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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1993
Shiro Nonaka, Kariya, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An upper thread holding device for use in a sewing machine having a body and a needle from which an upper thread depends, the device includes a holding member pivoted to the body and movable between a waiting position and an upper thread holding position in such a manner that the holding member passes an upper thread taken-off position located between the needle and the waiting position, a driving device for moving the holding member, a stationary blade connected to the body so as to be in sliding engagement with a lower surface of the holding member and designed for cutting the upper thread in cooperation with the holding member in its return movement at the waiting position, and a press plate fixed to the stationary blade and defining a space therebetween in which the holding member is accommodated in its waiting position for holding between the press plate and the holding member.