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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd., Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
JANOME SEWING MACHINE CO., LTD, Hachioji-Shi, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An outer shuttle of a sewing machine, which accommodates an inner shuttle that grabs an upper thread and accommodates a bobbin around which a lower thread is wound, includes: a gear shaft which has a driven gear connected to a driving gear, provided on a lower shaft, which is a driving source of the outer shuttle that is rotatably supported in the sewing machine, and which also has a shaft support hole formed aligned with an axial center of the driven gear; a shuttle body to which the gear shaft is press-fitted and fixed at the center of rotation of a press-fit receiving hole formed in a bottom portion thereof; and a shuttle supporting shaft which is inserted into the shaft support hole of the gear shaft of the shuttle body to support the rotation of the shuttle body.