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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:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kohichi Akahane, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Kondo, Obushi, JP;
Masaki Shimizu, Toyoake, JP;
Yoshikazu Kurono, Aichi, JP;
Fumiaki Asano, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B / ; D05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
112220 ; 112168 ; 112181 ; 112185 ;
Abstract
A sewing machine including a head portion for mounting a needle with a needle thread; a needle drive motor for driving the needle; a bed portion; and a loop taker module detachably fixed to the bed portion and including: a loop taker for catching a thread loop of the needle thread of the needle; and a loop taker drive motor for driving the loop taker.