Patent · US Expired

Button hole sewing machine

US5848573A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
3References
14Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 23, 1996
Grant dateDec 15, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD05B29/06
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A buttonhole sewing machine includes a holding mechanism attached to a holder arm which reciprocates in a direction perpendicular to an amplitude direction of a needle. The holding mechanism includes a workpiece holder plate and constitutes a parallelogram linkage. The holding mechanism maintains a parallelogram shape even when the holder plate slants on a fold of the workpiece, and securely holds the workpiece. This buttonhole sewing machine also includes a cutting mechanism which cuts thread and braid in a short manner even when the holder plate slants. The cutting mechanism has a rotary cutter and a fixed cutter, and the fixed cutter is fixed on the holder plate while inclined from a proximal portion to a distal portion. A wire member is connected to the mobile cutter to facilitate the rotation of the rotary cutter even when the holder plate slants.

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