Patent Grant
7891307
The present invention relates to a method and sewing machine for forming single-thread locked handstitches. Particularly, the present invention relates to the method and sewing machine for forming single-thread locked handstitches that a sewing thread is captured to a thread capturing open eye of a needle certainly, a formation of the stitch can be performed in an inner space of a sewing machine bed and it is suitable to a quasi-handstitch called pinpoint/saddle stitch.
The stitches which form the pinpoint stitch appearing and disappearing on one side of a fabric workpiece alternately by one sewing thread and project an atmosphere of the handstitch is standardized as ISO 4915 Stitch Type 104 (chain stitch) and ISO 4915 Stitch Type 209 (saddle stitch/handstitch) of the international standard.
Heretofore, a pinpoint stitch sewing machine which forms “104” stitch as the pinpoint stitch (quasi-handstitch) and prevents a cloth misalignment of such a pinpoint stitch sewing by using the sewing needle that one sewing thread which is pierced to the needle is pierced, an open eye needle that the thread capturing open eye is equipped laterally, a looper and a spreader is known (for example, refer to Patent document No. 1).
Because this pinpoint stitch sewing machine uses the sewing needle that one sewing thread is pierced and the open eye needle that the thread capturing open eye is equipped laterally, there is a disadvantage that a stitch length is limited to a distance between the sewing needle and the open eye needle. And, in this pinpoint stitch sewing machine, when sewing, a balloon stitch is formed on the upper side of the cloth. However, because the pinpoint stitch to be stitched intrinsically is formed in the lower side of the cloth, sewing work is forced to in the state that it cannot watch for a worker. Therefore, it is difficult to confirm the position of the pinpoint stitch and there is also a disadvantage that an exact sewing is not possible. Besides, in the “104” stitch of this pinpoint stitch sewing machine, because the stitch comes loose easily by pulling the sewing thread which forms the stitch, there is also a disadvantage that a function to prevent the above described cloth misalignment of such the pinpoint stitch sewing is lost.
In order to solve these disadvantages, the quasi-handstitch sewing machine which forms a quasi-pinpoint stitch similar to the “104” stitch by using the open eye needle that one thread capturing open eye is equipped laterally, a thread grapple hook, a guide spreader of the sewing thread to the thread capturing open eye and a thread take-up lever by one thread which is wound around a bobbin arranged in an inside of a rotary hook is proposed (for example, refer to Patent document No. 2).
Patent document No. 1: Toku-Kou-Shou 55-35481 (FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7)
Patent document No. 2: Toku-Kou-Hei 4-3234 (=U.S. Pat. No. 4,590,878) (FIG. 11, FIG. 13, FIG. 14)
In this quasi-handstitch sewing machine, when sewing, the sewing thread which became double is formed like handstitch on the upper side of the cloth, and the locked stitch is formed in the lower side of the cloth. However, in this quasi-handstitch sewing machine, though the sewing thread guide spreader to the thread capturing open eye of the needle is necessary to be arranged between a throat plate which supports the cloth and the rotary hook, functionally, the thread take-up lever must be installed just beneath the throat plate and arranged between the throat plate and the rotary hook, and a drive mechanism to drive the sewing thread guide spreader must be arranged. Therefore, in the limited space of the inside of the machine bed, such arrangement was not able to be actualized concretely.
Besides, in this quasi-handstitch sewing machine, because the sewing thread which was guided into the inside of the rotary hook has to pull up the sewing thread which was guided out from the rotary hook to the upper direction of the cloth by the thread grapple hook, it is extremely dangerous that the worker takes his hand to such a position on the cloth, and there was a difficult point that an obstacle occurs in the sewing work which moves the cloth. Therefore, it is impossible to perform this quasi-handstitch sewing machine.
In addition, in making a quilt, a quilting or a patchwork, the sewing work is performed by hand since ancient times. This needs extremely great labor hour, and this is the work that hard labor is forced to. Therefore, by using the sewing machine which perform the sewing with a lockstitch (ISO 4915 Stitch Type 301) and using transparent thread for one of two threads which are used, the technique which projects the handstitch sewing at first glance is also adopted. However, in the stitch which was sewn by this technique, because the thread is sewn continuously by using lockstitch sewing machine basically, there is a difficult point that the atmosphere of original handstitch sewing by pursuing the softness accompanied by the convexo-concave which is produced on the surface of the fabric workpiece after sewing which is needed in the quilt, the quilting or the patchwork is not obtained.
This invention was conducted to solve these hitherto known difficult points. And this invention aims to provide the method and sewing machine for forming single-thread locked handstitches which are suitable to the quasi-handstitch which is called pinpoint/saddle stitch that the sewing thread is certainly captured to the thread capturing open eye of the needle, and that the formation of the stitch is performed in the inner space of the sewing machine bed.
And, this invention aims to provide the method and sewing machine for forming single-thread locked handstitches that the sewing thread is captured certainly to the thread capturing open eye of the needle, and the formation of the stitch is performed in the inner space of the sewing machine bed, and the stitch length and the inter-stitch pitch can be set freely.
Besides, this invention aims to provide the method and sewing machine for forming single-thread locked handstitches which are suitable to the quilt, the quilting or the patchwork by forming the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece as a skip stitch set, and by varying the feed direction, namely, the sewing direction of the fabric workpiece every one skip stitch set.
The principle of this invention is to form the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece respectively by letting the open eye needle that the thread capturing open eye is equipped laterally and which performs the linear reciprocating motion vertically, the shuttle hook which performs the half-turn normal rotation and the half-turn reverse rotation, the thread draw out actuator which performs the reciprocating motion like the thread take-up lever, and the feed dog which performs the elliptical motion collaborate, and by capturing the sewing thread to the thread capturing open eye of the needle certainly, and by performing the formation of the stitch in the inside of the sewing machine bed. Besides, the principle of this invention is that the stitch length and the inter-stitch pitch can be set freely by letting the feed quantity of the fabric workpiece by the feed dog change depending on the stitch length feed and the inter-stitch pitch feed when forming the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece as the skip stitch set by cooperation of the open eye needle, the shuttle hook and the thread draw out actuator.
The method for forming single-thread locked handstitches of this invention in order to achieve this purpose comprises the steps of (a) capturing a thread which is drawn out from a thread exit of a shuttle hook positioned under a throat plate, winding the thread and performing a half-turn reverse rotation, and which abuts circumferentially on an open eye needle and is tightened by a thread capturing open eye when the open eye needle which equips the thread capturing open eye laterally and performs a linear reciprocating motion vertically comes down from an upper dead center, pierces a fabric workpiece which is placed on the throat plate, and goes up from a lower dead center during a first stroke, (b) feeding one stitch length of the fabric workpiece, and tightening a thread by a rise of the open eye needle which captures the thread, and by performing a further reverse rotation of the shuttle hook while the open eye needle slips out from the fabric workpiece, goes up, and passes through the upper dead center during the first stroke, (c) scooping the thread which is captured by the thread capturing open eye by a loop-taker point of the shuttle hook which performs the half-turn normal rotation, and releasing the captured thread by the rotation of the shuttle hook from the thread capturing open eye when the open eye needle comes down from the upper dead center, pierces said fabric workpiece, and goes up from the lower dead center during a second stroke, (d) guiding in the thread which is scooped by the loop-taker point of the shuttle hook and released by the further rotation of the shuttle hook into the shuttle hook, interlacing the thread to the thread which is wound in the shuttle hook, and tightening the thread which guides out from the shuttle hook, (e) feeding one inter-stitch pitch of the fabric workpiece while the open eye needle slips out from the fabric workpiece, goes up, and passes through the upper dead center during the second stroke, and (f) forming a handstitch on a front surface and a locked stitch on a back surface of the fabric workpiece by repeating the steps from (a) to (e).
In this method for forming single-thread locked handstitches, the shuttle hook incorporates a bobbin case which houses a bobbin that the thread is wound in an inner shuttle hook, the bobbin case is rotatably loaded together with the inner shuttle hook in an shuttle race body, and the thread exit is equipped in the bobbin case in the direction and the position which depart from the throat plate by reverse rotation of the shuttle hook when the open eye needle goes up from the throat plate.
In this method for forming single-thread locked handstitches, the shuttle hook stops the rotation when the open eye needle moves from the upper dead center to the lower dead center.
In this method for forming single-thread locked handstitches, the thread which is drawn out from the thread exit of the shuttle hook is hooked, and is tightened by being drawn out from the shuttle hook after the thread captured by the thread capturing open eye is scooped by the look-taker point of the shuttle hook, and the thread which is hooked is released after the thread is captured by the thread capturing open eye.
