| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7370592 |
Sewing machine |
May 13, 2008 |
| Sewing machine includes a tension detection section (26) for detecting tension acting on a sewn material (A) paid out from a rotary holder member, and a drive section for driving the rotary holder member, and the driving operation of the drive section (14) is controlled on the basis of |
| 7370590 |
Sequin feeder apparatus |
May 13, 2008 |
| Continuous sequin strip having a multiplicity of continuously-connected sequins is let out from a reel and then placed on the upper surface of a supporting plate. Sequin feeder apparatus feeds the sequin strip at a predetermined pitch corresponding to a size of a sequin of the continuous |
| 7367275 |
Sewing machine frame and method for assembling the same |
May 6, 2008 |
| A sewing machine main frame includes an upper support member, and a lower support member positioned in substantially parallel relation to the upper support member with a predetermined interval therebetween and integrally joined with each other via a joint member. A supporting leg section |
| 7334533 |
Sequin feeder device |
February 26, 2008 |
| Sequin feeder device includes an adjustment member mounted on a feed lever, and the adjustment member controls pivot timing of a lock lever by its adjustment piece abutting against a lock lever. The pivot timing of the lock lever is adjustable as desired, in accordance with a relative |
| 7322303 |
Needle bar drive apparatus for sewing machine |
January 29, 2008 |
| A needle bar drive apparatus for a sewing machine includes a dedicated drive source (16) for driving a needle bar (3) of the sewing machine to move up and down. When a sewing operation is to be performed, a control section (160) controls the drive source to cause the needle bar to move |
| 7293512 |
Sequin sewing apparatus |
November 13, 2007 |
| A feeding mechanism (6) feeds a plurality of continuous sequin strips (3, 60), which are supplied in an overlapped state, a predetermined pitch at a time to a sewing mechanism (2, 31, 32, 41, 50, 51) while keeping the continuous sequin strips in the overlapped state. The sewing mechanism |
| 7194966 |
Embroidery-frame mounting structure |
March 27, 2007 |
| An embroidery frame for holding an embroidering fabric in a spread-out condition is detachably attached to mounting members at a predetermined position. Positioning members are removably fixed to a base frame at a predetermined position. The mounting members are attached to the posit |
| 7082884 |
Sequin feeder |
August 1, 2006 |
| Sequin feeding operation is performed by causing a feed lever (18) to move forward with a distal-end hook portion (18a) of the feed lever engaging a sequin center hole (3a) of a continuous sequin strip (3) let out from a reel (5) and then placed on the upper surface of a supporting plate |
| 6976326 |
Clip for embroidery frame |
December 20, 2005 |
| Provided is an embroidery frame clip which can effectively prevent itself, without marring operability of fitting it to an embroidery frame, from slipping off the frame, when the tension of an embroidering cloth is increased as stitching goes on. The embroidery frame clip is designed to |
| 6932005 |
Frame movement command devices for embroidery machine |
August 23, 2005 |
| In a frame movement command device for an embroidery machine, which device can control the movement of an embroidery frame based upon signals that are outputted from a frame drive means when a frame movement command switch is operated, the frame movement command switch includes a single |
| 6532882 |
Sewing machines |
March 18, 2003 |
| According to the present invention, in a sewing machine, a cylindrical frame for retaining tubular objects is mounted integrally on a cylindrical drive ring that is reciprocally driven in a rotational direction around a cylinder bed and that is linearly reciprocally driven along an axis |
| 6453834 |
Power transmission device for sewing machine |
September 24, 2002 |
| A power transmission device serves to transmit rotation of a main shaft of a sewing machine to a slave shaft of the sewing machine, which slave shaft extends in a torsional relationship with the main shaft. The device includes a first timing pulley mounted on the main shaft, a second tim |
| 6382119 |
Sewing machine having roller thread guide upstream of take-up lever |
May 7, 2002 |
| A multineedle embroidering sewing machine comprising at least one sewing machine head provided with a plurality of needle bars and a plurality of thread take-up levers corresponding to the needle bars, needle thread deflecting sections, respectively, arranged upstream of the respective |
