Skip stiches are a common problem in the high-speed manual sewing operation of the taping on the pocket bags of trousers and jackets. This is mostly caused due to the round shape of the pocket bag. R-H 2242-TD is an automated sewing machine designed to provide the best feeding at high speeds without skip-stithes for the closing of the trouser-bag edges with auto-tape feeding. The fabric transport system with the top transport gear behind the presser foot is designed to perform ideal feeding . The adjustable eliptical feeding of the top transport gear allows same length of feeding for the tape and the pocket-bag edge, preventing the skip stitches especially in higher speeds. The tape cutting system allows cutting of the tape at stitch start and stitch end.