US 6,981,459 B2 | ||
Sewing machine | ||
Hiroshi Kitazawa, Aichi (Japan); and Masayuki Hori, Gifu (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
Appl. No. 10/451,734 PCT Filed Dec. 25, 2001, PCT No. PCT/JP01/11336 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 25, 2003, PCT Pub. No. WO02/053822, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 11, 2002. |
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Claims priority of application No. 2000-398264 (JP), filed on Dec. 20, 2000; application No. 2000-398263 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2000; application No. 2000-398265 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2000; and application No. 2000-398266 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2000. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0099190 A1, May 27, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. D05B 49/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 112—225 | 49 Claims |
1. A sewing machine, comprising:
a thread take-up lever and a thread tension regulator each disposed along a predetermined needle thread passage from a thread
bobbin to a needle;
an arm having a front face; and
a movable controller provided in the front of the arm so as to be movable at least within a predetermined range, the movable
controller not protruding out of the front face of the arm when moved in the predetermined range, wherein the needle thread
is engaged with at least one of the thread take-up lever and the thread tension regulator when the movable controller is moved
within the predetermined range while the needle thread has been drawn from the thread bobbin near to the needle substantially
along the predetermined needle thread passage.
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