the other. The semi-finished template plates 20a are essentially the same size and each have a substantially rectangular shape. Here too, as is preferably the case with the other template devices, the semi-finished template plates 20a are preferably made of a material that is easy to machine and therefore easier to process than the material used for the machine-specific component 14. The material of the customer-specific component 18 can, for example, be a steel sheet that can be machined with little effort. Through processing, both template plates 20a can each be provided with a contour, such as, for example, Fig. 2can be seen. The contour can be designed in such a way that the pocket blank is picked up by the contour in the insertion station and the trouser leg blank and the pocket blank resting on it can be transferred together into the sewing station by a movement of the transfer template device. The lower template plate 20 can have a contour which corresponds to the contour of the folded pocket blank. The upper template plate, on the other hand, can have an overhang compared to the lower contour so that the upper template plate rests on the edge of the blank. As with any other template device, the customer can also stock suitable semi-finished template plates 20a for the transfer template device 9 in order to be able to provide template plates with new contours for other items of clothing at any time and immediately and to use them in the sewing machine.

[0029] Second interface means are provided on both the two template plates 20a and on the metallic strip 26 (support means) of the machine-specific component 14 in the form of a hole pattern 28 and associated fastening means.

[0030] The first interface means of the machine-specific component include two tabs 27, which are integrally connected to the bar and arranged at a distance from one another and in which recesses 29 are provided. Together with suitable fastening means, the tabs 27 and their recesses serve to attach the transfer template device 9 to a holder provided for this purpose on the sewing machine 1.

[0031] In the Fig. 10 to 12The inner sewing template device 10 is shown. The machine-specific component 14 is formed in several parts and has elongated holes and other means that serve to adjustably connect these multiple parts. A fork-shaped part 32 of the support means 17, as well as several recesses 33 in the fork-shaped part, belong to the first interface means 15, with which the inner sewing template device can be releasably attached to a receptacle of the sewing station.

[0032] The customer-specific component 18 has three template plates arranged side by side, which are also supplied by the manufacturer as semi-finished template plates 20a and can be machined by the customer. The three template plates 20a can be releasably attached to the machine-specific component 14 by means of second interface means 19 and are interchangeable, for example, to attach other template plates with an inner contour that have a different contour profile. Fig. 2 A possible contour for the internal sewing template device is shown as an example. The corresponding semi-finished template plates can be stocked by the customer, provided with suitable contours, and attached to the machine-specific component.

[0033] In the Fig. 13 and 14the outer template device 11 and parts thereof are shown. The machine-specific component 14 has two tab elements 35, on each of which first interface means 15 are formed for arrangement on a suitable receptacle. Second interface means 19 are also formed on the tab elements 35, each of which includes a hole pattern on each tab element 35. The customer-specific component of the outer sewing template device 11 has two template plates arranged one above the other, which the customer also receives as a semi-finished template plate 20a for their own processing. The two template plates 20 are also provided with hole patterns matching the hole patterns of the tab elements, so that they are provided together with suitable fastening means for detachable arrangement on the tab elements.

[0034] In Fig. 15Also shown is a preferred auxiliary device 40, with which the desired contours of blanks can be marked out particularly easily on a template plate, in order to subsequently be brought into the marked shape using a suitable tool, in particular a hand tool. For this purpose, the auxiliary device has a support plate 41 on which two linear motion guides 42, 43 are arranged perpendicular to one another. A cross slide 44 is guided for its movement options on both rails of the two linear motion guides 42, 43 and can thus perform movements in the X and Y directions as well as superimposed simultaneous movements in both the X and Y directions. A scriber 45 is attached to the cross slide 44, with which the respective metallic sheet steel plate of the customer-specific or sewing material-specific component of a template device according to the invention can be marked out with a desired contour.In order to then provide the template plate with the corresponding contour, the template plate must simply be removed from the auxiliary device and then provided with the contour by suitable processing. List of reference symbols

[0035] 1 sewing machine 20a Semi-finished stencil plate 2 Insertion station 22 tab 3 Transfer station 23 recess 4 sewing station 25 Locking and fixing pin 6 Work surface 26 metallic strip 7 Pocket template setup 27 tab 8 Folding template device 28 Hole pattern 9 Transfer stencil device 29 recess 10 internal sewing template device 32 fork-shaped part 33 recess 11 external sewing template device 35 Tab element 40 Auxiliary device 12 Stamp stencil setup 41 Holder plate 14 machine-specific component 42 Linear motion guide 43 Linear motion guide 15 first interface means 44 cross slide 17 Carrier 45 drawing needle 18 customer-specific component 19 second interface means 20 stencil plate

