Janome Sewing Machine Company Limited

Masatoshi Takeuchi

Yasuhiro Osanai

In a sewing machine equipped with a needle threading device, a thread holding tool includes: a thread holding surface part that guides and holds a thread; a thread pressing member that presses and sandwiches together with the thread holding surface part the thread; and a thread detachment preventing part that is provided to cross the thread which is sandwiched between the thread pressing member and the thread holding surface part. When passing the thread through the needle hole, a thread detachment preventing part regulates the thread so that the thread, which is sandwiched between the thread holding surface part and the thread pressing member of the thread holding tool, passes in a predetermined direction without deviating from a thread holding state.

Sewing machine equipped with needle threading device

A sewing machine equipped with a needle threading device, includes: a needle bar supporting frame body on which there is mounted a needle bar that is mounted with a needle having a needle hole; a needle threading shaft that is disposed on the needle bar supporting frame body and is supported vertically movably and also turnably in a peripheral direction; a thread pressing part and a thread holding tool that are provided at a lower end of the needle threading shaft and that hold in a tensioned state a thread opposite the needle hole; and a needle threading tool that is provided at a lower end of the needle threading shaft and that has a hook which reciprocates through the needle hole to pass the thread through the needle hole, wherein the thread holding tool comprises a thread holding surface part that guides and holds the thread.

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Tokyo, Japan

Masatoshi Takeuchi