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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2003
Kerstin Widell, Huskvarna, SE;
Anders Andersson, Vaggeryd, SE;
Kerstin Widell, Huskvarna, SE;
Anders Andersson, Vaggeryd, SE;
VSM Group AB, Huskvarna, SE;
Abstract
A method of embroidering a pattern by means of a processor-controlled sewing machine, the method comprising the following steps: the fabric that is to be embroidered is placed in the required position in relation to a threaded needle on the sewing machine, a number of embroidery elements having pre-programmed embroideries are provided, each embroidery element is provided with a starting point and an end point for an embroidery on a corresponding physical embroidery element, a directional change associated with the end point is assigned to the embroidery element, in embroidering a sequence of physical embroidery elements by means of the sewing machine a succeeding physical embroidery element is rotated corresponding to the directional change in the preceding physical embroidery element, an embroidery having any desired number of physical embroidery elements in sequence is performed by the sewing machine according to the sequence of selected embroidery elements. The invention also comprises the embroidery elements and the method of designing these to form the pattern which the sewing machine is to embroider.