| 6352043 |
Sewing machines having multiple-individually controllable needle bars |
March 5, 2002 |
| A sewing machine includes a plurality of needle bars. One of the needle bars can be selected and reciprocally driven so as to stitch a desired embroidery pattern. The sewing machine has a common setting mode and an individual setting mode, which permits various operating conditions to be |
| 6330864 |
Sewing machine with improved frame drive device |
December 18, 2001 |
| A sewing machine includes a frame for supporting a fabric to be sewn and a drive device for moving the frame. The drive device includes an X-drive mechanism for moving the frame in X-direction and a Y-drive mechanism for moving the frame in Y-direction that is perpendicular to the X-dire |
| 6295941 |
Apparatus for feeding material to be stitched in a sewing machine |
October 2, 2001 |
| There is provided an apparatus for feeding accurately a material to be stitched in a sewing machine. The apparatus feeds a material to be stitched to desired positions within an X-Y rectangular coordinate plane on a machine table 1, the apparatus containing at least a pair of Y-direc |
| 6293214 |
Sewing machine frame drive device |
September 25, 2001 |
| A sewing machine frame drive device capable of precisely conveying on an X-Y coordinate plane a frame, on which an article being sewn is set, comprising X-direction drive units (6) and Y-direction drive units (7) for imparting driving forces to a frame (5) of various types, on which an |
| 6263817 |
Embroidery auxiliary member, and embroidery method and embroidery product using the member |
July 24, 2001 |
| The present invention provides an embroidery auxiliary member that is superimposed on a base fabric, embroidered together with the base fabric by embroidery yarn, and thereafter removed. The embroidery auxiliary member is made of a tetrachloroethylene soluble material and includes a |
| 6247419 |
Multineedle embroidering sewing machine |
June 19, 2001 |
| A multineedle embroidering sewing machine comprising at least one sewing machine head provided with a plurality of needle bars and a plurality of thread take-up levers corresponding to the needle bars, needle thread deflecting sections, respectively, arranged upstream of the respective |
| 6152058 |
Thread cutting device in sewing machine |
November 28, 2000 |
| A thread cutting device is provided in a sewing machine that is operable to form stitches on a fabric using an upper thread and a lower thread. The thread cutting device may include a fixed knife and a movable knife cooperating with each other to cut either one or both of the upper and |
| 5915316 |
Embroidering and laser processing machine |
June 29, 1999 |
| An embroidering and laser processing machine including at least one sewing head, one laser head and one laser generator, a work holder mounted on a machine table capable of movement in an X-axis and Y-axis direction according to predetermined movement data, the laser generator being on-o |
| 5809918 |
Sewing machine |
September 22, 1998 |
| Disclosed is a sewing machine having a horizontal sewing table, an X-direction frame drive portion and a Y-direction frame drive portion, which are disposed downward of said sewing table, and a long frame drive member disposed upward of said sewing table, which is freely movable on t |
| 5755170 |
Thread cutting device in a sewing machine |
May 26, 1998 |
| A thread cutting device in a sewing machine includes a fixed knife and a movable knife cooperating with each other to cut a thread. The movable knife is movable to bring a part of the thread to extend below the fixed knife for the cutting operation. A thread protection member is operable |
| 5706747 |
Sewing machine |
January 13, 1998 |
| A sewing machine includes a sewing head having a sewing needle to be vertically reciprocally driven, and a shuttle base having a shuttle to be rotatably driven in synchronism with the vertical movement of the sewing needle for forming stitches. A machine frame includes a pair of support |
| 5701832 |
Multi-head sewing machine |
December 30, 1997 |
| Disclosed is a multi-head sewing machine having an improved structure for driving a main shaft and a lower shaft for driving needle bars and thread take-up levers so as to prevent distortion of these shafts, in turn, variation of stitch performance in the respective heads from occurring. |
| 5664511 |
