Sewing Machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016289876-A1
Application number	US-201615000465-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 19, 2016
Priority date	Apr 2, 2015
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

In one preferred mode, the operator selects by the touch panel 2 a pattern from the displayed patterns on the display 1 and starts the embroidery by operation of the start/stop switch. The CPU 10 is checking the detection signal from the sensor 3 and when the signal is on, the CPU 10 keeps the display 1 in operation. When the operator goes out from the sensor detectable area 60, the signal of the sensor 3 disappears and the CPU 10 generates the LED display 4 indicating the progress of the sewing. Since the operator can see the LED display 4 from the outside of the display visible area 61, the operator recognizes the conditions of the machine A.

First claim

1 . A sewing machine comprising:
A display indicating a condition of the sewing machine, A sensor sensing a person being in a sensor detectable area predetermined around the sewing machine, A notice device for informing a person being outside of said area of said condition of the sewing machine, A generating device for generating said notice device when said sensor does not detect a person in said area.

2 . The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
Said notice device is a light emitting display visually notifying said condition of the sewing machine.

3 . The sewing machine according to claim 2 , wherein
Said light emitting display displays a bar shape indication and emits at least two colors to indicate progress steps of the sewing by length ratio of the colors in said bar indication.

4 . The sewing machine according to claim 3 further having an embroidery mechanism, wherein
Said light emitting display indicates the progress steps of sewing of current thread color by said length ratio of the colors and notifies an operator of the end of sewing of the thread color by flashing said indication.

5 . The sewing machine according to claim 2 wherein
Said light emitting display is provided on an upper arm part of the sewing machine.

6 . The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
Said sensor detectable area is almost the same as a display visible area of said display.

7 . The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
An area where said notice device can notify is wider than said sensor detectable area and said display visible area.

8 . The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
Said notice device has a sound emitting device audibly notifying said condition of the sewing machine.

Assignees

• Janome Sewing Machine Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hosaka Yukio
• Takada Hayato

Classifications

• D05D2205/12

  Machine to the operator; Alarms · CPC title

• D05C13/02

  Counting, measuring, indicating, warning, or safety devices · CPC title

• D05B79/00

  Incorporations or adaptations of lighting equipment · CPC title

• D05B19/00

  Program-controlled sewing machines (with devices for automatically controlling movement of work-carrier D05B21/00; devices for stopping drive when sewing tools have reached a predetermined position D05B69/22) · CPC title

• D05B19/006 Primary

  Control knobs or display means (D05B19/085, D05B19/105 take precedence) · CPC title