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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2004
Applicant:
Masaki Shimizu, Toyoake, JP;
Inventor:
Masaki Shimizu, Toyoake, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B065/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sewing machine includes a sewing mechanism including a needle bar, a thread take-up lever and a shuttle, a picker capable of holding a needle thread extending from an eye of a sewing needle near the shuttle located below a needle plate, and a picker driver driving the picker between a first stop position where the picker is capable of holding the needle thread and a second stop position spaced farther away from the shuttle than the first position. The picker is movable to a third position spaced farther away from the shuttle than the second position.