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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1996
Koichi Nakayama, Utsunomiya, JP;
Shinji Kojima, Utsunomiya, JP;
The Singer Company N.V., Curaco, NL;
Abstract
A presser regulating thumb screw device of a sewing machine screwed into an arm �2! of the sewing machine and including a presser regulating thumb screw �18!, the pressure regulating thumb screw �18! being turned clockwise or counter clockwise for regulating to increase or decrease a pressing force by a presser foot �6!, wherein the presser regulating thumb screw �18! comprises a screw body �8! and a fitting member �9! fitted in the screw body �8!, the screw body �8! is bored in a central axis thereof to form a small diameter fitting hole �8a!, a large diameter receiving hole having a diameter larger than that of the fitting hole �8a!, and a spot facing part �8c! extending from the large diameter hole �8b! having a diameter larger than that of the large diameter hole �8b!, the small diameter fitting hole �8a!, the large diameter fitting hole �8b! and the spot facing part �8c! are arranged in an ascending order, and wherein the fitting member �9! is fixed to the spot facing part �8c! so as not to turn relative to the spot facing part �8c!, and the fitting member �9! has a fitting part �9b!, the fitting part �9b! having a different shape other than a circular shape in cross section.