In this method for forming single-thread locked handstitches, the thread captured by the thread capturing open eye is shifted to the unopened direction of the thread capturing open eye between the tip of the open eye needle and the fabric workpiece when the open eye needle comes down from the upper dead center during the second stroke.
In this method for forming single-thread locked handstitches, the thread tightness quantity is adjusted depending on the stitch length when tightening the thread which guides out from the shuttle hook.
In this method for forming single-thread locked handstitches, before the open eye needle comes down from the upper dead center, pierces the fabric workpiece, goes up from the lower dead center and slips out from the fabric workpiece, a pressing force which performs the pressing force of the fabric workpiece on the throat plate is released, and a rotating operation by hand of the feed direction of the fabric workpiece is performed by making the open eye needle the rotating shaft.
In this method for forming single-thread locked handstitches, the thread which is scooped by the loop-taker point of the shuttle hook and released interlaces to the thread which is wound in the shuttle hook by guiding in the shuttle hook by the further rotation of the shuttle hook, and the thread which is guided in the shuttle hook is accumulated temporarily in the circumference of the shuttle hook after interlacing and before the thread which guides out from the shuttle hook is tightened, and the temporary accumulation is released by tightening the thread which guides out from the shuttle hook.
And, the method for forming single-thread locked handstitches of this invention in order to achieve this purpose comprises the steps of forming a handstitch on a front surface and a locked stitch on a back surface of a fabric workpiece as a skip stitch set by cooperation of an open eye needle, a shuttle hook and a thread draw out actuator, setting up a stitch length feed quantity of a stitch length feed and an inter-stitch pitch feed quantity of an inter-stitch pitch feed respectively, when the stitch length feed of the fabric workpiece for the handstitch is performed by a feed dog during a first stroke of the open eye needle, and the inter-stitch pitch feed of the fabric workpiece for the inter-handstitch is performed by the feed dog during a second stroke of the open eye needle, changing over to each fabric workpiece feed mode corresponding to the stitch length feed and the inter-stitch pitch feed respectively every one skip stitch set in sequence, transmitting the set stitch length feed quantity and inter-stitch pitch feed quantity to a feed drive mechanism in each fabric workpiece feed mode respectively, and feeding the fabric workpiece by the feed dog.
In this method for forming single-thread locked handstitches, a hand feed of the fabric workpiece is performed while giving the stitch length feed quantity and the inter-stitch pitch feed quantity arbitrarily by releasing a pressing force that the pressing force of the fabric workpiece is kept on the throat plate when the open eye needle is slipping out from the fabric workpiece.
In this method for forming single-thread locked handstitches, a hand feed of the fabric workpiece is performed while giving the stitch length feed quantity and the inter-stitch pitch feed quantity arbitrarily by evacuating the feed dog which feeds the fabric workpiece when the open eye needle is slipping out from the fabric workpiece.
Besides, the single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine of this invention in order to achieve this purpose comprises an open eye needle, which captures a thread when coming down from an upper dead center, piercing a fabric workpiece, and going up from a lower dead center during a first stroke of coming down from the upper dead center, piercing the fabric workpiece which is placed on a throat plate, slipping out from the fabric workpiece from the lower dead center, going up, and performing a linear reciprocating motion vertically, and equips laterally a thread capturing open eye which releases the captured thread when coming down from an upper dead center, piercing a fabric workpiece, and going up from a lower dead center during a second stroke, a shuttle hook, which is a shuttle hook positioned in a lower direction of the throat plate, and that a thread is wound, and the thread is drawn out from a thread exit, and the shuttle hook performs a half-turn reverse rotation when the open eye needle comes down from the upper dead center, piercing the fabric workpiece, and going up from the lower dead center during a first stroke, and that the thread is tightened by a further reverse rotation along with a rising of the open eye needle which captured the thread by the thread capturing open eye, and which has a loop-taker point for scooping the thread which is captured by the thread capturing open eye by a half-turn normal rotation of the shuttle hook, and that the captured thread is released from the thread capturing open eye by scooping by the loop-taker point of the shuttle hook by the rotation of the shuttle hook, and the released thread is guided in the shuttle hook by the further rotation of the shuttle hook and is interlaced to the thread which is wound in the shuttle hook when the open eye needle comes down from the upper dead center, pierces said fabric workpiece, and goes up from the lower dead center during the second stroke, a thread draw out actuator, which tightens the thread which is drawn out from the thread exit by abutting circumferentially on the open eye needle by rotation of the shuttle hook when the thread capturing open eye captures the thread, and tightens the thread which guides out from the shuttle hook, and a feed dog, which feeds the fabric workpiece with one stitch length while the open eye needle slips out from the fabric workpiece, goes up, and passes through the upper dead center during the first stroke, and feeds the fabric workpiece with one inter-stitch pitch while the open eye needle slips out from the fabric workpiece, goes up, and passes through the upper dead center during the second stroke, wherein a handstitch on a front surface and a locked stitch on a back surface of the fabric workpiece are formed respectively.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, the shuttle hook incorporates a bobbin case which houses a bobbin that the thread is wound in an inner shuttle hook, and the bobbin case is rotatably loaded together with the inner shuttle hook in an shuttle race body, and the thread exit is equipped in the bobbin case in the direction and the position which depart from the throat plate by reverse rotation of the shuttle hook when the open eye needle goes up from the throat plate.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, the shuttle hook has a period of a stop of a rotation when the open eye needle moves from the upper dead center to the lower dead center.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, the thread draw out actuator has functions for hooking the thread drawn out from the thread exit of the shuttle hook, tightening the thread by drawing out the thread from the shuttle hook after scooping the thread captured by the capturing open eye by the loop-taker point of the shuttle hook, and releasing the thread which is hooked after capturing the thread by the thread capturing open eye.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, a thread shifting mechanism which shifts the thread captured by the thread capturing open eye between a needlepoint of the open eye needle and the fabric workpiece when the open eye needle comes down from the upper dead center during the second stroke is equipped.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, a thread tightness adjusting mechanism which adjusts a thread tightness quantity of the thread draw out actuator depending on the stitch length which is set by a feed quantity setting mechanism is equipped.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, a presser foot which performs the pressing force of the fabric workpiece on the throat plate is equipped, and a pressing force release mechanism that the hand feed of the fabric workpiece is performed while giving the stitch length feed quantity and the inter-stitch pitch feed quantity arbitrarily by releasing the pressing force of the presser foot when the open eye needle is slipping out from the fabric workpiece is equipped.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, a feed dog evacuate mechanism that the hand feed of the fabric workpiece is performed while giving the stitch length feed quantity and the inter-stitch pitch feed quantity arbitrarily by evacuating the feed dog which feeds the fabric workpiece when the open eye needle is slipping out from the fabric workpiece is equipped.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, before the open eye needle comes down from the upper dead center, pierces the fabric workpiece, goes up from the lower dead center and slips out from the fabric workpiece, a rotating operation/linear feed changeover mechanism for performing a rotating operation by hand of the feed direction of the fabric workpiece by making the open eye needle the rotating shaft by releasing a pressing force which performs the pressing force of the fabric workpiece on the throat plate is equipped.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, a needle guard for correcting an irregular motion which occurs by piercing the fabric workpiece by the open eye needle to the needle dropping position after the open eye needle pierced the fabric workpiece is equipped in a driver which drives the inner shuttle hook so as to perform the half-turn normal rotation and the half-turn reverse rotation.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, a thread insert actuator which inserts forcibly the thread, which is drawn out from the thread exit and decided the position at the thread capturing open eye by the thread draw out actuator and tightened by abutting circumferentially on the open eye needle, into the thread capturing open eye is equipped.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, an open eye needle-latch wire drive mechanism for driving a latch wire which closes the thread capturing open eye is equipped in the period that the thread capturing open eye of the open eye needle comes down from the upper dead center, pierces the fabric workpiece, and passes through the throat plate, and in the period that the thread capturing open eye passes through the throat plate, slips out from the fabric workpiece, and reaches the upper dead center after the thread capturing open eye goes up from the lower dead center and captures the thread.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, the thread which is scooped by the loop-taker point of the shuttle hook and released interlaces to the thread which is wound in the shuttle hook by guiding in the shuttle hook by the further rotation of the shuttle hook, and a thread accumulating portion that the thread which is guided in the shuttle hook is accumulated temporarily after interlacing and before the thread which guides out from the shuttle hook is tightened, and the temporary accumulation is released by tightening the thread which guides out from the shuttle hook is equipped in the part of the circumference of the shuttle hook.
