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Needle driving apparatus for sewing machine

US4790253A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 29, 1988
Grant dateDec 13, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD05B55/14
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A needle driving apparatus for a sewing machine for allowing oscillatory movement of a needle bar through the motion of a lever which oscillates up and down interlocking with a main shaft, wherein a rectangular slider is rotatably supported by a fork provided on the end of the oscillating lever. On the upper end of the needle bar is fixed a guide member having a guide groove which is orthogonal with the needle bar and slidably fitted to the fork of the oscillating lever, and the rectangular slider is fitted in the guide groove of the guide member.

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