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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Masayuki Sunaoshi, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventor:
Masayuki Sunaoshi, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 11/24 (2006.01); D05C 5/00 (2006.01); D06P 1/00 (2006.01); D06P 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 11/24 (2013.01); D05C 5/00 (2013.01); D06P 1/0032 (2013.01); D06P 5/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dyeing apparatus is configured to be connected to an embroidery apparatus. The dyeing apparatus includes a dyer configured to dye a thread; a conveying path in which a path length of the thread from the dyer to the embroidery apparatus is changed according to an operation of the embroidery apparatus; and a conveyance control unit configured to adjust a conveyance speed of the thread in the conveying path, according to a change in the path length. The dyer dyes the thread at a dyeing speed that matches the adjusted conveyance speed.