Further, in the single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine of this invention in order to achieve this purpose, the sewing machine forms a handstitch on a front surface and a locked stitch on a back surface of a fabric workpiece as a skip stitch set by cooperation of an open eye needle, a shuttle hook and a thread draw out actuator, and performs a stitch length feed of the fabric workpiece for the handstitch by a feed dog during a first stroke of the open eye needle and performs an inter-stitch pitch feed of the fabric workpiece for the inter-handstitch by the feed dog during a second stroke, and the sewing machine comprises a feed quantity setting mechanism which sets up a stitch length feed quantity of the stitch length feed and an inter-stitch pitch feed quantity of an inter-stitch pitch feed respectively, a feed mode changeover mechanism which changes over to each fabric workpiece feed mode corresponding to the stitch length feed and the inter-stitch pitch feed respectively every one skip stitch set in sequence, and a feed drive mechanism which transmits the set stitch length feed quantity and inter-stitch pitch feed quantity in each fabric workpiece feed mode respectively, and feeds the fabric workpiece by the feed dog.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, the feed quantity setting mechanism consists of a reverse T-shaped feed adjuster which is pivotally attached to a supporting arm which is pivotally supported to an intermediate shaft that one-half is decelerated from an upper shaft which drives the open eye needle, and a stitch length feed quantity operating member and an inter-stitch pitch feed quantity operating member are pivotally attached to both arms of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster respectively.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, the feed mode changeover mechanism consists of a feed changeover triangular cam which is firmly fixed to the intermediate shaft and has two even-numbered deviating points and a feed changeover rod which contacts to the outside of the feed changeover triangular cam, and a connecting end of the feed changeover rod is pivotally attached to one end of a stitch length changeover link, and another end is pivotally attached to a vertical arm end of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster.
In this single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, the feed drive mechanism consists of a horizontal feed connection link whose one end is pivotally attached to the connecting end of the feed changeover rod, a horizontal feed connection crank whose first arm is pivotally attached to another end of the horizontal feed connection link, a horizontal feed rod link whose one end is pivotally attached to a second arm of the horizontal feed connection crank and another end is pivotally attached to a horizontal feed vertical rod, a horizontal feed eccentric cam which is firmly fixed to the upper shaft, and a horizontal feed drive rod which is pivotally attached to another end of the horizontal feed rod link and contacts to the outside of the horizontal feed eccentric cam.
According to the method and sewing machine for forming single-thread locked handstitches of this invention, the sewing thread is certainly captured to the thread capturing open eye of the needle, and the formation of the single-thread locked stitch is performed in the inner space of the sewing machine bed, and the sewing which is suitable to the quasi-handstitch called pinpoint/saddle stitch is possible.
In addition, According to the method and sewing machine for forming single-thread locked handstitches of this invention, because the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece are formed respectively, the sewing work is performed in the state that the handstitch can be seen on the surface for the worker, and it is possible to confirm the position of the handstitch. Therefore, the accurate sewing is possible.
And, According to the method and sewing machine for forming single-thread locked handstitches of this invention, because the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece are formed respectively, it does not come loose easily by pulling the sewing thread which forms single-thread locked stitch. Therefore, the firm sewing can be obtained.
Besides, According to the method and sewing machine for forming single-thread locked handstitches of this invention, because the single-thread locked stitch is formed by cooperation of the open eye needle, the shuttle hook and the thread draw out actuator, the stitch length and the inter-stitch pitch can be set freely.
Hereinafter, the example of the best mode of embodiment of the method and sewing machine for forming single-thread locked handstitches of this invention is explained based on the drawings.
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The arm 2 is equipped with a upper shaft 5 and an intermediate shaft 8, and the bed 3 is equipped with a horizontal feed shaft 605, an upper and lower feed shaft 613 and a shuttle hook shaft 201, and as for these, the direction of the shafts are set up in horizontal direction respectively. The upper shaft 5 is rotatably set up by an upper shaft former bushing 7 and an upper shaft rear bushing 6 in the arm 2, and the intermediate shaft 8 is rotatably set up by an intermediate shaft front bushing 9 and an intermediate shaft rear bushing 10 in the arm 2, respectively. The horizontal feed shaft 605 is rotatably set up by a horizontal feed shaft former bushing 606 and a horizontal feed shaft rear bushing 607 in the arm 2, and the upper and lower feed shaft 613 is rotatably set up by an upper and lower feed shaft former bushing 614 and an upper and lower feed shaft rear bushing 611 in the arm 2, respectively. The shuttle hook shaft 201 is fixed to an after-mentioned inner shuttle hook driver 203 of the shuttle hook 200 while it is rotatably set up by a shuttle hook shaft rear bushing 225 and a bushing of an shuttle race body attaching portion 202c (refer to
A driven pulley 4 is equipped at one end of the upper shaft 5, and the driven pulley 4 is driven by a motor M through a drive belt MB which is an endless belt. And, a needle bar crank 101 of the open eye needle-latch wire drive mechanism 100 for driving the open eye needle 13 is equipped to another end of the upper shaft 5. The cloth feed drive mechanism 700 for driving the cloth feed mechanism 600 by letting the elliptical motion perform to the feed dog 601 is connected with the intermediate portion of the upper shaft 5. An upper shaft drive pulley 25 for driving the feed quantity setting mechanism 300 of the stitch length—the inter-stitch pitch is equipped to the neighborhood of the driven pulley 4 of the upper shaft 5. A shuttle hook drive mechanism 220 for driving the shuttle hook 200 and a thread draw out drive mechanism 400 for driving the thread draw out actuator 401 are connected with the intermediate shaft 8.
The open eye needle-latch wire drive mechanism 100 has the composition that the following things are possible. The open eye needle 13 comes down from the upper dead center, and it pierces to the fabric workpiece 21 which is placed on a throat plate 12, and it slips out from the fabric workpiece 21 from the lower dead center and goes up, and it comes down from the upper dead center during the first stroke which performs the linear reciprocating motion vertically and pierces to the fabric workpiece 21, and it captures the sewing thread 20 by the thread capturing open eye 13a when it goes up from the lower dead center, and it pierces to the fabric workpiece 21 by coming down from the upper dead center during the second stroke, and it releases the fabric workpiece 21 which was captured by the thread capturing open eye 13a when it goes up from the lower dead center. In this description, “the first stroke of the open eye needle 13” means the first stitch that the open eye needle 13 reaches the upper dead center of needle→the lower dead center of needle→the upper dead center of needle, and “the second stroke of the open eye needle 13” means the second stitch that the open eye needle 13 reaches the upper dead center of needle→the lower dead center of needle→the upper dead center of needle.
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Besides, the thread capturing open eye 13a of the open eye needle 13 is opened and closed by the latch wire 14. This latch wire 14 is fixed to a latch wire clamp 111 by a latch wire clamp screw 112, and the latch wire clamp 111 is fixed to the lower end portion of a latch wire bar 15 which was set up in the arm 2 in the state that the linear reciprocating motion can perform vertically by a latch wire bar upper bushing 113 and a latch wire bar lower bushing 114. And, a latch wire bar receiver 116 is fixed to the latch wire bar 15 between the latch wire bar upper bushing 113 and the latch wire bar lower bushing 114. To the latch wire bar 15 between the latch wire bar receiver 116 and the latch wire bar upper bushing 113, a latch wire bar supporting upper arm 118 which was fixed to the needle bar 11 between the needle bar upper bushing 105 and the needle bar holder 104 has a gap to be able to move and is fitted in. A latch wire bar rotation stopper 120 is fixed to the latch wire bar 15 between the latch wire bar supporting upper arm 118 and the latch wire bar upper bushing 113, and a latch wire bar guide 121 which was fixed so that it projects to the arm 2 is slidably fitted into a notch 120a which is formed in this latch wire bar rotation stopper 120. Therefore, the latch wire bar 15 that the latch wire bar rotation stopper 120 is fixed does not rotate. And, the latch wire bar rotation stopper 120 is pulled downward always by fixing another end of a latch wire bar spring 119 which is fixed to one end of the arm 2. An O-ring 117 is fitted into the latch wire bar 15 in the lower side of the latch wire bar rotation stopper 120 and an O-ring 115 is fitted into the latch wire bar 15 in the upper side of the latch wire bar lower bushing 114. The O-ring 117 functions as the buffer material when the latch wire bar rotation stopper 120 abuts on the latch wire bar supporting upper arm 118, and the O-ring 115 functions as the buffer material when the latch wire bar lower bushing 114 abuts on the latch wire bar receiver 116.
