Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
112103000 | Frames | 31 |
20080202399 | Magnetic fabric retaining device - A device for use with an embroidery machine to hold an item or material to be embroidered between upper and lower hooping members, with the hooping members being secured to one another by use of a magnetic force, preferably with rare earth magnets, is disclosed. The magnets provide a solid, secure mating arrangement between the upper and lower hooping members as well as providing proper alignment of the hoping members. A ridge may be formed in at least one hooping member to securely retain the item or material to be embroidered. One hooping member has interchangeable arms for attaching the mating hooping members to different brands of embroidery machines. | 08-28-2008 |
20080276849 | Magnetic fabric retaining device - A device for use with an embroidery machine to hold an item or material to be embroidered between upper and lower hooping members, with the hooping members being secured to one another by use of a magnetic force, preferably with rare earth magnets, is disclosed. The magnets provide a solid, secure mating arrangement between the upper and lower hooping members without the need to adjust for different thicknesses of material. Compressible and/or frictional material may be attached to at least one hooping member to securely retain the item or material to be embroidered. One hooping member has interchangeable arms for attaching the mating hooping members to different brands of embroidery machines. One hooping member may also include a locating device for attaching the hooping members to a hooping device such as a hooping board. | 11-13-2008 |
20080289549 | POSITIONING AND HOLDING AN EMBROIDERABLE FOR EMBROIDERY - A placement holder for an embroiderable. The placement holder comprises a metallic hoop for use in an embroidery machine. The metallic hoop contains a quantity of metal sufficient for a magnet to be attracted to the metallic hoop. An embroiderable is placed on top of the metallic hoop for embroidery. An adapter is attached to the metallic hoop. One end of the adapter is attached to the metallic hoop, and the other end of the adapter attaches to an attachment mechanism on a pantograph on the embroidery machine. | 11-27-2008 |
20080295752 | Magnetic Hoop Assembly - A placement holder for an embroiderable comprising a magnetic hoop assembly for use in an embroidery machine. The magnetic hoop assembly includes a first hoop comprising a magnetic material and a second hoop comprising a quantity of metal sufficient for the first hoop to be attracted to the second hoop. The magnetic attraction between the first hoop and the second hoop enables the embroiderable to be held in place between the first hoop and the second hoop for embroidery. An adapter is attached to either the first hoop or second hoop. One end of the adapter is attached to the first hoop or second hoop, and the other end of the adapter attaches to an attachment mechanism on a pantograph on the embroidery machine. | 12-04-2008 |
20090020054 | Embroidery data processor, embroidery sewing system, computer readable medium and multi-needle embroidery sewing machine - An embroidery data processor that processes embroidery data for sewing an embroidery pattern comprising a plurality of subset patterns on a workpiece cloth with different needle thread colors by using a plurality of multi-needle embroidery sewing machines each provided with an embroidery frame drive mechanism that moves an embroidery frame holding the workpiece cloth in two predetermined directions, the embroidery data processor including a sew-time calculator that calculates required sew time for sewing each subset pattern based on subset pattern data being classified by thread color; and an allocator that produces an allocation schedule for allocation of the subset patterns to the multi-needle embroidery sewing machines based on the sew time calculated by the sew-time calculator, the allocation schedule being arranged to distribute equal or minimally-different sew time for each multi-needle embroidery sewing machine. | 01-22-2009 |
20090064913 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COUPLING AN EMBROIDERY ACCESSORY TO AN EMBROIDERY MACHINE - The illustrative embodiments described herein are directed toward an apparatus and method for coupling an embroidery accessory to an embroidery machine. The apparatus includes a support bar. The support bar is coupled to the embroidery machine. The apparatus also includes a set of acceptors. The set of acceptors are attached to the support bar. The apparatus also includes an embroidery accessory. The embroidery accessory includes a set of attachment adapters. The set of attachment adapters are adapted to be coupled to the set of acceptors. | 03-12-2009 |
20090071384 | EMBROIDERY FRAME SUPPORT DEVICE - In an embroidery sewing machine, an embroidery frame support device for supporting a front end portion of an embroidery frame installed in a cantilevered manner includes: a base member that is a base for attaching the embroidery frame support device to the embroidery sewing machine, and a Y slide rail (support member) having a movable end that can move relatively with the base member. The embroidery frame support device supports a front end portion of the embroidery frame from a lower surface thereof through an X slide rail attached to a tip portion of the Y slide rail. The embroidery frame support device can be attached to the embroidery sewing machine by screwing a base member to a cylinder bed. The screwing of the base member to the cylinder bed can be carried out from the upper side of a sewing machine table. | 03-19-2009 |