Thread cutter and drive unit for a chain stitch sewing machine |
September 9, 1997 |
| A thread cutter for a chain stitch sewing machine which performs chain stitch sewing by cooperation of a needle driven up and down and a looper arranged under a needle plate, including: a movable knife arranged so that it can advance into or retract from a gap between a top surface of th |
| 5655471 |
Thread take-up lever guard in sewing machine |
August 12, 1997 |
| A thread take-up lever guard in a multi-needle sewing machine provided with a support disposed on the front surface of a head, a plurality of needle bars each having a needle attached to the lower end, and a plurality of thread take-up levers disposed to oppose the needle bars respective |
| 5655470 |
Sewing machine with movable presser foot |
August 12, 1997 |
| A sewing machine has at least one sewing head having a presser foot which is vertically reciprocally moved by a predetermined stroke in synchronism with a vertical movement of a needle bar. After completion of the sewing operation, an upper thread is cut in a position spaced by a suitabl |
| 5628263 |
Chain stitch sewing machine with looper drive and lock arrangement |
May 13, 1997 |
| In a chain stitch sewing machine which performs a required chain stitch sewing with respect to a cloth to be processed, by cooperation of a needle reciprocable up and down and a looper arranged under a needle plate, the chain stitch sewing machine comprises: (1) a large diameter drive ge |
| 5623887 |
Thread cutting device in sewing machine |
April 29, 1997 |
| A thread cutting device in a sewing machine includes a movable knife which is movable across a space between a throat plate and a shuttle positioned below the throat plate so as to perform a thread cutting operation. A lower thread retreating lever is movable from a waiting position to a |
| 5615628 |
Sewing machine with separate drive sources for components thereof |
April 1, 1997 |
| A sewing machine has a sewing head which includes a needle bar drive mechanism for vertically reciprocally moving a needle bar, a presser foot drive mechanism operable to vertically move a presser foot in synchronism with the vertical movement of the needle bar, a direction control m |
| 5553560 |
Sewing machine and work fabric holder device thereof |
September 10, 1996 |
| A sewing machine serves to form stitches on a curved work fabric by an upper and a lower thread through cooperation of a shuttle and a needle vertically reciprocally driven. The sewing machine includes a holder device for retaining the work fabric to be sewn. The holder device is sup |
| 5474001 |
Multi-head embroidery machine |
December 12, 1995 |
| In an embroidery machine according to the present invention, at least one of driving mechanisms required for embroidery sewing has a driving source independent of the other driving mechanisms, and a control device is provided to control the driving source and those of the other driving |
| 5331909 |
Presser foot and needle drive device in an embroidery machine |
July 26, 1994 |
| A presser foot and needle drive device in an embroidery machine includes a drive mechanism and a control device for vertically reciprocally moving a presser foot between upper and lower dead center. The control device operates the drive mechanism according to patterns of presser foot |
| 5327840 |
Thread take-up lever driving device in sewing machine |
July 12, 1994 |
| In a sewing machine having a needle bar and a shuttle driven by a main shaft and having a thread take-up lever vertically reciprocally movable in response to movement of the needle bar and the shuttle, a thread take-up lever driving device include a stroke adjusting device for adjusting |
| 5261338 |
Embroidery machine |
November 16, 1993 |
| An embroidery machine includes a sewing head, a rotary ring rotatable around an axis and movable relative to the sewing head, and a work support frame for supporting a work to be embroidered. A lever is pivotaly supported by the rotary ring. An engaging member is mounted on one end of |
| 5131340 |
Selective thread cutting device in a sewing machine |
July 21, 1992 |
| A thread cutting device includes a movable knife positioned below a throat plate and movable from a first position to a thread cutting position via a second position for separating the upper fabric thread and the upper needle thread from each other within the range where the movable knif |
| 5065682 |
Embroidering machine |
November 19, 1991 |
