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2-11. OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR CLOTHING SEWING MACHINE - continued.
d.
Removing Bobbin Case and Bobbin.
CAUTION
Always rotate the machine hand wheel towards you. Turning the hand wheel away from you will
break or bend needles or damage bobbin case or oscillating shuttle.
(1) Depress foot treadle and turn the hand wheel toward you until the needle bar moves up to its
highest point.
(2) Open side plate (1) from the machine bed (2).
(3) Reach under the machine. Open latch (3) on bobbin case (4) and holding bobbin case (4) by
latch (3), lift it to the left and out of shuttle race (5).
(4) As long as latch (3) is held open, a sliding lug inside bobbin case (4) holds bobbin (6) inside the
case. When the bobbin case is turned open-side down and the latch is released, the bobbin will
drop out. Do not try to force bobbin (6) out of case (4) while latch (3) is open.
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