In the open eye needle-latch wire drive mechanism 100 constituted as described above, when the needle bar 11 goes up by rotation of the upper shaft 5 as shown in
In the neighborhood of this open eye needle-latch wire drive mechanism 100, as shown in
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The horizontal feed cam 701 is an eccentric cam. A horizontal feed drive rod 702 is rotatably fitted into a cam portion 701a, and the one end of a horizontal feed vertical rod 704 is rotatably connected with an end of arm 702a of the horizontal feed drive rod 702 by a linking pin 703. Another end of the horizontal feed vertical rod 704 is rotatably connected with a horizontal feed shaft drive arm 705 which is fixed to another portion of the horizontal feed shaft 605 by a linking pin 706. Therefore, because the horizontal feed cam 701 lets the horizontal feed drive rod 702 perform the eccentric motion when the upper shaft 5 rotates, the horizontal feed vertical rod 704 performs the up-and-down motion and the horizontal feed shaft drive arm 705 can let the horizontal feed shaft 605 perform the reciprocating rotation.
The upper and lower feed cam 717 is the eccentric cam. The one end of a feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 714 is rotatably fitted into a cam portion 717a, and another end of the feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 714 is rotatably connected with a feed dog up and down shaft drive arm 715 which is fixed to another portion of the upper and lower feed shaft 613 by a linking pin 716. Therefore, because the horizontal feed cam 701 lets the one end of the feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 714 perform the eccentric motion when the upper shaft 5 rotates, the feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 714 itself performs the up-and-down motion and the feed dog up and down shaft drive arm 715 can let the upper and lower feed shaft 613 perform the reciprocating rotation.
As just described, by reciprocating and rotating the horizontal feed shaft 605, the horizontal feed arm 604 performs the reciprocating rocking and it lets the feed base 602 reciprocate horizontally. And, by reciprocating and rotating the upper and lower feed shaft 613, the feed dog up and down drive fork 616 performs the reciprocating rocking and the upper and lower feed roller 608 which fits into the feed dog up and down drive fork 616 lets another end of the feed base 602 reciprocate in the upper and lower direction. Therefore, the feed dog 601 which is fixed to the feed base 602 can perform so-called four feed process movements which is rise→advance→descend→retreat.
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Concretely, an end of arm 311a of the supporting arm 311 is rotatably fitted into the intermediate shaft 8 while it connects with the portion which crosses the horizontal arm and the vertical arm of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 by a feed adjuster pin 309 rotatable. One end of a first adjusting lever link 307 is rotatably connected with one end of horizontal arm 310a of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 by a linking pin 308A, and the portion which becomes the operating point of the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302 is rotatably connected with another end of the first adjusting lever link 307 by a linking pin 308B. One end of a second adjusting lever link 307′ is rotatably connected with another end of horizontal arm 310b of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 by a linking pin 308C, and the portion which becomes the operating point of the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 is rotatably connected with another end of the second adjusting lever link 307′ by a linking pin 308D. In the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 and the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302, the portions which become the fulcrums respectively are rotatably equipped to an adjusting lever shaft 303 which is fixed to the arm 2. Besides, between the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302 and the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 which are rotatably equipped to a adjusting lever shaft 303, a vertical arm end 304a of a T-shaped adjusting lever partition plate 304 is equipped to the adjusting lever shaft 303, and it is fixed to the arm 2 by a setscrew 313A and 313B so that one end of the horizontal arm 304b which becomes the horizontal arm is positioned upward and another end of the horizontal arm 304c is positioned downward. Further, a partition plate upper spacer 305 is fixed to one end of horizontal arm 304b which becomes the horizontal arm by the setscrew 313A, and a partition plate lower spacer 306 is fixed to another end of horizontal arm 304c by the setscrew 313B. The partition plate upper spacer 305 is the limiter of the upward position of the portion which becomes the point of force of the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302 and the stitch feed adjusting lever 301, and the partition plate lower spacer 306 is the limiter of the downward position of the portion which becomes the point of force of the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302 and the stitch feed adjusting lever 301. The inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302 and the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 are pivotally supported to the adjusting lever shaft 303 that the portion which becomes the fulcrum is firmly fixed to the arm 2, and it is fixed to the position which is set up by the operation of the portion of the point of force which becomes the operating finger grip in the state pressed by the elastic member such as the wavelike washer. Hereinafter, this fixing state is called semi-fixing.
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In the feed changeover triangular cam 351, although one skip stitch set having two even-numbered deviating points is formed, not only this, as a feed changeover cam having four or more even-numbered deviating points, the forming of the multiple skip stitch sets is also possible.
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In addition, an intermediate shaft driven pulley 26 is fixed to one end of the intermediate shaft 8, and a timing belt TB which is the endless belt is wound between this intermediate shaft driven pulley 26 and the upper shaft drive pulley 25 which is fixed to the upper shaft 5. In this intermediate shaft driven pulley 26 and the upper shaft drive pulley 25, a rotational motion is transmitted to the intermediate shaft 8 by decelerating one-half from the upper shaft 5.
The operations of the feed quantity setting mechanism 300 and the feed mode changeover mechanism 350 are explained in detail in the after-mentioned explanation of operation.
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In such the shuttle hook 200, as shown in
The inner shuttle hook driver 203 is housed in the inner shuttle hook housing 202a of the shuttle race body 202 and is fixed to the shuttle hook shaft 201 which is inserted in the shuttle hook shaft hole 202b. In addition, the inner shuttle hook 205 and an inner shuttle hook holder 206 are housed in the inner shuttle hook housing 202a, and the inner shuttle hook holder 206 is fixed by a right inner shuttle hook holder pawl 208 and a left inner shuttle hook holder pawl 209 in the state that the spring force is given by an inner shuttle hook holder pawl spring 210. The predetermined gap exists between the inner shuttle hook 205 and the inner shuttle hook driver 203 in which the inner shuttle hook driver spring 204 is fixed. Besides, because the relation between the inner shuttle hook driver spring 204 of the inner shuttle hook driver 203 and the inner shuttle hook 205 can regulate the free rotation of the inner shuttle hook 205 at both ends of the inner shuttle hook driver spring 204. Therefore, when the inner shuttle hook driver 203 performs the half-turn normal rotation around the shuttle hook shaft 201, one end of the inner shuttle hook driver spring 204 abuts on the inner shuttle hook 205 and another end of the inner shuttle hook driver spring 204 has the gap O2 between the inner shuttle hook 205 (refer to
As shown in
In the shuttle hook drive mechanism 220 of such a composition, when the intermediate shaft 8 rotates, because the shuttle hook drive fork 231 lets the shuttle hook drive vertical rod 228 perform up-and-down motion by making the shuttle hook drive fork shaft 232 the fulcrum by eccentric motion of the shuttle hook drive triangular cam 230, the shuttle hook drive fan-shaped gear 233 performs the reciprocating rocking. Based on this reciprocating rocking of the shuttle hook drive fan-shaped gear 233, because also the shuttle hook shaft 201 that the shuttle hook shaft gear 224 is fixed performs the reciprocating rotating movement with the constant rotating angle, the inner shuttle hook 205 of the shuttle hook 200 can perform the half-turn normal rotation and the half-turn reverse rotation.
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Concretely, a first gear 410A of the screw gear 410 is fixed to the intermediate shaft 8, and a second gear 410B is fixed to one end (upper end) of the thread draw out actuator drive cam shaft 408. The thread draw out actuator drive cam 407 that a cam groove 407a is formed and is a face cam is fixed to another end (lower end) of the thread draw out actuator drive cam shaft 408. This thread draw out actuator drive cam shaft 408 is rotatably set up by a thread draw out actuator drive cam shaft upper bushing 411 and a thread draw out actuator drive cam shaft lower bushing 412 which are equipped to a thread draw out actuator drive cam shaft tube 409 which is fixed to the arm 2. Besides, the thread draw out drive mechanism 400 is equipped with a thread draw out actuator drive rod base 405 that it is arranged horizontally and a cam follower 406 which engages the cam groove 407a of the thread draw out actuator drive cam 407 is rotatably provided by a cam follower pin 413, a thread draw out actuator drive rod 404 that it is arranged horizontally and one end is fixed to the thread draw out actuator drive rod base 405 and another end is rotatably fixed to an arm end 403a of a thread draw out actuator drive arm 403 by a pin 414, and a thread draw out actuator rocking shaft 402 that it is arranged vertically and one end is fixed to the thread draw out actuator drive arm 403 and another end is fixed to the thread draw out actuator 401. A hollow elongate hole 405a is formed in the thread draw out actuator drive rod base 405, and the thread draw out actuator drive cam shaft 408 is inserted into this elongate hole 405a. And the thread draw out actuator drive rod base 405 is movably equipped to the thread draw out actuator drive cam shaft 408 under the thread draw out actuator drive cam 407 horizontally by a thrust collar 415.
