Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110041742 | SEWING MACHINE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING SEWING MACHINE CONTROL PROGRAM - A sewing machine includes a housing portion, a bed, a needle plate, an image capture device, a moving device, a command acquisition device, and a moving control device. The housing portion houses at least one needle bar. The needle plate is provided on the bed and includes a needle hole. The image capture device is adapted to capture an image of the needle hole. The moving device moves the image capture device in relation to the housing portion. The command acquisition device acquires a command to move the image capture device in relation to the housing portion. The moving control device controls the moving device in accordance with the command that has been acquired by the command acquisition device to move the image capture device in relation to the housing portion. | 02-24-2011 |
20110041743 | SEWING MACHINE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING SEWING MACHINE CONTROL PROGRAM - A sewing machine includes a bed, a needle plate, an image capture device, an auxiliary optical member, a switching device, a command acquisition device, and a control device. The needle plate is provided on the bed and includes a needle hole. The image capture device is adapted to capture an image facing downward from above the needle hole. The auxiliary optical member is adapted to transmit light to an image capture device side of the auxiliary optical member. The switching device switches the auxiliary optical member to one of being used and not being used. The command acquisition device acquires a command. In a case where the command has been acquired, the control device controls the switching device to switch the auxiliary optical member to one of being used and not being used in accordance with the command. | 02-24-2011 |
20120012043 | THREAD SPOOL STAND DEVICE AND SEWING MACHINE PROVIDED WITH THREAD SPOOL STAND DEVICE - A thread spool stand device is disclosed. The thread spool stand device includes a thread spool base and a thread spool pin that has a base end thereof secured to the thread spool base and that allows attachment of a thread spool. The thread spool stand device further includes a positioning mechanism that determines position of attachment of the thread spool relative to the thread spool pin. The positioning mechanism includes a contact section that contacts an inner peripheral surface of a core of the thread spool. The contact section is radially movable responsive to variation in an inner diameter of the core such that the contact section expands radially outward or contracts radially inward to be equally spaced from an axial center of the thread spool pin. | 01-19-2012 |
20120017815 | PRESSER DEVICE FOR USE WITH SEWING MACHINE AND SEWING MACHINE - A presser device for a sewing machine is disclosed. The presser device includes a presser bar; a presser foot provided at a lower end of the presser bar; a presser spring elastically biasing the presser foot downward; a presser-foot lifting lever moved between a lifted position and a lowered position for lifting/lowering of the presser foot; a speed restraining element producing resistance capable of slowing down the movement of the lever; and a speed-restraint switch mechanism that slows down the movement of the presser-foot lifting lever by allowing the speed restraining element to produce the resistance when the presser-foot lifting lever is moved from the lifted position to the lowered position, and that does not slow down the movement of the presser-foot lifting lever by not allowing the speed restraining element to produce the resistance when the presser-foot lifting lever is moved from the lowered position to the lifted position. | 01-26-2012 |
20130025517 | MULTI-NEEDLE SEWING MACHINE - A multi-needle sewing machine includes needle bars, presser feet, a support member configured to support the needle bars such that the needle bars can move up and down, a cutting member, a guide member configured to move between an extended position and a stand-by position, and a holding member configured to hold an end portion of a upper thread, the holding member including a fixed member that is mounted to the support member, movable members each of which is provided for one of the needle bars, and includes a guide portion formed by cutting a notch in an outer end portion on the needle bar side of the movable member, and elastic members each of which is provided for one of the movable members and configured to elastically energize the one of the movable members toward the fixed member. | 01-31-2013 |
20130312648 | SEWING MACHINE - A sewing machine includes a frame portion, a lid member, and a control portion. The lid member is attached to the frame portion such that the lid member can open and close. The control portion is configured to control a movement speed of the lid member depending on an aperture of the lid member. | 11-28-2013 |
20140000429 | CUTTING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | 01-02-2014 |
20140150618 | CUTTER CARTRIDGE AND CUTTING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus includes a carriage provided with a cartridge holder to which a cutter cartridge is detachably attachable, a moving unit moving an object to be cut and the carriage relative to each other so that the object is cut by a cutter of the cutter cartridge. The cutter has a base and having a distal end side formed with a blade and the cutter cartridge includes an outer casing housing at least the base of the cutter and having an abutting portion. The holder has a receiving against which the abutting portion abuts. At least one of the abutting and receiving portions is tapered so as to be concentric with the cutter base. When the cutter cartridge is attached to the holder, the abutting portion is caused to abut against the receiving portion, so that a central axis of the cutter is positioned at a predetermined position. | 06-05-2014 |
20140150619 | CUTTING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus includes a carriage with a cartridge holder to which a cutter cartridge is detachably attachable, a moving unit moving an object to be cut and the carriage relative to each other so that the object is cut by a cutter, and a pressing unit switchable between a fixing position where the pressing unit presses the cartridge attached to the cartridge holder to fix the cartridge and an open position where the pressing unit releases the cartridge from a fixed state. The cartridge has an abutment and the cartridge holder has an abutted portion against which the abutment abuts. At least one of the abutment and the abutted portion is tapered. The pressing unit presses the cartridge at the fixing position to fix the cartridge while the abutment is in abutment with the abutted portion, so that the cutter is held at a predetermined position. | 06-05-2014 |
20140165808 | CUTTER CARTRIDGE AND CUTTING APPARATUS - A cutter cartridge includes a chuck shaft, a sleeve, a connection unit configured to connect the sleeve to the chuck shaft, a chuck located inside the sleeve and formed by combining a first chuck member formed with a first contact brought into contact with one of flat sides and a side edge of the cutter and a second chuck member formed with a second contact contacting with the other flat side and. the side edge of. the cutter, the chuck causing the cutter to face an outside of the sleeve from an end of the sleeve located opposite the chuck shaft, and a conversion unit configured to convert movement of the sleeve and the chuck shaft in a direction such that both come close to each other to .movement in a direction of a shaft center, transmitting the converted movement to the first and second chuck members. | 06-19-2014 |
20140290459 | CUTTER, CUTTING MEMBER AND CUTTING APPARATUS - A cutter, detachably attachable to a support member, includes a shaft made of a resin. The cutter has a smaller-diameter portion and a larger-diameter portion formed integrally with the shaft. The smaller-diameter portion is rotatably supported by a bearing located on the support member. The larger-diameter portion has a proximal end surface abutting on an end surface of the bearing, with a result that the cutter is locked in a state where an axial position of the cutter relative to the support member is immovable. The cutter includes a flat blade located on a first end as a distal end of the larger-diameter portion. The flat blade cuts an object to be cut. The cutter includes a metal member which can be attracted by a magnet located on the support member. The metal member is located on a second end as a distal end of the smaller-diameter portion. | 10-02-2014 |