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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Maschinenfabrik Carl Zangs Aktiengesellschaft, Krefeld, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C / ; D05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
112241 ; 112 98 ; 112155 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for the drive of the thread take-up on multi-head embroidery machines with at least one embroidery needle in each head, with which the thread take-up comprises a thread take-up lever, which thread take-up lever is mounted on the embroidery head pivotable back and forth about a horizontal axis and is driven by the machine main shaft. The thread take-up levers of all embroidery heads are secured on a common thread take-up shaft, the latter extending over the entire length of the machine. The thread take-up shaft is driven by a crankdrive mechanism from the main shaft of the machine.