Magnifier for sewing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9395530-B2
Application number	US-201414460246-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2014
Priority date	Aug 22, 2013
Publication date	Jul 19, 2016
Grant date	Jul 19, 2016

Abstract

The invention provides a magnifier for a sewing machine that is mounted on a sewing machine main body and magnifies a view of a front end of a needle which is mounted on a needle bar front end that moves vertically and a vicinity of a cloth presser.
The magnifier includes: a supporting arm part A, at one end of which a lens holding part 2 having a holding unit 4 that detachably holds a lens is provided, and at the other end of which a mounting part 3 for mounting the magnifier on the sewing machine main body is provided; and a lens main body B that is constituted by connected part 6 which is detachable to the lens holding part 2 , and a lens part 5 which is formed continuously to the connected part 6 . To the lens holding part 2 of the supporting arm part A as well as the lens main body B, a turning control unit 7 is provided which controls a turning angle of the lens main body B in a predetermined range, and the turning control unit 7 controls a turning angle of the lens main body B that is mounted on the lens holding part 2 , in a predetermined range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magnifier for a sewing machine that is mounted on a sewing machine main body and magnifies a view of a front end of a needle which is mounted on a needle bar front end that moves vertically and a vicinity of a cloth presser,
wherein the magnifier comprises:
a supporting arm part, at one end of which a lens holding part having a holding unit that detachably holds a lens part is provided, and at the other end of which a mounting part for mounting the magnifier on the sewing machine main body is provided; and
a lens main body that is constituted by a connected part which is detachable to the lens holding part, and the lens part which is formed continuously to the connected part,
wherein a turning control unit is provided which controls a turning angle of the lens main body within a predetermined range to the lens holding part of the supporting arm part as well as the lens main body, and
wherein the turning control unit controls a turning angle of the lens main body that is mounted on the lens holding part, within the predetermined range.

2. The magnifier for a sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the turning control unit has a control member formed on a side of the lens holding part, and
wherein the connected part of the lens main body has a control groove part in which the control member is loosely inserted.

3. The magnifier for a sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the turning control unit has a protrusion part which is formed on an outer peripheral part of the connected part of the lens main body, and which controls turning of the lens main body by contacting the lens holding part.

4. The magnifier for a sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the range of turning of the lens main body by the turning control unit is a range within which the state of the lens part transforms to a vertical state from a horizontal state.

5. The magnifier for a sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein a fitted groove part which is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the mounting part and a fitting elastic plate piece which is provided on a face plate of the sewing machine main body are rotatably fitted and connected together, and
wherein the supporting arm part is turnable on a horizontal surface.

Assignees

• Janome Sewing Machine Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yokoyama Ushio
• Iizuka Yosuke
• Maeda Koji

Classifications

• D05B79/00 Primary

  Incorporations or adaptations of lighting equipment · CPC title

• D05B3/22

  Article-, e.g. button-, feed mechanisms therefor {(work-handling elements for attaching small textile pieces D05B35/066)} · CPC title

• D05B3/24

  formed by general-purpose sewing machines modified by attachments, e.g. by detachable devices · CPC title

• D05B87/04

  with optical devices to assist threading · CPC title

• D05B3/02

  with mechanisms for needle-bar movement · CPC title