Zigzag pattern changing device for a sewing machine
US6012404A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD05B19/00
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sewing machine zigzag pattern changing device comprises: a cam drive shaft (11) supported in a sewing machine frame in such a manner that it can be rotated deceleratingly in linking with a sewing machine main shaft; a needle swing cam (13) supported on the cam drive shaft and including at least two cams which are spaced apart from each other in the axial direction of the needle swing cam and respectively correspond to different needle swing patterns; a needle swing drive shaft (20) disposed in parallel to the cam drive shaft, supported in the sewing machine frame in such a manner that it is capable of swing motion about the axis thereof, and connected to a needle mechanism so that it can move a needle in a direction at right angles to a cloth feeding direction due to the above swing motion; a cam body (50) including a pair of contact bodies separately engageable with and removable from the two cams, capable of transmitting the swing motion of the contact body due to one of the needle swing cams to be engaged to the needle swing drive shaft, and supported on the needle swing drive shaft in such a manner that it can be moved in the axial direction of the needle swing drive shaft; s…
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