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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2011
Mark A. Corio, Cordova, TN (US);
Mark A. Corio, Cordova, TN (US);
Brother International Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Abstract
A sewing device includes a material wrapped around a spool (the spool rotating around an axis), and a needle with a hole through which the material passes. A material feeding mechanism moves the needle and feeds the material in a feeding direction, thereby unraveling the material from the spool and stitching the material into a workpiece. A controller controls the material feeding mechanism to move the needle to a first rest position above a top surface of the workpiece. The first rest position is determined by the following formula:;wherein Pis the first rest position; Pis a first position of the top surface of the workpiece; and Ais an amount of material to be used in forming a second stitch in the workpiece after forming a first stitch in the workpiece.