Sewing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10407811-B2
Application number	US-201715715889-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2017
Priority date	Sep 4, 2015
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A sewing machine includes a drive shaft rotated by a motor, a cam member fixed to the drive shaft and including a first cam and a second cam, a forked member including a main body member and an auxiliary member, an urging device, and a presser mechanism. At least one of a first cam surface of the first cam and a second cam surface of the second cam is inclined with respect to the drive shaft. The main body member and the auxiliary member are disposed to face each other such that the cam member is clamped between them. The urging device urges the main body member and the auxiliary member in a direction to clamp the cam member. The presser mechanism drives a presser member to hold a cloth, by swinging of the forked member caused by the rotation of the cam member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sewing machine comprising:
a drive shaft configured to be rotated by a sewing machine motor;
a cam member including a first cam and a second cam, the first cam having an outer periphery on which a first cam surface is formed, the second cam having an outer periphery on which a second cam surface, whose shape is different from that of the first cam surface, is formed, the first cam and the second cam being provided side by side in an extending direction of the drive shaft, at least one of the first cam surface and the second cam surface being inclined with respect to the extending direction of the drive shaft, and the cam member being fixed to the drive shaft and rotating integrally with the drive shaft;
a forked member including a main body member and an auxiliary member, the main body member being swingably and pivotally supported by a pivotally supporting shaft fixed to a machine frame of the sewing machine, the pivotally supporting shaft being provided parallel to the drive shaft, the auxiliary member being swingably supported by the main body member, and the main body member and the auxiliary member being disposed to face each other such that the cam member is clamped between the main body member and the auxiliary member;
an urging device configured to constantly urge the main body member and the auxiliary member in a direction to clamp the cam member; and
a presser mechanism configured to drive a presser member, which holds down a cloth, by swinging of the forked member caused by the rotation of the cam member.

2. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the first cam surface and the second cam surface are inclined with respect to the extending direction of the drive shaft, and
an inclination direction of the first cam surface and an inclination direction of the second cam surface are different from each other.

3. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the main body member includes a main body side contact surface that comes into contact with one cam surface, of the first cam surface and the second cam surface,
the auxiliary member includes an auxiliary side contact surface that comes into contact with another cam surface different from the one cam surface, of the first cam surface and the second cam surface,
the main body side contact surface is inclined in the same direction as an inclination direction of the one cam surface, and
the auxiliary side contact surface is inclined in the same direction as an inclination direction of the other cam surface.

4. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the first cam surface is an inclined surface that becomes closer to the drive shaft side the further the first cam surface is toward an opposite side to the second cam side, and
the second cam surface is an inclined surface that becomes closer to the drive shaft side the further the second cam surface is toward an opposite side to the first cam side.

5. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the first cam surface is an inclined surface that becomes separated from the drive shaft side the further the first cam surface is toward an opposite side to the second cam side, and
the second cam surface is an inclined surface that becomes separated from the drive shaft side the further the second cam surface is toward an opposite side to the first cam side.

6. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the main body member includes a support shaft configured to swingably support the auxiliary member,
the urging device is a tension spring, and
the urging device is connected to a second end portion of the auxiliary member that is on an opposite side to a first end portion of the auxiliary member with respect to the support shaft, the first end portion coming into contact with the cam member, and the urging device constantly urges the second end portion to an opposite side to the cam member side.

7. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
a thread take-up lever cam, which is an end face cam that drives a thread take-up lever, is provided integrally with the cam member.

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Ueda Daisuke
• Iida Mitsuhiro
• Hori Masayuki

Classifications

• D05B29/02 Primary

  Presser-control devices · CPC title

• D05B29/10

  with rollers · CPC title