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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7913634 | Sewing machine A sewing machine is provided. The sewing machine includes a top covering shaft mechanism, a spreader mechanism detachably attached to the top covering shaft mechanism from below and operable to catch a covering thread and to interlace the covering thread with a need... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7280886 | Sewing machine capable of embroidering A sewing machine capable of embroidering includes a sewing mechanism having a sewing needle, a frame moving mechanism that moves an embroidery frame based on embroidery data composed of a plurality of embroidery pattern sections, a thread trimming mechanism that exe... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7239935 | Pluggable external wireless receiver module for a sewing machine A pluggable external wireless receiver module includes a housing, a power terminal unit, a receiver device, and a control terminal unit. The power terminal unit is mounted on the housing and is adapted for connection to a power source. The receiver device is mounted... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7201508 | Backlighting method for an automotive trim panel The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of perforating the cover layer or soft skin of an automotive trim panel such as an instrument panel with a laser to allow light to bleed through the perforations. The light source would preferably be a low hea... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197958 | Energy storage flywheel retention system and method An energy storage flywheel system includes a flywheel assembly that is rotationally mounted in a housing assembly, and one or more actuator assemblies. The actuator assemblies are configured to selectively engage and disengage the flywheel assembly. When the actuato... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188572 | Safety cover for sewing machine A safety cover for a sewing machine of the present disclosure includes a transparent guard member shaped so as to cover at least a front side of a sewing needle, a fastening equipment for detachably attaching the guard member to a needle plate on an upper surface of... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7069870 | Electric sewing machine Disclosed is the invention in connection with an electric sewing machine comprising a machine body 1 and a controller 2, wherein the controller 2 is responsive to a first press to produce a signal for starting the machine body 1 and is re... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7062349 | Control equipment for an industrial sewing machine In a control equipment for an industrial sewing machine, it being possible, via switchgears such as switches, probes, sensors or the like, to switch on or off functions and connection states, by a certain voltage level being applied to an input circuit of the contro... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7007618 | Motor system for sewing machine A motor system for a sewing machine includes a motor unit rotatable at a first rotation speed; a clutch unit with an output shaft capable of being coupled to or separated from the motor unit; a speed changing unit for switching the first rotation speed to a second r... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6971326 | Method for running a tufting machine The invention concerns a tufting machine having at least one needlebar, loopers, hooks to pick up yarn delivered through the needles of the needlebar, knives to cut yarn loops and driving means, with the needle action and/or the looper action and/or the hook action,... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6948438 | Sewing machine Disclosed is a sewing machine having a pattern selecting device including a pattern selecting dial and an electronic indicator for indicating a pattern selected by the pattern selecting device. More particularly, the pattern selecting device includes a mode switch | 09/27/2005 |
| 6779470 | Sewing apparatus and needle bar position control program therefor A sewing apparatus such as sewing machine includes a needle bar, a needle bar rocking mechanism for rocking the needle bar, a thread cassette having a thread accommodating section for accommodating a thread, a cassette mount to which the thread cassette is detachabl... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6776112 | Sewing machine comprising a device for steering towards the end of a seam A sewing machine has a device for steering towards a predetermined end (E) of a seam (B1). An alternating movement of the feed elements of the sewing machine, which occurs when the stitch adjusting device is set, is taken into consideration in the calculation... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6769371 | Sewing apparatus with needle bar position changing control A sewing apparatus such as a household sewing machine includes a needle bar, a needle bar vertically moving mechanism, a needle bar position changing operation unit operated via the needle bar vertically moving mechanism to change a vertical position of the needle b... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6532396 | Process and apparatus for control of a component of a textile machine with a plurality of similar, adjacent workstations A process and apparatus are provided for controlling components of individual work stations of a textile machine wherein the textile machine includes a plurality of adjacent such work stations. The work station components are run at a first speed during n... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6513448 | Sewing machine having balance A sewing machine capable of preventing formation of no first stitch (skipping stitch), which is readily caused immediately after the sewing machine starts to operate, is obtained. This sewing machine comprises a first detector detecting that a thread enga... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6450110 | Sewing machine with speed-dependent stitch correction In a sewing machine, the speed-dependent change in the stitch length is compensated by a speed-dependent correction of the setting of the stitch regulating device. A linear stitch length desired value curve Ss is obtained.... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6439142 | Embroidery sewing machine The invention has been made to provide an embroidery sewing machine which may be automatically operated to withdraw the embroidering frame to a predetermined inoperative position. More particularly, in case the power source switch is turned off, the power... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6427614 | Sewing machine with a ventilation wheel and a rotation speed sensor attached to an electric motor In connection with an electric motor (12) used for operating a sewing machine, which has a fan wheel (17) and a speed sensor (25), the fan wheel (17) and the screen disk (18) of the speed sensor (25), as well as a belt pulley (19) of the belt drive (10), ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6298799 | Sewing machine capable of tracing embroidery area When a trace mode is started, a needle and a presser foot are moved relative to an embroidery frame. When a STOP key is pressed, moving is temporarily stopped, and the operator can visually check a positional relationship between the needle and the embroi... