Sewing – Stitch forming – Shuttle type
Patent
1980-06-12
1982-07-20
Nerbun, Peter P.
Sewing
Stitch forming
Shuttle type
112254, 112314, 112158A, D05B 5708
Patent
active
043400035
ABSTRACT:
A thread tightening device for a sewing machine of the type having a main shaft, a vertically reciprocable needle bar with a needle carrying an upper thread, a loop taker and a drive shaft for driving the loop taker and a feed dog, the thread tightening device includes a group of pattern cams operatively connected to the main shaft, pattern selecting device and an arrangement for controlling the vertical movement of the feed dog. This arrangement comprises a control cam and a rotatable shaft, the control cam being slidably axially mounted on the rotatable shaft but not turnable with respect to the shaft. The thread tightening device also includes an element arranged for vertical reciprocating movement in a timed relation with the feed dog, which element engages a lower thread during the stitching operation of the sewing machine. A thread tension adjusting device is provided in the machine which comprises an adjusting cam operatively connected to the pattern cams and a linkage arrangement which is operatively connected to the adjusting cam and to the control cam to displace the control cam in the axial direction in response to a set position of the adjusting cam to thereby adjusting lower thread tension in accordance with the respective pattern cam.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4196682 (1980-04-01), Hanyu
patent: 4295434 (1981-10-01), Hsiao
Hanyu Susumu
Hara Kazumasa
Koike Mikio
Janome Sewing Machine Co. Ltd.
Nerbun Peter P.
Striker Michael J.
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