In the thread draw out drive mechanism 400 of such a composition, because the thread draw out actuator drive cam shaft 408 rotates by the screw gear 410 when the intermediate shaft 8 rotates, in the thread draw out actuator drive rod base 405 and the thread draw out actuator drive rod 404, the cam follower 406 lets the thread draw out actuator 401 rock in accordance with the shape of the cam groove 407a of the thread draw out actuator drive cam 407. This rocking motion of the thread draw out actuator 401 is the following movement. That is, when the thread capturing open eye 13a of the open eye needle 13 captures the sewing thread 20, the thread draw out actuator 401 gives the tension to the sewing thread 20 which is drawn out from the thread exit 212a by rotation of the shuttle hook 200 by abutting circumferentially on the open eye needle 13, and thread draw out actuator 401 tightens the sewing thread 20 which guides out from the shuttle hook 200. And, after the sewing thread 20 which is captured by the thread capturing open eye 13a is scooped by the loop-taker point 205a of the shuttle hook 200, the thread draw out actuator 401 hooks the sewing thread 20 which is drawn out from the thread exit 212a of the shuttle hook 200, and tightens the thread by drawing out the thread from the shuttle hook 200. And after the thread draw out actuator 401 captures the sewing thread 20 by the thread capturing open eye 13a, it releases the sewing thread 20 which is hooked.
In the single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine constituted as described above, the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are formed as the skip stitch set by cooperation of the open eye needle 13, the shuttle hook 200 and the thread drawing out actuator 401, and the stitch length feed of the fabric workpiece 21 for the handstitch is performed by the feed dog 601 during the first stroke of the open eye needle 13, and the inter-stitch pitch feed of the fabric workpiece 21 for the inter-handstitch is performed by the feed dog 601 during the second stroke of the open eye needle 13. Besides, in the single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, the stitch length feed quantity of the stitch length feed and the inter-stitch pitch feed quantity of the inter-stitch pitch feed are set up, and each fabric workpiece feed mode corresponding to the stitch length feed and the inter-stitch pitch feed respectively every one skip stitch set is changed over in sequence, and the set stitch length feed quantity and inter-stitch pitch feed quantity are transmitted to the feed drive mechanism 700 in each fabric workpiece feed mode respectively, and thereby, the fabric workpiece 21 is fed by the feed dog 601. In this description, “cooperation” means working in cooperation with other portions.
The movement of such single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine is explained based on
In
In
By following cooperation of the open eye needle 13, the shuttle hook 200, the thread draw out actuator 401 and the feed dog 601 which operate as described above, the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are respectively formed by one sewing thread 20.
(a) When the open eye needle 13 which performs the linear reciprocating motion vertically comes down from the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 0 degrees), and pierces the fabric workpiece 21 which is placed on the throat plate 12 (
The shuttle hook 200 begins the half-turn reverse rotation after the open eye needle 13 sticks into the fabric workpiece 21 (upper shaft 5: 130 degrees), (
(b) While the open eye needle 13 slips out from the fabric workpiece 21, and goes up, and passes through the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 360 degrees) during the first stroke, the fabric workpiece 21 is fed with one stitch length by the feed dog 601. And, the open eye needle 13 which captures the sewing thread 20 goes up and the shuttle hook 200 performs further reverse rotation, thereby, the thread tightness is performed (
The shuttle hook 200 stops the half-turn reverse rotation (upper shaft 5: 367 degrees) after the open eye needle 13 passes through the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 360 degrees), (
(c) During the second stroke, when the open eye needle 13 comes down from the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 360 degrees), and pierces the fabric workpiece 21 (
The shuttle hook 200 begins the half-turn normal rotation when the open eye needle 13 reaches the lower dead center (upper shaft 5: 540 degrees), (
(d) The sewing thread 20 which is scooped by the loop-taker point 205a of the shuttle hook 200 and is released is guided in the gap O2 which is formed between another end of the inner shuttle hook driver 203 that the inner shuttle hook driver spring 204 of the shuttle hook 200 is fixed and the inner shuttle hook 205 by further rotation of the shuttle hook 200, and is interlaced to the sewing thread 20 which is wound in the shuttle hook 200. And the sewing thread 20 which is guided out from the gap O1 which is formed between one end of the inner shuttle hook driver 203 that the inner shuttle hook driver spring 204 is fixed and the inner shuttle hook 205 is tightened by the thread draw out actuator 401 (
The shuttle hook 200 stops the half-turn normal rotation by the time the open eye needle 13 slips out from the fabric workpiece 21 and reaches the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 720 degrees), (
(e) While the open eye needle 13 slips out from the fabric workpiece 21, and goes up and passes through the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 720 degrees) during the second stroke, one inter-stitch pitch feed of the fabric workpiece 21 is performed (
(f) The handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are formed respectively by repeating the steps from (a) to (e).
Therefore, the sewing thread 20 is certainly captured to the thread capturing open eye 13a of the open eye needle 13, and the formation of single-thread locked stitch is performed in the inner space of the sewing machine bed, and the sewing which is suitable to the quasi-handstitch called pinpoint/saddle stitch is possible. Besides, because the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are formed respectively and the sewing-work is performed in the state that the handstitch can be seen on the surface for the worker, it is possible to confirm the position of the handstitch, thereby, the accurate sewing can be performed. In addition, because the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are formed respectively, the sewing thread 20 does not come loose easily even if the sewing thread 20 which forms single-thread locked stitch is pulled. Thereby, the firm sewing can be obtained.
In such the single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, the stitch length and the inter-stitch pitch can be adjusted by the feed quantity setting mechanism 300 and the feed mode changeover mechanism 350. This movement of the feed quantity setting mechanism 300 and the feed mode changeover mechanism 350 are explained based on
<Setting Example that the Stitch Feed Pitch and the Inter-Stitch Feed Pitch are the Minimum Feed>
Firstly, the case that one stitch length of the stitch feed and one stitch pitch of the inter-stitch feed are the minimum feed is explained based on
By operating the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 and the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302, when both are set at the upper end point a′s, as of the minimum feed pitch, because the portions b′, b which become each operating points of the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 and the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302 are respectively positioned at the lowermost point, the connecting adjusting lever link 307′ and 307 move respectively the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 which is supported by the supporting arm 311 to the lower direction in the vertical state. This moved position becomes the lowermost position of the feed adjuster 310.
When the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 is positioned at the lowermost position in the vertical state, the connecting end 352a of the feed changeover rod 352 and the horizontal feed connection link 712 are respectively downed to the lower direction through the stitch length changeover link 355 which is pivotally attached to the end of the vertical arm of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310. This moved position becomes the lowermost position of the connecting end 352a of the feed changeover rod 352 and the horizontal feed connection link 712. In this state, when the intermediate shaft 8 rotates clockwise, because the feed changeover triangular cam 351 performs the eccentric motion, the feed changeover rod 352 performs the reciprocating rocking intermittently between the right-and-left two positions q and q′ of the almost horizontal direction in the quantity Q of displacement. The shape of the feed changeover triangular cam 351 is formed so that the feed changeover rod 352 can stop intermittently in the moved position q and q′. The time which stops intermittently in the moved position q and q′ is decided by the feed changeover triangular cam 351. And, because the intermediate shaft 8 rotates one time while the upper shaft 5 rotates two times, the feed changeover rod 352 moves to the moved position of q direction by the one rotation of the upper shaft, and moves to the moved position of q′ direction by the further one rotation of the upper shaft.
