Bobbin holder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9982376-B2
Application number	US-201615215480-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2016
Priority date	Jul 24, 2015
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

A bobbin holder that grasps a holder body and a flange of a bobbin that winds a thread n around the holder body, the holder including: an opening formed in an upper surface of the holder body; a thread holding portion that holds a thread n and is arranged in the opening so as to protrude from a center of the holder body toward an outer circumference of the holder body; and a cutting blade that cuts the thread held by the thread holding portion, the blade being disposed in one of regions inside the opening that is partitioned by the thread holding portion, wherein the cutting blade is disposed on a thread path of the thread n being pulled after the thread n, which is wound around the bobbin grasped by a grasping portion and is pulled from the other region inside the partitioned opening, is held by the thread holding portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bobbin holder that grasps a holder body and a flange of a bobbin that winds a thread around the holder body; the bobbin holder comprising:
an opening formed in an upper surface of the holder body;
a thread holding portion that holds a thread and is arranged in the opening so as to protrude from a center of the holder body toward an outer circumference of the holder body, the thread holding portion partitioning the opening into a first region and a second region;
a cutting blade that cuts the thread held by the thread holding portion, the cutting blade being disposed in the first region inside the opening that is partitioned by the thread holding portion; and
a grasping portion that grasps the flange of the bobbin in which the thread is wound around,
wherein the cutting blade is disposed on a thread path of the thread that is held by the thread holding portion, the thread being pulled from the second region inside the opening that is partitioned.

2. The bobbin holder according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a thread holding plate which makes contact with a lower surface of the thread holding portion and comprises an elastic plate.

3. The bobbin holder according to claim 1 , wherein a side of the thread holding portion facing the cutting blade has an arc-shaped ridge that is contiguous from a distal end of the thread holding portion,
wherein the bobbin holder further comprises a thread holding plate which contacts with a lower surface of the thread holding portion,
wherein the thread holding plate has an arc-shaped ridge that faces the arc-shaped ridge of the thread holding portion and is contiguous from a distal end of the thread holding plate, and
wherein the arc-shaped ridge of the thread holding portion and the arc-shaped ridge of the thread holding plate are disposed to cross each other so as to guide the held thread.

4. The bobbin holder according to claim 1 , wherein the bobbin holder further comprises a thread holding plate which contacts with a lower surface of the thread holding portion, and
wherein the thread holding plate is configured to cover a side of the opening in which the cutting blade is provided.

5. The bobbin holder according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of grasping portions, each including the grasping portion, is formed on a rear surface side of the upper surface of the holder body, the plurality of grasping portions grasping the flange of the bobbin.

6. The bobbin holder according to claim 1 , wherein the bobbin holder further comprises a thread holding plate which contacts with a lower surface of the thread holding portion, and
wherein the thread holding plate is configured as an elastic plate-shaped piece, and an inclined edge that is bent downward is formed on an outer circumference of the plate-shaped piece.

7. The bobbin holder according to claim 2 , wherein a side of the thread bolding portion facing the cutting blade has an arc-shaped ridge that is contiguous from a distal end of the thread holding portion,
wherein the thread holding plate has an arc-shaped ridge that faces the arc-shaped ridge of the thread holding portion and is contiguous from a distal end of the thread holding plate, and
wherein the arc-shaped ridge of the thread holding portion and the arc-shaped ridge of the thread holding plate are disposed to cross each other so as to guide the held thread.

8. The bobbin holder according to claim 2 , wherein the thread holding plate is configured to cover a side of the opening in which the cutting blade is provided.

9. The bobbin holder according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of grasping portions, each including the grasping portion, is formed on a rear surface side of the upper surface of the holder body, the plurality of grasping portions grasping the flange of the bobbin.

10. The bobbin holder according to claim 2 , wherein the thread holding plate is configured as an elastic plate-shaped piece, and an inclined edge that is bent downward is formed on an outer circumference of the plate-shaped piece.

Assignees

• Janome Sewing Machine Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iizuka Yosuke
• Maeda Koji
• Maruo Satoshi

Classifications

• D01H1/183

  Overhead suspension devices · CPC title

• D05B65/02 Primary

  controlled by the sewing mechanisms {(D05B65/006 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• D05B57/26

  Bobbin holders or casings; Bobbin holder or case guards; Bobbin discharge devices · CPC title

• D05B59/00 Primary

  Applications of bobbin-winding or -changing devices; Indicating or control devices associated therewith · CPC title