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7469649 Sewing machine  
Support section for contacting and movably supporting a string-shaped material is provided between a material holder and a guide member, and it supports the material, paid out from the holder, in a...
7308333 Computerized stitching including embroidering  
A stitching apparatus with thread tension control is provided. Tension in a thread is monitored during stitching apparatus operations, and remedial action is taken in response to the detection of...
7210417 Stitching method and apparatus employing thread payout detection  
A method and apparatus for producing uniform stitches in a stack of fabric layers while allowing a user to manually guide the stack across a planar surface beneath a stitch head. Stitch head...
7162966 Sewing or embroidery machine  
To determine the thread supply on a lower-thread bobbin ( 17 ), holes ( 19 ) are arranged in the shape of a spiral in a flange ( 21 ) of the bobbin. Light from a light source ( 35 ), which is...
7028626 Sewing apparatus using thread cassette  
A sewing apparatus such as a sewing machine includes a sewing mechanism in which a needle thread is used, a cassette mount to which a thread cassette, while in a closed state, holding the needle...
6996451 Control device for sewing machines  
The present disclosure relates to a control device to control a sewing machine which executes a sewing operation using a bobbin thread wound on a bobbin and a needle thread by the drive of the...
6871605 Computerized stitching including embroidering  
A stitching apparatus is disclosed which has at least one active thread feeder and is operable to adjust stitching operation based on the condition of a thread being stitched. The active thread...
6863007 Method for determining a lower thread supply, and a sewing machine having a lower thread supply monitoring device  
From a light source ( 51 ), light beams ( 57 ) are directed tangentially through the hook body ( 17 ), the hook base ( 27 ), and the bobbin case ( 28 ), onto a light receiver ( 53 ). Using the time...
6832841 Sewing machine with illuminating led lamp  
A sewing machine includes a sewing bed on which cloth to be sewn is placed, a pillar extending upward from the bed, a sewing arm extending horizontally from the pillar so as to be located over the...
6802273 Thread breakage detection device for sewing machine  
A stitch balancing thread tension 11 of a sewing machine 1 includes a rotary disk 17 having a surface extending perpendicular to an axial direction of a shaft 16 on which the rotary disk ...
6729252 Thread device for sewing machine  
A thread winder unit, which is capable of winding thread of spools set on spool bars, is removably attached to a machine body. The sewing machine includes a feed motor for feeding the thread during...
6422163 Embroidery machine and method for transferring an embroidery frame backward in case of thread breakage  
A method for transferring an embroidery frame backward in case of thread breakage, includes the steps of: a) detecting the thread breakage to generate a thread breakage signal if the thread...
6405097 Operation data processing device  
An operation data processing device that summarizes trouble situations that occur during sewing operations. A log data storing device generates and stores log data based on an operation state of...
6286444 Automatic bobbin changer and method  
An apparatus for automatically changing a bobbin case on a quilting machine having a hook drive operatively supporting the bobbin case during a stitching operation. The apparatus includes a staging...
6170418 Method and arrangement for transmitting yarn-specific data during rewinding processes for producing two-thread lock stitch seams which are to be documented  
Method for transmitting thread-specific data in re-reeling operations for the manufacture of two-thread lock stitch seams which have to be documented comprising the following steps: the bobbin...
6142089 Sewing machine with improved shuttle drive control  
A sewing machine includes a sewing machine motor, a main shaft driven by the sewing machine motor, a sewing needle driven by the main shaft, a shuttle for capturing a thread loop in cooperation...
6092478 Apparatus and method for monitoring consumption of sewing thread supply  
An apparatus for monitoring consumption of a supply of thread includes entry keys for allowing a user to input an initial supply of thread, and a minimum allowable supply of thread, and a detector...
6012405 Method and apparatus for automatic adjustment of thread tension  
A computerized stitching apparatus that automatically controls thread tension is disclosed. In one embodiment, at least two factors are used to determine the desired thread consumption for the next...
5911186 Under thread detection device for sewing machine  
In an under thread detection device for a sewing machine, a probe arm is located outside a rotary bobbin case, and is adapted to be accessible to a bobbin through a space provided at the rotary...
5842432 Thread consumption detecting apparatus for a sewing machine  
A thread consumption detecting apparatus includes an axial supporting shaft, a detector lever, a torsional spring, a proximity sensor, and a central processing unit (CPU). The detector lever...
5839679 Bobbin thread winding apparatus  
A bobbin thread winding apparatus which can reliably twine a bobbin thread around the bobbin within the bobbin case. With the reliable twining of the thread, the thread is not cut and also will...
5788171 Method and apparatus for detecting residual bobbin thread in a sewing machine  
An apparatus is disclosed which detects the residual quantity of bobbin thread on a sewing machine bobbin when the shuttle containing the bobbin is located at a specific phase position. The...
5769016 Bobbin exchange judging apparatus  
A residual thread removing device detects an amount of thread left in a bobbin of a sewing machine. The bobbin exchange time setting means sets a time to exchange a bobbin set in the sewing machine...
5746145 Stitch quality monitoring system for sewing machines  
Stitch quality monitoring system for use in combination with a sewing machine having one or more stitch threads and comprising sensor means for at least one of said one or more stitch threads for...
5671689 Apparatus and method for monitoring predetermined seam characteristics  
A sewn seam monitoring system for evaluating selected characteristics of seam formed from a plurality of fabric plies is disclosed comprising a vertically displaceable wheel for compressing and...
