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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuhiko Kawaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Nobuhiko Funato, Gifu, JP;
Toshiyuki Mamiya, Kasugai, JP;
Takahira Osamura, Kitanagoya, JP;
Assignee:
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 3/02 (2006.01); D05C 7/04 (2006.01); D05B 37/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 7/04 (2013.01); D05B 37/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sewing machine includes a needle bar to which a sewing needle is attached, a needle bar up-and-down motion mechanism moving the needle bar up and down and a cutting unit including a cutting needle having a distal end formed with a blade and a cutting needle up-and-down motion mechanism which is independent of the needle bar up-and-down motion mechanism and moves the cutting needle up and down. The cutting unit is located on a sewing machine bed with the blade being directed upward.