When the feed changeover rod 352 stops intermittently by moving to the position q′ of the right direction, the point h which is one end of the stitch length changeover link 355 corresponds to the point c′ which is another horizontal arm end 310b of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 which moved to the lowermost position. And, when the feed changeover rod 352 stops intermittently by moving to the position q of the left direction, the point h which is one end of the stitch length changeover link 355 corresponds to the point c which is one horizontal arm end 310a of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 which moved to the lower most position. Therefore, because the position of the point h which is one end of the horizontal feed connection link 712 can be decided to the point c which is one horizontal arm end 310a and the point c′ which is another horizontal arm end 310b of the feed adjuster 310 which are respectively set up by the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 and the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302, the setup of each fabric workpiece feed mode can be changed over in sequence. This setup of each fabric workpiece feed mode is performed by the feed changeover rod 352. And the cloth feed is performed every this fabric workpiece feed mode.
As described above, when the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 and the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302 are respectively set up in the minimum feed pitch, the first arm 709a of the horizontal feed connection crank 709 is downed to the horizontal feed connection link 712 and rotates clockwise. Therefore, the point j which is the lower end of the second arm 709b of the horizontal feed connection crank 709 rocks to the left direction and is stopping. In this state, when the upper shaft 5 rotates clockwise, because the horizontal feed eccentric cam 701 lets the horizontal feed drive rod 702 performs the reciprocating motion with the quantity e of eccentricity in the almost horizontal direction, the point j which is one end of the horizontal feed rod link 707 which is connected to the second arm 709b of the horizontal feed crank 709 becomes the rocking center, and the horizontal feed vertical rod 704 which is connected to another end l of the horizontal feed rod link 707 rocks to the right-and-left direction. The position that the second arm 709b of the horizontal feed crank 709 rocks to the left direction and stops is set up so that the point j which is one end of the horizontal feed rod link 707 corresponds to the rocking center of the horizontal feed vertical rod 704. And because the rocking center of the horizontal feed rod link 707 and the rocking center of the horizontal feed vertical rod 704 overlap, even if the quantity e of eccentricity of the horizontal feed eccentric cam 701 is transmitted, the up-and-down motion which is transmitted to the horizontal feed vertical rod 704 becomes extremely few. Therefore, in each fabric workpiece feed modes, the horizontal feed quantity of the feed dog 601 does not occur, and the fabric workpiece 21 becomes minimum feed.
<Setting Example that the Stitch Feed Pitch and the Inter-Stitch Feed Pitch are the Maximum Feed>
Next, the case that one stitch length of the stitch feed and one stitch pitch of the inter-stitch feed are the maximum feed is explained based on
When both of the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 and the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302 are set up at the lower end points a′d, ad of the maximum feed pitch by operating the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 and the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302, because the portions b′, b which become each operating points of the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 and the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302 respectively are positioned at the uppermost positions, the connecting adjusting lever link 307′, 307 respectively move upward the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 which is supported by the supporting arm 311 in the vertical state. This moved position becomes the uppermost position of the feed adjuster 310.
When the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 is positioned at the uppermost position in the vertical state, the connecting end 352a of the feed changeover rod 352 and the horizontal feed connection link 712 are respectively pushed up through the stitch length changeover link 355 which is pivotally attached to the vertical arm end 310c of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310. This moved position becomes the uppermost position of the connecting end 352a of the feed changeover rod 352 and the horizontal feed connection link 712. In this state, when the intermediate shaft 8 rotates clockwise, as with the above-mentioned setting example of the minimum feed, because the feed changeover triangular cam 351 performs the eccentric motion, the feed changeover rod 352 performs the reciprocating rocking intermittently between the right-and-left two positions q and q′ of the almost horizontal direction in the quantity Q of displacement. The shape of the feed changeover triangular cam 351 is formed so that the feed changeover rod 352 can stop intermittently in the moved position q and q′. The time which stops intermittently in the moved position q and q′ is decided by the feed changeover triangular cam 351. And, because the intermediate shaft 8 rotates one time while the upper shaft 5 rotates two times, the feed changeover rod 352 moves to the moved position of q direction by the one rotation of the upper shaft, and moves to the moved position of q′ direction by the further one rotation of the upper shaft.
When the feed changeover rod 352 stops intermittently by moving to the position q′ of the right direction, the point h which is one end of the stitch length changeover link 355 corresponds to the point c′ which is another horizontal arm end 310b of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 which moved to the uppermost position. And, when the feed changeover rod 352 stops intermittently by moving to the position q of the left direction, the point h which is one end of the stitch length changeover link 355 corresponds to the point c which is one horizontal arm end 310a of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 which moved to the upper most position. Therefore, because the position of the point h which is one end of the horizontal feed connection link 712 can be decided to the point c which is one horizontal arm end 310a and the point c′ which is another horizontal arm end 310b of the feed adjuster 310 which are respectively set up by the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 and the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302, the setup of each fabric workpiece feed mode can be changed over in sequence. This setup of each fabric workpiece feed mode is performed by the feed change over rod 352. And the cloth feed is performed every this fabric workpiece feed mode.
As described above, when the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 and the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302 are respectively set up in the maximum feed pitch, the first arm 709a of the horizontal feed connection crank 709 is pushed up to the horizontal feed connection link 712 and rotates clockwise. Therefore, the point j which is the lower end of the second arm 709b of the horizontal feed connection crank 709 rocks to the right direction and is stopping. In this state, when the upper shaft 5 rotates clockwise, the horizontal feed eccentric cam 701 lets the horizontal feed drive rod 702 performs the reciprocating motion with the quantity e of the eccentricity in the almost horizontal direction. Thereby, when the horizontal feed eccentric cam 701 performs eccentricity and rotates and moves to the left direction, by the horizontal feed drive rod 702, another end l of the horizontal feed rod link 707 rocks to the lower left direction. And when the horizontal feed eccentric cam 701 performs eccentricity, rotates and moves to the right direction, by the horizontal feed drive rod 702, another end l of the horizontal feed rod link 707 rocks to the upper right direction. Consequently, the reciprocating rocking motion by the horizontal feed drive rod 702 is transmitted to the horizontal feed vertical rod 704 by being transferred to the maximum up-and-down reciprocating motion. Therefore, in each fabric workpiece feed mode, the horizontal feed quantity of the feed dog 602 becomes maximum pitch, and the cloth feed of the fabric workpiece 21 is performed with maximum pitch.
<Setting Example that the Stitch Feed Pitch is Minimum and the Inter-Stitch Feed Pitch is Maximum>
Next, as shown in
As shown in
In such state, the vertical arm end 310c of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 inclines to the right direction. In the stitch length changeover link 355 which is connected to the vertical arm end 310c, the intermediate shaft 8 rotates clockwise and the feed changeover triangular cam 351 performs the eccentric motion. Thereby, when the feed changeover rod 352 moves to the position q of the left direction and stops intermittently, the point h which is one end of the stitch length changeover link 355 corresponds to the point c which is one horizontal arm end 310a of the clockwise rotated reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310. That is, the point h which is one end of the stitch length changeover link 355 moves to the upper left direction by rotating clockwise on the linking pin 312. Therefore, the horizontal feed connection link 712 which is connected to another end of the stitch length changeover link 355 is pushed up to the upper direction, and the first arm 709a of the horizontal feed connection crank 709 which is connected to this horizontal feed connection link 712 is pushed up and rotates counterclockwise. Therefore, the point j which is the lower end of the second arm 709b of the horizontal feed connection crank 709 rocks to the right direction and is stopping. In this state, when the upper shaft 5 rotates clockwise, the horizontal feed eccentric cam 701 lets the horizontal feed drive rod 702 perform the reciprocating motion with the quantity e of eccentricity in the almost horizontal direction. Thereby, when the horizontal feed eccentric cam 701 performs eccentricity and rotates and moves to the left direction, by the horizontal feed drive rod 702, another end 1 of the horizontal feed rod link 707 rocks to the lower left direction. And when the horizontal feed eccentric cam 701 performs eccentricity and rotates and moves to the right direction, by the horizontal feed drive rod 702, another end l of the horizontal feed rod link 707 rocks to the upper right direction and is stopping. Consequently, the reciprocating rocking motion by the horizontal feed drive rod 702 is transmitted to the horizontal feed vertical rod 704 by being transferred to the maximum up-and-down reciprocating motion. Therefore, the inter-stitch feed which is set by the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302 becomes the feed quantity of the maximum feed pitch.
Meanwhile, as shown in
As described above, each setup of each fabric workpiece feed mode can be changed over in sequence.