5662054 Yarn fault detection for tufting machines  
A controlled needle tufting machine has a cyclically reciprocating latch bar to which the needles may be selectively latched in accordance with a pattern to reciprocate and insert loops of yarn...
5651324 Process and device for recognizing a residual amount of the hook thread in a sewing machine  
In a process and device for monitoring a residual amount of hook thread in a double thread lockstitch sewing machine, a bobbin is used, which is divided into a large clamber and a small chamber due...
5647291 Catch thread device for sewing machines  
A catch thread device is provided for a sewing machine with a scanning element controlled by the upper thread in the rhythm of sewing. The scanning element triggers a signal for the operator and/or...
5570646 Device for use with a bobbin-less coil of thread  
A device, preferably of disc configuration, capable of being fastened to a bobbin-less coil of thread for indicating the non-rotation of the coil during a sewing operation. One side of the device...
5533461 Pocket hemmer having a thread break sensor  
An automatic hemming machine, including a multi-belt conveyor, for folding the top edge of a pocket to be subsequently sewn on a shirt and hemming it with a back binding tape, severing the binding...
5383417 Needle thread stitch formation monitor  
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for instantaneously monitoring the presence of properly and improperly formed needle thread stitches for all sewing machines with one or more...
5359949 Sewing system having function to store operation-state data upon detection of abnormality  
A sewing system including (A) a sewing device which includes (a) a sewing needle, (b) a first driver to reciprocate the needle, (c) a second driver to move the needle and a work sheet relative to...
5353726 Method of monitoring the supply of looper thread of a double lock-stitch sewing machine  
Fastened to the bobbin for reception of the supply of looper thread which is inserted in the looper of a sewing machine, there is a data carrier (22) in which there is stored data which describe...
5339758 Remaining bobbin-thread amount measuring apparatus for sewing machine  
An apparatus for measuring a remaining amount of a bobbin thread wound on a bobbin accommodated in a shuttle of a sewing machine, including a measurement bar displaceable along a displacement path...
5322028 Apparatus for detecting amount of leftover lower thread in a sewing machine  
A sewing machine is disclosed in which an expenditure of lower thread is calculated from an expenditure of an upper thread. The expenditure of the upper thread is determined from the amount of...
5237944 Stitch-forming machine with a transducer and a control device  
A stitch forming machine is provided including a transducer for determining the tension present in a thread, wherein the thread tension assumes a higher value during stitch formation and the...
5233936 Method and apparatus for detecting skipped stitches for a chainstitch sewing machine  
Apparatus and method for detecting skipped stitches for chainstitch sewing machines having a looper assembly using a needle thread movement sensor and/or a looper thread movement sensor in...
5211121 Device for detecting remainder of bobbin thread in sewing machine  
A bobbin thread remainder detecting device for detecting an amount of remainder of a bobbin thread wound up around a bobbin for a sewing machine, in which a winding leading end portion of the...
5161475 Residual bobbin thread amount detecting apparatus for a sewing machine  
A residual bobbin thread amount detection apparatus for a sewing machine which includes a hook rotating in association with a main shaft of the sewing machine and a bobbin rotatably mounted on the...
5159890 Device for stopping the drive of a sewing machine in the case of a thread disturbance  
A sewing machine is provided with a device for stopping the drive in the case of a thread disturbance. The device has a light source, a first light guide device for transmitting the light beams to...
5143004 Sewing apparatus including automatic bobbin reloading  
Sewing apparatus comprises a sewing needle, a bobbin for feeding thread to the sewing needle, a rotary housing containing the bobbin and its case a sensor for sensing the non-feeding of thread to...
5140920 Apparatus for detecting skipped stitches  
Apparatus for detecting skipped stitches for sewing machines having a bobbin-type assembly using a thread movement sensor for continuous monitoring of the presence of a needle thread in a beam...
5107779 Process and device for recognizing missed stitches during the operation of a sewing machine  
To recognize missed stitches during the operation of a sewing machine, a function, which represents the tensile force of a thread fed into a stitch-forming device depending on the angle of rotation...
5103750 Sewing machine with bobbin thread monitor  
According to a sewing machine with a bobbin thread monitor, the light emitted from a luminescence element is reflected by a bobbin thread or a rotating hook bobbin and received by a light receiving...
5078067 Sewing machine with abnormal condition warning means for warning abnormal condition by changing color of light  
A sewing machine comprising a sewing machine lamp for illuminating an area around an end of a sewing needle, and a plurality of color filters provided on a rotary disk which is rotated by a...
5056442 Tight end detector for tufting machines  
A tight end detector for tufting machines is disclosed which includes a modular switch bar assembly, a switch contact forming PC board thereon having a conductive stripe, insulating strip, a...
5044292 Sewing machine with lower thread supply control means  
An amount of a lower thread to be supplied from a bobbin in each stitch forming operation is first determined on a theoretical basis in accordance with the stitch control data stored in a pattern...
5033400 Thread tensioning device for a sewing machine  
A device on a sewing machine for controlling the tensile stress (F) applied to a thread as it is being fed in the sewing process, including a device for producing a frictional force acting on the...
5027730 Sewing machine with a thread monitor for the thread of the bobbin  
Thread monitor for monitoring double lock stitch shuttles or hooks and chain stitch machine shuttles or loopers. During normal operation of the sewing machine, the shuttle thread is used as a...
5020461 Lower thread amount display device of sewing machine  
In an apparatus for detecting and displaying a residual quantity of lower or under thread (12) of a sewing machine, an under-thread bobbin (10) is provided with transparent flange portions (10a)...
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