20090188413 | Sewing machine and computer-readable medium storing sewing machine control program - A sewing machine that is capable of sewing an embroidery pattern on a work cloth includes a storage device that stores embroidery data to identify a shape of the embroidery pattern and reference line data to identify a pattern position and a pattern angle. The sewing machine also includes an imaging device that captures an image of the work cloth onto which a marker is affixed, and a detection device that detects a marker position and a marker angle based on information of the image captured by the imaging device. The sewing machine further includes a conversion device that converts the embroidery data based on the pattern position, the pattern angle, the marker position, and the marker angle. The sewing machine further includes a sewing control device that controls sewing of the embroidery pattern based on the embroidery data obtained after conversion. | 07-30-2009 |
20100147202 | Embroidery frame transfer device - An embroidery frame transfer device including an embroidery frame holding a workpiece cloth; a carriage supporting the embroidery frame by detachable attachment; a Y-direction transfer mechanism having a first and second ends that moves the carriage in a first direction represented as a Y-direction; an X-direction transfer mechanism that supports the first end from below and that transfers the Y-direction transfer mechanism in a second direction represented as an X-direction orthogonal to the Y-direction; a cover element containing the X-direction transfer mechanism and having an upper surface situated below the Y-direction transfer mechanism; a support structure provided at the second end and that is placed in contact with the upper surface of the cover element to support the Y-direction transfer mechanism; and an elastic element pressing the support structure against the cover element such that the support structure maintains contact with the upper surface of the cover element. | 06-17-2010 |
20100218709 | Cap-frame setting frame - A cap-frame setting frame to which a cap frame holding a cap with a part on which embroidery is sewn by an embroidery sewing machine is detachably attached. The cap-frame setting frame includes a base frame having a distal end and a proximal end and including a fixing mechanism which is located at the proximal end side and is to be fixed to a predetermined work table, a rotating frame located at the distal end side of the base frame and having a cylindrical mount portion to which the cap frame is mounted so as to be positioned, a disc-shaped support located on the base frame to rotatably support the rotating frame, and a fitting portion located on the base frame to be fitted with an outer periphery of the disc-shaped support, thereby being rotatably supported on the base frame. | 09-02-2010 |
20100236462 | WORKPIECE HOLDER - A workpiece holder is usable with an embroidery sewing machine including a needle bar movable upward and downward and a transfer mechanism transferring the workpiece in two directions. The workpiece holder holds the workpiece when the workpiece is engraved by striking the workpiece by a striking needle attached to the needle bar while the workpiece is transferred by the transfer mechanism. The workpiece holder includes a pair of connecting portions detachably attached to the transfer mechanism, a placement member on which the workpiece is placed and a holding mechanism which is located on the placement member to hold a part of the workpiece other than a worked surface of the workpiece which is engraved, so that the part is fixed. | 09-23-2010 |
20100313804 | EMBROIDERY HOOP - An embroidery hoop ( | 12-16-2010 |
20110048301 | SEWING MACHINE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING SEWING MACHINE CONTROL PROGRAM - A sewing machine includes a transfer device that includes a carriage to which an embroidery frame can be attached under a plurality of attaching conditions and that is adapted to transfer the carriage, a sewing device that moves a needle bar up and down, a specification device that specifies an embroidery pattern to be sewn, an allocation device that allocates pattern data to one of the plurality of attaching conditions, a data acquisition device that acquires pattern data allocated to a current condition, an image capture device that is adapted to capture an image of at least one marker, a computation device that computes a difference as a correcting condition based on image data, a correction device that corrects the pattern data, and a sewing control device that performs sewing of the partial pattern by controlling the transfer device and the sewing device in accordance with the pattern data. | 03-03-2011 |
20110056419 | EMBROIDERY FRAME AND SEWING MACHINE - An embroidery frame includes an attachment portion that can be removably attached to an embroidery frame moving device of a sewing machine that is capable of performing embroidery sewing, a frame-side connector that is adapted to be connected to a sewing machine-side connector of the sewing machine by an attaching of the attachment portion to the embroidery frame moving device, to enable wired communication between the embroidery frame and the sewing machine, and a storage device that can be accessed from the sewing machine in a case where the frame-side connector is connected to the sewing machine-side connector. | 03-10-2011 |