<Setting Example that the Stitch Feed Pitch is Maximum and the Inter-Stitch Feed Pitch is Minimum>
Next, as shown in
As shown in
In such state, the vertical arm end 310c of the reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310 inclines to the left direction. In the stitch length changeover link 355 which is connected to the vertical arm end 310c, the intermediate shaft 8 rotates clockwise and the feed changeover triangular cam 351 performs the eccentric motion. Thereby, when the feed changeover rod 352 moves to the position q of the left direction and stops intermittently, the point h which is one end of the stitch length changeover link 355 corresponds to the point c which is one horizontal arm end 310a of the counterclockwise rotated reverse T-shaped feed adjuster 310. That is, the point h which is one end of the stitch length changeover link 355 moves to the lower left direction by rotating clockwise on the linking pin 312. Therefore, the horizontal feed connection link 712 which is connected to another end of the stitch length changeover link 355 is pulled down to the lower direction, and the first arm 709a of the horizontal feed connection crank 709 which is connected to this horizontal feed connection link 712 is pulled down and rotates clockwise. Therefore, the point j which is the lower end of the second arm 709b of the horizontal feed connection crank 709 rocks to the left direction and is stopping. In this state, when the upper shaft 5 rotates clockwise, the horizontal feed eccentric cam 701 lets the horizontal feed drive rod 702 perform the reciprocating motion with the quantity e of eccentricity in the almost horizontal direction. Thereby, the point j which is one end of the horizontal feed rod link 707 which is connected to the second arm 709b of the horizontal feed crank 709 becomes the rocking center, and the horizontal feed vertical rod 704 which is connected to another end l of the horizontal feed rod link 707 rocks to the right-and-left direction. The position that the second arm 709b of the horizontal feed crank 709 rocks to the left direction and stops is setup so that the point j which is one end of the horizontal feed rod link 707 corresponds to the rocking center of the horizontal feed vertical rod 704. And because the rocking center of the horizontal feed rod link 707 and the rocking center of the horizontal feed vertical rod 704 overlap, even if the quantity e of eccentricity of the horizontal feed eccentric cam 701 is transmitted, the up-and-down motion which is transmitted to the horizontal feed vertical rod 704 becomes extremely few. Therefore, because the horizontal feed quantity of the feed dog 602 also becomes extremely few, the cloth feed of the fabric workpiece 21 is few. That is, it becomes the feed quantity of the minimum feed pitch which is set up by the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302.
Meanwhile, as shown in
As described above, each setup of each fabric workpiece feed mode can be changed over in sequence.
As described above, in each feed quantity of one stitch length feed and one inter-stitch pitch feed by the feed quantity setting mechanism 300 and the feed mode changeover mechanism 350, the cloth feed of the fabric workpiece 21 which is respectively set up by the position setting of each adjusting lever 301 and 302 can be performed. And, because the single-thread locked handstitches is formed by the cooperation of the open eye needle 13, the shuttle hook 200 and the thread draw out actuator 401, the stitch length and the inter-stitch pitch can be set up freely.
In above-mentioned single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, after capturing the sewing thread 20 by the thread capturing open eye 13a of the open eye needle 13, the latch wire 14 not to let the sewing thread 20 slip out from the thread capturing open eye 13a is equipped in the open eye needle-latch wire drive mechanism 100 which covers the thread capturing open eye 13a in the period that the open eye needle 13 passes through the throat plate 12 and reaches the upper dead center of the open eye needle 13, and in the period that the open eye needle 13 sticks in the fabric workpiece 21 from the upper dead center of the open eye needle 13. However, not only this, it is possible to drive the latch wire 14 by the open eye needle-latch wire drive mechanism 130 shown in
This open eye needle-latch wire drive mechanism 130 is equipped with a latch wire drive link 132, a latch wire bar drive arm 138 and a plate groove cam 135. One end of the latch wire drive link 132 is pivotally attached to the needle bar 11 and another end has a roller follower 134. The latch wire bar drive arm 138 has a groove 138a in which the roller follower 134 which is fastened to the latch wire bar 15 fits horizontally and movably. In the plate groove cam 135, a vertical groove 135a and a horizontal groove 135b are formed. And the roller follower 134 is fitted into the vertical groove 135a and the horizontal groove 135b. The vertical groove 135a lets the roller follower 134 move to the vertical direction toward the lower dead center from the upper dead center of the open eye needle 13. And, the horizontal groove 135b lets the roller follower 134 which moves toward the lower dead center move horizontally at the predetermined position. And, the plate groove cam 135 is fixed to the arm 2.
One end of the latch wire drive link 132 is rotatably held by the pin 131a which is formed at one end of the needle bar holder 131. The crank rod pin 131b is formed at another end of the needle bar holder 131, and one end of the needle bar crank rod 103 is rotatably connected to this crank rod pin 131b. This needle bar holder 131 is fixed to the needle bar 11 between the needle bar upper bushing 105 and the needle bar lower bushing 106. And, a roller shaft 133 is formed at another end of the latch wire drive link 132, and the roller follower 134 is composed by holding a roller 134a rotatably.
The latch wire bar drive arm 138 is fixed to the latch wire bar 15 between the latch wire bar upper bushing 113 and the latch wire bar lower bushing 114. And, the vertical groove 135a and the horizontal groove 135b are connected by the curved groove, and thereby, the plate groove cam 135 is formed in the shape of L.
In the open eye needle-latch wire drive mechanism 130 constituted as described above, in the period that the thread capturing open eye 13a of the open eye needle 13 comes down from the upper dead center and pierces the fabric workpiece and passes through the throat plate 12, and in the period that the thread capturing open eye 13a of the open eye needle 13 goes up from the lower dead center and passes through the throat plate 12 and slips out from the fabric workpiece and reaches the upper dead center, the latch wire 14 which covers the thread capturing open eye 13a can be driven.
Concretely, as shown in
As described above, the reason to drive the latch wire 14 by the open eye needle-latch wire drive mechanism 130 is as follows. When the open eye needle 13 pierces the fabric workpiece, the occurrence of the thread breakage by hooking the thread of the fabric workpiece by the thread capturing open eye 13a is prevented. And, it is prevented that the captured thread slips out from the thread capturing open eye 13a.
Besides, in the above-mentioned single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, as shown in
As shown in
The elliptical drive mechanism 802 consists of a column-shaped thread shifting drive cam 804 that a cam groove 804a is fixed to the upper shaft 5 in the eccentric state and is formed around the circumference, a cylindrical thread shifting drive member 805 which is fitted into so as to cover the thread shifting drive cam 804 and that a thread shifting drive arm 805a that the link mechanism 803 is connected is formed, and a cam follower 806 which is mounted on the cylindrical thread shifting drive member 805 and is fitted into the cam groove 804a of the thread shifting drive cam 804. The cam groove 804a of the thread shifting drive cam 804 is formed so that the thread shifting drive member 805 is able to perform the linear reciprocating motion in the same direction of the axial direction of the upper shaft 5. Besides, the cam follower 806 consists of a roller shaft 806a which is fixed to the aforementioned thread shifting drive member 805 so as to protrude partly from the inner wall of the thread shifting drive member 805 and a roller 806b which is rotatably held at the tip of the roller shaft 806a and fits into the cam groove 804a of the thread shifting drive cam 804.
The link mechanism 803 consists of a thread shifting drive arm shaft 807 which is rotatably held in a shaft hole 805a′ which is equipped at the thread shifting drive arm 805a of the thread shifting drive member 805, a thread shifting adjusting shaft 808 whose one end is connected so as to bend freely to the tip of the thread shifting drive arm shaft 807, a thread shifting attachment shaft 809 that a female screw 809a into which a male screw 808a which is equipped to another end of the thread shifting adjusting shaft 808 is screwed is equipped to one end and the thread shifter 801 is fixed to another end, and a thread shifting attachment shaft holder 810 that a male screw 810a which is screwed into a female screw (not shown in the drawing) which is equipped to the predetermined position of the arm 2 is equipped and rotatably supports the thread shifting attachment shaft 809. Because the male screw 808a of the thread shifting adjusting shaft 808 and the female screw 809a of the thread shifting attachment shaft 809 are screwed without being tightened completely, the thread shifting adjusting shaft 808 and the thread shifting attachment shaft 809 become rotatable. And, because the female screw which is equipped to the predetermined position of the arm 2 and the male screw 810a of the thread shifting attachment shaft holder 810 are screwed without being tightened completely, the thread shifting attachment shaft holder 810 becomes rotatable for the arm 2.