| Control data such as data designating the order of changing color of thread, conversion parameter designating reducing or enlarging of an embroidery design and data designating the number of repetition of the same design are set to desired states and these control data are stored in |
| 5052315 |
Embroidering machine |
October 1, 1991 |
| Control data such as data designating the order of changing color of thread, conversion parameter data designating reducing or enlarging of an embroidery design and data designating the number of repetition of the same design are set to desired states and these control data are stored in |
| 5001996 |
Embroidering machine |
March 26, 1991 |
| Control data such as data designating the order of changing color of thread, conversion parameter designating reducing or enlarging of an embroidery design and data designating the number of repetitions of the same design are set to desired states and these control data are stored in |
| 4960061 |
Embroidering machine |
October 2, 1990 |
| In an automatic embroidering machine generally, stitch data for realizing an embroidering operation corresponding to a desired embroidery design is stored in a stitch data memory, the stitch data is read from this memory and the embroidering operation is executed in accordance with the r |
| 4943906 |
Data setting device for an embroidering machine |
July 24, 1990 |
| An embroidering machine or other sewing machine generally has a large number of data setting and selection functions. In this invention, function switches of a predetermined number which is smaller than the number of setting and selection functions are provided and a setting or selec |
| 4936233 |
Embroidering machine |
June 26, 1990 |
| With respect to an embroidery material such as spangle which is consumed at predetermined stitches, stitch number data corresponding to a desired consumption amount of the embroidery material is previously set and the number of stitches at which the embroidery material has been supplied |
| 4924789 |
Device for driving a thread take-up lever in a multi-head sewing machine |
May 15, 1990 |
| A device for driving a thread take-up lever in a multi-head sewing machine having a plurality of sewing heads, one or more thread take-up levers each mounted on a respective head, and a main shaft for driving the heads. The device comprises a movement converting mechanism located within |
| 4848253 |
Embroidery machine for sewing spangles on fabrics |
July 18, 1989 |
| An embroidery machine equipped with plural sets of needles and take-up levers, one set of which is thrown into stitching operation, and with a plurality of spangle cases each equipped with a spangle feeding device respectively and in which is shiftably accommodated a blank consisting of |
| 4776291 |
Multi-head type embroidering machine |
October 11, 1988 |
| This multi-head type embroidering machine comprises a setting device for setting a combination of operation/non-operation of heads to be in operation and heads to be out of operation in correspondence to a desired one or more steps in an embroidering pattern stitching program. This s |
| 4653415 |
Method of feeding a cloth in an embroidery machine |
March 31, 1987 |
| A method and apparatus are presented for feeding a cloth in an embroidery machine. The method comprises the steps of holding the embroidery area of the cloth in a substantially arcuate manner about a horizontal axis disposed below the needle location and parallel to the Y axis of the |
| 4628843 |
Apparatus for feeding a cloth in an embroidery machine |
December 16, 1986 |
| A method and apparatus are presented for feeding a cloth in an embroidery machine. The method comprises the steps of holding the embroidery area of the cloth in a substantially arcuate manner about a horizontal axis disposed below the needle location and parallel to the Y axis of the |
| 4606285 |
Looper driving system in an embroidery machine |
August 19, 1986 |
| A looper driving system in an embroidery machine of the chain stitch type having a looper support frame, a reciprocable needle, and a plurality of loopers for embroidering a cloth in a multicolored pattern. A transmission shaft rotatable about its axis is axially movably mounted to the l |
| 4513672 |
Embroidery sewing machine |
April 30, 1985 |
| An embroidery sewing machine equipped with a needle bar driving mechanism and a thread take-up mechanism, further comprising a rotating mechanism for a cylinder and bobbin having a cylinder on which is mounted a rotary ring rotatable therewith around a needle and a bobbin which is mounte |