20110056420 | WORKPIECE HOLDER AND SEWING MACHINE - A workpiece holder for use with an embroiderable sewing machine including a transfer device that transfers a workpiece in two predetermined directions, and a needle bar having a punch needle attached thereto, the workpiece holder being attached to the transfer device and holding a workpiece on which punch work is executed by the punch needle, the workpiece holder including a connecting element that is detachably attached to the transfer device; a placement element on which the workpiece is placed; a support element that is provided with the connecting element and that supports the placement element; a frame element that clamps the portions of the workpiece placed on the placement element exclusive of a workface on which the punch work is executed; and a retainer element that retains the frame element clamping the workpiece. | 03-10-2011 |
20110113999 | TEXTURE HOOP FIXTURE - A texture hoop for use in a sewing machine which aids the application of ribbons, yarns and other embellishments within a design. The texture hoop has a fixture with a central opening. A base fabric to receive embellishments is stretched across the central opening and affixed to the fixture edges. Embellishments are positioned upon the base fabric to achieve a pleasing design. The embellishments are then readily secured in the texture hoop fixture at the desired locations and laying upon the base fabric. A stitch pattern is then applied to sew the embellishments to the base fabric by manipulating the fixture with base fabric and secured embellishments beneath the sewing machine presser foot. The texture hoop may also be used in conjunction with automated stitch patterns and embroidery elements available in processor controlled machines. | 05-19-2011 |
20110155032 | CAP FRAME FOR USE WITH EMBROIDERY SEWING MACHINE - A cap frame includes an annular cap frame body detachably attachable to a feed mechanism of an embroidery sewing machine and holds a cap so that a predetermined part of the cap is embroidered. The cap frame further includes a pressing member which has a proximal end mounted on the cap frame body so that the pressing member is pivotally movable thereby to be switchable between a pressing position where the pressing member presses a vicinity of the predetermined part of the cap from outside and an open position where the pressing member allows the cap to be attached to or detached from the cap frame, and a guide member which guides the pressing member so that the pressing member is prevented from being caught on another member of the cap frame, when the pressing member is switched between the pressing position and the open position. | 06-30-2011 |
20110239921 | MAGNETIC FABRIC RETAINING DEVICE - A device for use with an embroidery machine to hold an item or material to be embroidered between upper and lower hooping members, with the hooping members being secured to one another by use of a magnetic force, preferably with rare earth magnets, is disclosed. The magnets provide a solid, secure mating arrangement between the upper and lower hooping members as well as providing proper alignment of the hoping members. A ridge may be formed in at least one hooping member to securely retain the item or material to be embroidered. One hooping member has interchangeable arms for attaching the mating hooping members to different brands of embroidery machines. | 10-06-2011 |
20110277674 | FIXATION INSET - A fixation inset ( | 11-17-2011 |
20110290166 | EMBROIDERING MACHINE - The invention relates to an embroidering machine in which a moving body ( | 12-01-2011 |
20110297062 | Device for Driving Movement of a Piece of Cloth to be Embroidered - A device for driving movement of a piece of cloth to be embroidered includes a driving unit for driving a mounting seat to move relative to a base unit. A cloth-holding frame device holds tensionally the piece of cloth between inner and outer frames, and includes an identification module mounted to a connecting block of the outer frame that is mounted detachably to mounting seat for generating an identification output corresponding to an embroidery area defined in the cloth-holding frame device. When the connecting block is connected to the mounting seat, the identification module is coupled to a control unit via a connecting port of the mounting seat. The control unit controls the driving unit based on the identification output from the identification module so that embroidery operation is performed on the piece of cloth disposed within the embroidery area in the cloth-holding frame device. | 12-08-2011 |
20110315059 | EMBROIDERY FABRIC CLAMPING UNIT FOR USE WITH EMBROIDERY MACHINE AND EMBROIDERY MACHINE COMPRISING SAME - Disclosed are an embroidery fabric clamping unit for use with an embroidery machine, and an embroidery machine comprising the same, which allow the embroidering of even embroidery fabrics of arbitrary shape. The embroidery fabric clamping unit comprises: a unit body having a joining part provided for attachment to and detachment from a work table of the embroidery machine; an embroidery fabric support table which is linked to the unit body and supports the embroidery fabric to be embroidered by the embroidery machine; a lever which is supported on the unit body, with the embroidery fabric placed in between, and is able to apply pressure to and release pressure from the embroidery fabric support table; and a lever driving part for driving the lever. | 12-29-2011 |
