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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Noboru Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihisa Shoji, Okazaki, JP;
Shinya Fujihara, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B 87/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sewing machine includes a thread transferring mechanism automatically hooking onto thread hooking sections a needle thread which extends from a thread supply and which is retained in a predetermined thread preparatory path while retaining the needle thread so that the needle thread can be turned over to a needle threading mechanism, and a control unit which controls a thread tension adjusting unit so that tension applied to the needle thread becomes a predetermined tension that correlates with a transfer position of the needle thread transferred by the thread transferring mechanism.