Claims

1. Template device for an automatic sewing machine (1), which is provided with first interface means (15) for detachable arrangement on interface means on the sewing machine side, the template device having at least one template plate which is provided by mechanical processing with a contour which can be adapted to a sewing material, in order to perform or support a handling and / or a sewing function on the sewing material with the at least one template plate in use in the automatic sewing machine (1), the first interface means (15) being arranged on a carrier means (17) of the template device, the carrier means (17) being formed physically separately from the at least one template plate, and the first interface means (15) are arranged on a carrier means (17) of the stencil device, the carrier means (17) being physically separate from the at least one stencil plate, and the at least one stencil plate (20) can be detachably and interchangeably fastened to the carrier means (17) of the stencil device by means of second interface means (19), characterized in both the carrier means (17) and the at least one stencil plate have at least predominantly a metallic material, the metallic material of the carrier means (17) having a higher strength, in particular a higher tensile and compressive strength, than the at least one stencil plate (20).

2. Template device according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one template device is designed as a pocket template device (7) for an insertion station (2) of an automatic sewing machine, which has at least one pocket template plate which is adapted to a contour of a pocket blank.

3. Template device according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one template device is designed as a folding-over template device (8) for a station, in particular an insertion or folding-over station (2), of an automatic sewing machine which has at least one template plate which is adapted to a contour of a pocket blank for folding over.

4. Template device according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one template device is designed as a transfer template device (9) for a transfer station (3) of an automatic sewing machine (1), which has at least one template plate which is adapted for gripping a pocket blank for a transfer of the pocket blank to another station of the automatic sewing machine.

5. Template device according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one template device is designed as an inner or as an outer sewing template device (10, 11) for a sewing station (4) of an automatic sewing machine which has at least one template plate which is provided with an inner or an outer contour as the needle path of a needle of the sewing station.

6. Template device according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one template device is designed as a stamp template device (12) for a bending station of an automatic sewing machine, which has at least one template plate whose contour is adapted to a blank.

7. Stencil device according to claim 1, characterized in that the stencil device designed as a sewing stencil device (10, 11) is provided with at least one stencil plate in which at least one intended needle path is introduced in the form of one or more grooves, and in that the interface means on the sewing machine side are arranged on a carrier means (17) of the sewing template device (10, 11), the carrier means (17) being physically separate from the sewing template plate, and the at least one sewing template plate being detachably and interchangeably attachable to the carrier means (17) of the sewing template device by means of second interface means.

8. Stencil system for an automatic sewing machine, comprising a stencil device according to at least one of claims 1 to 7, characterized by a plurality of, in particular also different, stencil plates, in particular sewing stencil plates, which can be detachably arranged on the carrier means one after the other and as an exchange for one another.

9. Stencil system according to claim 8, characterized by an auxiliary device for receiving a semi-finished product stencil plate, in particular for arranging the semi-finished product stencil plate in the auxiliary device without carrier means, the auxiliary device being provided with an X-Y cross slide which has two linear movement devices which are aligned perpendicular to one another, which can execute a linear movement along a respective linear movement axis and in this case the linear movement axes run perpendicular to one another, wherein on each of the two linear movement devices there is a respective tool, in particular a respective tearing needle, which can be guided along the corresponding linear movement axis and relative to the semi-finished product stencil plate and with which a contour can be marked on the stencil plate.

10. Automatic sewing machine for the automated production of textiles using at least one sewing operation, which has an insertion station at which at least one textile blank, preferably at least two textile blanks, can be inserted into the automatic sewing machine, and is provided with a sewing station at which an automated sewing operation can be carried out on the at least one textile blank, the automatic sewing machine being provided with interface means on the automatic sewing machine side, which are provided for the arrangement of a template device in the automatic sewing machine, which template device is provided in the insertion station and / or in the sewing station for executing or supporting a handling and / or sewing function on the textile blank, characterized by a template device according to at least one of claims 1 to 7.

11. Automatic sewing machine according to claim 10, characterized by several template plates which can be detachably attached to the carrier means alternately.