20120017814 | Hoop retaining device - A hooping device for use with an embroidery machine to hold an item or material to be embroidered between upper and lower hooping members, with the hooping members being secured to one another by use of magnetic force is disclosed. The magnets provide a solid, secure mating arrangement between the upper and lower hooping members without the need to adjust the hooping member for different thicknesses of material. The hooping device includes a retaining mechanism to prevent the hooping members from mating prematurely. | 01-26-2012 |
20120060732 | Clamp for Embroidering Thick Fabrics - A embroidery clamp for thick fabric includes a movable clamping window support that is pivotally connected to a frame and extends around a pivotal axis. An actuating system applies a force to the end of the clamping window support and rotates the support around to pivotal axis to move clamping windows together. The clamping window supports have resilient properties and are configured for flexure. | 03-15-2012 |
20120090519 | EMBROIDERY FRAME - An embroidery frame includes an outer frame formed into a substantially annular shape and having a discontinuity formed by partially breaking its annularity so that the outer frame has two ends located opposite each other with the discontinuity being interposed, an inner frame configured to be fitted with an inner periphery of the outer frame, a clamping mechanism clamping the outer frame against the inner frame and including paired screw-supporting members mounted on the outer frame ends and an adjusting screw mounted on the screw-supporting members so as to adjust a gap between the screw mounting members, and an operating knob supported on an operating end of the screw so as to be switchable between a first position where the knob extends parallel to an axial direction of the screw and a second position where the knob extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction. | 04-19-2012 |
20120167810 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR SEWING MACHINE SEWING FRAME - [Problem] To provide a sewing frame actuator for a sewing machine capable of positioning a sewing frame with high accuracy by preventing occurrence of distortion of the sewing frame. | 07-05-2012 |
20120222596 | MEANS FOR ALIGNMENT AND ENGAGEMENT OF AN EMBROIDERY FRAME - An apparatus and method for engaging a frame to a frame driving mechanism in a sewing machine. The mating alignment feature allows engagement of the embroidery frame to the apparatus where the frame engagement mechanism is at least partially obscured. | 09-06-2012 |
20130074750 | EMBROIDERY FRAME - An embroidery frame comprises an inner frame, wherein the inner frame is a circular form. The embroidery frame comprises a middle frame configured to be detachably attachable to the inner frame, wherein the middle frame is a circular form, an inside diameter of the middle frame is longer than an outside diameter of the inner frame, and the inner frame is configured to be mountable in the middle frame. The embroidery frame comprises an outer frame configured to rotatably hold the middle frame, wherein the outer frame is a circular form, an inside diameter of the outer frame is longer than an outer outside diameter of the middle frame, and the middle frame is configured to be mountable in the outer frame. The embroidery frame comprises an engaging portion configured to cause the middle frame to engage with the outer frame at a predetermined rotation angle. | 03-28-2013 |
20130074751 | EMBROIDERY FRAME - An embroidery frame comprises an inner frame, wherein the inner frame is a circular form. The embroidery frame comprises a middle frame which is configured to be detachably attachable to a radial outside of the inner frame. The middle frame is a circular form. The embroidery frame comprises an outer frame which is configured to rotatably hold the middle frame, wherein the outer frame is a circular form, and the outer frame is configured to be detachably attachable to a radial outside of the middle frame. The embroidery frame comprises a grip portion which is provided to the middle frame. | 03-28-2013 |
20130199428 | MACHINE FOR EMBROIDERING AN ITEM | 08-08-2013 |
20150059632 | WORKPIECE HOLDING FRAME - A workpiece holding frame includes: a main body having a frame side; and a holding piece directly attracted by magnetic force towards the frame side. A sheet-like workpiece is sandwiched and held between the frame side and the holding piece to make the workpiece stretched taut at a lower surface of the holding frame. The workpiece is subjected to selectively both of printing and embroidery processes without having to change the resulting stretched-taut state. The holding piece has a groove for accommodating therein a permanent magnet. The frame side includes a flat portion and a rib extending perpendicularly along an inner edge thereof, and the holding piece is disposed so as to be accommodated in a space of the frame side which is formed by the flat portion and the rib. The workpiece is bent in contact with an end edge of the rib to be is stretched taut. | 03-05-2015 |