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6289831 | Sewing machine capable of tracing an embroidery area A sewing machine capable of tracing an embroidery area by relatively moving a needle bar as a sewing device and an embroidery frame which holds a work cloth on which an embroidery pattern is embroidered based on embroidery data, comprises a calculating de... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6205940 | System and method for controlling the stopping point of a tufting machine at a preset stop step in a carpet stitch pattern A system and method for controlling the stopping point of a tufting machine in relation to a preset stitch pattern. The system includes a controller and an encoder to detect the current location of a tufting machine needle bar in the stitch pattern. Upon ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6119610 | Sewing machine controller A controller for a sewing machine includes a driving motor 7 for driving a main shaft of a sewing machine head; a detecting unit 9 having a rotation-angle detecting means for detecting a rotational angle of the motor 7; a control section 40 for controllin... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5967070 | Process for shortening a fabric-side hook thread end in sewing machines with thread cutting device The fabric-side hook thread end (GN), which was previously longer than the fabric-side needle thread end (NN) by the amount corresponding to a stitch length, is to be shortened in sewing machines with a thread-cutting device. This object is accomplished b... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5927221 | Method and apparatus for join and sew application A method and apparatus for stitching a label to material in which the material and label are joined face side down rather than face side up. The label is held face side down with a clamp and a panel is held over the label by a clamp. The label and panel a... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5913276 | Multihead sewing machine with improved shuttle drive control A multihead sewing machine includes a sewing machine motor, a main shaft rotated by the sewing machine motor, a plurality of sewing needles driven by the main shaft, a plurality of shuttles for capturing thread loops in cooperation with the sewing needles... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5899157 | Presser foot device of sewing machine having a presser foot ascent detection device and a control mechanism In a presser foot device of a sewing machine, a presser foot is vertically movably supported to a sewing machine body frame by a presser bar. A drive device moves the presser bar up and down in accordance with a drive signal. A sensor detects when the pre... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5868088 | Sewing machine facilitating storage of embroidery attachment A sewing machine having an embroidery frame and a drive unit for driving that frame with respect to the sewing needle, wherein the area occupied by the frame and drive unit can be reduced for storage. To do this, the user presses a storage button on an LC... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5860377 | Sewing machine with a speed correcting unit and an independently driven main shaft and loop taker A sewing machine, with independently driven main shaft and loop taker, stores a table containing preset speed correction values for negating rotational speed variations in the loop taker drive shaft caused by torque variations on the same; sets speed corr... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5850791 | Sewing machine having movable bed A sewing machine including a needle bar having a sewing needle, a spindle for driving the needle bar, a bed portion movable selectively to a using position or a retracted position, and a rotary hook housed in the bed portion. A stitch is formed by the coo... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5794554 | Sewing machine with means for synchronizing drive of needle and loop taker motors A sewing machine including a head portion including a needle bar, the needle bar being for mounting a needle threaded with a needle thread; a principal shaft; a sewing machine motor for driving the needle bar via the principal shaft; a bed portion includi... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5787827 | Fabric feed direction reversing device for sewing machine and control means therefor A fabric feed direction reversing device for a sewing machine having a reversing mechanism that switches a sewing object feed direction includes a control means that stops a needle at an upper position or a lower position by controlling a sewing machine d... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5778810 | Sewing machine A sewing machine including a needle bar to which a sewing needle conveying a sewing thread is secured, a main shaft to which the needle bar is connected, a loop catcher which cooperates with the sewing needle to catch a loop of the sewing thread conveyed ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5718183 | Sewing machine A sewing machine including a needle bar for holding a sewing needle which conveys a sewing thread; a shaft member to which the needle bar is connected; a needle-bar drive motor which reciprocates the needle bar via the shaft member; a loop catcher which c... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5653186 | Apparatus and method for controlling sewing machine A sewing machine having a motor drive operating in response to a controller to rotate in forward and reverse rotation directions. A jogging angle may be set and the drive operated automatically for rotation in forward and/or reverse directions as a functi... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5571240 | Apparatus and method for controlling sewing machine A sewing machine having a motor drive operating in response to a controller to rotate in forward and reverse rotation directions. A jogging angle may be set and the drive operated automatically for rotation in forward and/or reverse directions as a functi... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5562059 | Apparatus and method for controlling sewing machine A sewing machine having a motor drive operating in response to a controller to rotate in forward and reverse rotation directions. A jogging angle may be set and the drive operated automatically for rotation in forward and/or reverse directions as a functi... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5540161 | Sewing apparatus having a sandwich synchronizer A sandwich synchronizer for a sewing apparatus. The synchronizer is formed to be interposed between the rotatable drive shaft of a sewing machine and the rotary encoder for the sewing machine. The sandwich synchronizer includes a rotatable synchronizer sh... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5537944 | Stopping apparatus for a sewing machine A sewing machine includes a sewing needle, a lower looper, a motor for driving the sewing machine, and a controller for controlling the driving and stopping of the motor. When, in the sewing machine, the controller operates to stop the motor, stop control... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5520129 | Method and apparatus for join and sew application A sewing machine apparatus and method for sewing a label to a thick, puffy, or quilted mattress is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pair of clamps attached to a carriage, a cutter and nipper disposed above the carriage, and a controller for controlling... | 05/28/1996 |
