IP Library Granted Patent US 9,340,911
Granted Patent B2
US 9,340,911 · App. 13/790,618 · Granted May 17, 2016

Sewing machine

Inventors: Katsuhisa Hasegawa (Kasugai, JP); Shin Ota (Inazawa, JP); Kenichi Mizuno (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
D05B69/30D05B55/00D05B69/02D05B69/12
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Patent No.
US 9,340,911
App. No.
13/790,618
Granted
May 17, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sewing machine includes a needle bar base, a support shaft, an adjustment member, and an urging portion. The needle bar base has a through hole on an upper end portion. The support shaft is inserted through the through hole and pivotably supports the needle bar base. The support shaft includes a leading end portion. The leading end portion includes a first screw portion. The adjustment member is provided on the support shaft and is configured to move along an axial direction of the support shaft. The adjustment member includes a second screw portion and a first contact portion. The second screw portion is screwed into the first screw portion. The first contact portion is in contact with the needle bar base. The urging portion urges the needle bar base toward the first contact portion of the adjustment member.

Claims (8)

1. A sewing machine comprising:

a needle bar base that supports a needle bar such that the needle bar can move in an up-down direction, and which has a through hole on an upper end portion;

a support shaft that is inserted through the through hole and that pivotably supports the needle bar base, the support shaft including a leading end portion, and the leading end portion including a first screw portion;

a disk-shaped adjustment member that is provided on the support shaft and that is configured to move along an axial direction of the support shaft, the adjustment member including a second screw portion and a first contact portion, the second screw portion being disposed in the center of the adjustment member, the second screw portion being screwed into the first screw portion, the first contact portion being in contact with the needle bar base, the adjustment member including, on an outer peripheral surface, a plurality of protruding portions along a peripheral direction, and the plurality of protruding portions protruding outward in a radial direction of the adjustment member;

a plate spring regulating portion that regulates rotation of the second screw portion of the adjustment member, the regulating member including a second contact portion that is urged inward in the radial direction of the adjustment member and that is in contact with the outer peripheral surface; and

an urging portion that urges the needle bar base toward the first contact portion of the adjustment member.

2. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the urging portion is a compression coil spring that is mounted around an outer periphery of the support shaft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2013
From: HASEGAWA, KATSUHISA; OTA, SHIN; MIZUNO, KENICHI
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-072911 · Mar 28, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130255555A1 · Oct 3, 2013