Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Brother Industries, Ltd.

Fumihiro Nonobe

Nobuhiko Funato

Yuki Taguchi

Daisuke Ueda

Koji Funaki

Junya Kito

Yasuhiko Kawaguchi

Hironori Matsushita

Masahiro Hanabusa

Kouji Makiyama

A sewing machine includes a needle plate, a bed portion, a first urging member, a first engagement member, a second engagement member, and a lock release mechanism. The bed portion is configured to support the needle plate. The first urging member is provided inside the bed portion and configured to urge the needle plate upward. The first engagement member is provided on the needle plate. The second engagement member is provided inside the bed portion, and is configured to fix the needle plate in a fixed position by being engaged with the first engagement member of the needle plate pressed downward against an urging force of the first urging member. The lock release mechanism is configured to release the engagement of the first engagement member and the second engagement member.

Sewing machine

An embroidery frame includes a first frame and a second frame. The second frame holds an object to be sewn with the first frame. The second frame includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a plurality of magnets and an annular portion. The annular portion is made of magnetic material. The first member is able to be switched to one of a first position and a second position. The second member includes a plurality of plate members. The plurality of plate members are made of magnetic material. The first position is a position where some of the plurality of magnets faces the gap and a portion of two of the plate members that are adjacent across the gap. The second position is a position where some of the plurality of magnets faces a corresponding one of the plurality of plate members.

Embroidery frame and sewing machine

A sewing machine includes a bed portion, a pillar, an arm portion, a cover, and a thread spool device. The cover is provided on the arm portion and is rotatable between a closed position and an open position. The closed position is a position in which a base surface faces an upper side of the arm portion and the base surface covers the upper side of the arm portion. The open position is a position in which the base surface is directed upward and the base surface does not cover the upper side of the arm portion. The thread spool device is provided on the base surface and including at least one thread spool pin, the thread spool device being capable of holding a thread spool on each of the at least one thread spool pin in a state in which the cover is disposed in the open position.

Embroidery machine

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Inuyama, Japan

Fumihiro Nonobe