IP Library Granted Patent US 9,359,703
Granted Patent B2
US 9,359,703 · App. 14/161,571 · Granted Jun 7, 2016

Sewing machine

Inventors: Tustomu Takagi (Tokyo, JP); Koji Maeda (Tokyo, JP); Takuya Sawada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JANOME SEWING MACHINE CO., LTD.
D05B65/02D05B63/00D05B65/003D05B65/06D05B73/12
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Patent No.
US 9,359,703
App. No.
14/161,571
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The sewing machine has: a base plate that has a guide slit for guiding a bobbin thread that is set on the bottom face side of the throat plate 1 ; and a bobbin thread guide member that has a guide groove for guiding the bobbin thread supplied from a bobbin and includes a cutting blade provide at the end position of the guide groove to cut the bobbin thread guided along the guide groove to an appropriate length. The bobbin thread guide member is secured to the base plate and has a holding member, which holds the end of the bobbin thread, in the guide groove, so as to maintain the state when the bobbin thread was cut.

Claims (16)

1. A sewing machine provided with a needle bar to which a needle is attached, a horizontal rotary hook that houses a bobbin on which a bobbin thread for forming stitches in tandem with a vertical operation of the needle bar is wound, a throat plate that houses the horizontal rotary hook in a bed and covers an opening of a top face of the bed, and an opening lid that covers the opening of the throat plate, the sewing machine comprising:

a base plate that has a guide slit for guiding the bobbin thread that is set on a bottom face side of the throat plate; and

a bobbin thread guide member that has a guide groove for guiding the bobbin thread supplied from the bobbin and glides a cutting blade provided at an end position of the guide groove to cut the bobbin thread guided along the guide groove to an appropriate length,

wherein the bobbin thread guide member is secured to the base plate and has a holding member, which holds an end of the bobbin thread, in the guide groove, so as to maintain a state when the bobbin thread is cut.

2. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member is disposed so as to plug the guide groove.

3. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member comprises an elastic member.

4. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member comprises a felt material.

5. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member comprises a sponge material.

6. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member comprises a rubber material.

7. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member comprises a brush type member.

8. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member comprises a spring.

9. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the bobbin thread guide member is secured to the base plate and has the holding member, which holds the end of the bobbin thread, in the guide groove, so as to maintain a tense state of the bobbin thread when the bobbin thread is cut.

10. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the sewing machine is further provided with a thread needle, and

wherein the bobbin thread guide member is secured to the base plate and has the holding member, which holds the end of the bobbin thread, in the guide groove, so as to maintain a state when the bobbin thread is cut such that the bobbin thread and the thread needle interlock.

11. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member is disposed between a start position and the end position of the guide groove, and

wherein the holding member is disposed closer to the start position of the guide groove than to a position of the cutting blade.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 7, 2022
From: JANOME SEWING MACHINE CO., LTD.
To: JANOME CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060613/0324 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2014
From: TAKAGI, TUSTOMU; MAEDA, KOJI; SAWADA, TAKUYA
To: JANOME SEWING MACHINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032499/0670 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-17873 · Jan 31, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140209002A1 · Jul 31, 2014