In the thread shifting mechanism 800A constituted as described above, as shown in
When the linear reciprocating motion of the thread shifting drive member 805 is transmitted to the link mechanism 803, the thread shifting drive arm shaft 807 and the thread shifting adjusting shaft 808 of the link mechanism 803 bend. By this bending motion, because the connecting position of the thread shifting drive arm shaft 807 of the thread shifting adjusting shaft 808 becomes the point of force and the tip portion 801a of the thread shifter 801 which is fixed to the thread shifting attachment shaft 809 becomes the operating point by making the thread shifting attachment shaft holder 810 the fulcrum, the tip portion 801a of the thread shifter 801 rocks to the opposing direction for the linear reciprocating motion of the thread shifting drive member 805. Besides, when the eccentric reciprocating motion of the thread shifting drive member 805 is transmitted to the link mechanism 803, because the thread shifting drive arm shaft 807 of the link mechanism 803 and the thread shifting adjusting shaft 808 are not the bending direction, that state is maintained. However, because the thread shifting drive arm shaft 807 which is rotatably held to the thread shifting drive arm 805a of the thread shifting drive member 805 becomes the point of force and the tip portion 801a of the thread shifter 801 which is fixed to the thread shifting attachment shaft 809 becomes the operation point by making the connecting position of the thread shifting attachment shaft holder 810 and the thread shifting attachment shaft 809 the fulcrum, the tip portion 801a of the thread shifter 801 rocks to the opposing direction for the eccentric reciprocating motion of the thread shifting drive member 805.
Therefore, when two reciprocating motions that the directions of the motion are perpendicular by the thread shifting drive member 805 are combined, the tip portion 801a of the thread shifter 801 can perform the elliptical motion of the motion trace 830 as shown in
Besides, as shown in
The eccentric mechanism 812 uses a thread shifting drive eccentric shaft 816 instead of a crank rod pin 102 which connects the needle bar crank rod 103 of the open eye needle-latch wire drive mechanism 100 which is shown in above-mentioned
The first link mechanism 813 is equipped with a thread shifting horizontal rocking arm 817 that an elongate hole 817a which engages to the eccentric shaft 816c of the thread shifting drive eccentric shaft 816 is formed in one end. The elongate hole 817a is formed in the thread shifting horizontal rocking arm 817 so that the longer direction becomes up-and-down direction. This thread shifting horizontal rocking arm 817 is constituted so that the elongate hole 817a which is one end becomes the point of force, and so that another end becomes the operating point, and so that the portion between one end and another end becomes the fulcrum. A thread shifting mechanism attachment board 818 which supports the fulcrum of the thread shifting horizontal rocking arm 817 is fixed to the arm 2. The portion which becomes the fulcrum of the thread shifting horizontal rocking arm 817 is rotatably supported to a thread shifting spindle 819 which is equipped to the predetermined position of the thread shifting mechanism attachment board 818. Therefore, another end of the thread shifting horizontal rocking arm 817 can perform the reciprocating rocking in the horizontal direction whose direction is same as the direction of motion of the feed of the feed dog 601 by making the thread shifting spindle 819 the fulcrum.
The second link mechanism 814 is equipped with a thread shifting up-and-down drive arm 820 that an elongate hole 820a which engages to the eccentric shaft 816c of the thread shifting drive eccentric shaft 816 is formed in one end. The elongate hole 820a is formed in the thread shifting up-and-down drive arm 820 so that the longer direction becomes almost horizontal direction. This thread shifting up-and-down drive arm 820 is constituted so that the elongate hole 820a which is one end becomes the point of force, and so that another end becomes the operating point, and so that the portion between one end and another end becomes the fulcrum. The fulcrum of the thread shifting up-and-down drive arm 820 is rotatably connected to one end of the thread shifting horizontal rocking arm 817 by a connecting member 821 such as the linking pin. And, an upper end 822a of a thread shifting up-and-down rocking arm 822 which is arranged in the up-and-down direction is rotatably connected to the operating point of the thread shifting up-and-down drive arm 820 by a connecting member 823 such as the linking pin. Therefore, because another end of the thread shifting up-and-down drive arm 820 can perform the reciprocating rocking in the up-and-down direction by making the connecting member 821 the fulcrum, the thread shifting up-and-down rocking arm 822 which is connected to another end of the thread shifting up-and-down drive arm 820 can perform the reciprocating motion in the up-and-down direction.
In the thread shifting attachment arm 815, the arrangement direction of the T-shaped horizontal arm is perpendicular to the direction of motion of the feed of the feed dog 601. And, one horizontal arm end 815a is rotatably connected to another end of the thread shifting horizontal rocking arm 817 by a connecting member 824 such as the linking pin, and a lower end 822b of the thread shifting up-and-down rocking arm 822 is rotatably connected to another horizontal arm end 815b by a connecting member 825 such as the linking pin. And, the arrangement direction of the vertical arm of the thread shifting attachment arm 815 is the vertical direction, and the thread shifter 811 is fixed to a tip 815c.
In the thread shifting mechanism 800B constituted as described above, it is similar to the thread shifting mechanism 800A. As shown in
When the eccentric shaft 816c of the thread shifting drive eccentric shaft 816 performs the circular motion, because another end of the thread shifting horizontal rocking arm 817 can perform the reciprocating rocking by the elongate hole 817a in the horizontal direction whose direction is same as the direction of motion of the feed of the feed dog 601 by making the thread shifting spindle 819 the fulcrum, a vertical arm end 815c of the thread shifting attachment arm 815 which is connected to another end of the aforementioned thread shifting horizontal rocking arm 817 also performs the reciprocating rocking in the horizontal direction whose direction is same as the direction of motion of the feed of the feed dog 601. And, when the eccentric shaft 816c of the thread shifting drive eccentric shaft 816 performs the circular motion, because another end of the thread shifting up-and-down drive arm 820 performs the reciprocating rocking by the elongate hole 820a in the up-and-down direction by making the linking pin 821 the fulcrum, the thread shifting up-and-down rocking arm 822 which is connected to another end of the thread shifting up-and-down drive arm 820 performs the reciprocating motion in the up-and-down direction. When the thread shifting up-and-down rocking arm 822 performs the reciprocating motion in the up-and-down direction, because another end 815b of the thread shifting attachment arm 815 which is connected to the lower end 822b of the aforementioned thread shifting up-and-down rocking arm 822 performs the reciprocating rocking in the up-and-down direction, the vertical arm end 815c of the aforementioned thread shifting attachment arm 815 performs the reciprocating rocking in the horizontal direction whose direction is perpendicular to the direction of motion of the feed of the feed dog 601.
Therefore, when two reciprocating rocking motions by the first link mechanism 813 and the second link mechanism 814 are combined, the tip portion 811a of the thread shifter 811 can perform the elliptical motion of the motion trace 830 as shown in
Besides, in the above mentioned single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, because there is a fear that the open eye needle 13 bends when it pierces the inhomogeneous fabric workpiece or the extremely-thick fabric workpiece, when scooping the sewing thread 20 which is captured by the thread capturing open eye 13a by the loop-taker point 205a of the shuttle hook 200 which performs the half-turn normal rotation, there is a possibility that the phenomenon that the open eye needle 13 drops to the direction away from the loop-taker point 205a of the shuttle hook 200 occurs. Therefore, as shown in
Generally, in case of sewing the fabric workpiece by commonly-used sewing-machine needle and the shuttle hook, when scooping the needle thread which is pierced to the needle eye of the needle by the loop-taker point of the shuttle hook, a loop occurs in the needle thread, and the loop is scooped by the loop-taker point of the shuttle hook. Therefore, even if the open eye needle became the mismatched position from the needle dropping position somewhat, the stitch skip did not occur. However, for preventing the collision to the loop-taker point when the needle bends to the direction of the loop-taker point of the shuttle hook, the chamfering is given at the side of the needle dropping position of the needle guard arm that the inner shuttle hook driver has.
Therefore, the inner shuttle hook driver 241 that the needle guard 242 is provided is equipped with a curved needle guard arm 241a which is positioned at the needle dropping position of the open eye needle 13 when the open eye needle 13 pierces the fabric workpiece in the second stroke. And, for preventing the collision to the loop-taker point 205a when the open eye needle 13 bends to the direction of the loop-taker point of the shuttle hook 200, the chamfering 241b is given at the side of the needle dropping position of the aforementioned needle guard arm 241a.
However, in the above-mentioned method for forming single-thread locked handstitches, when scooping the sewing thread 20 which is captured by the thread capturing open eye 13a in the second stroke of the open eye needle 13 by the loop-taker point 205a of the shuttle hook 200 which performs the half-turn normal rotation (
Besides, in the above-mentioned method for forming single-thread locked handstitches, the thread draw out actuator 401 which gives the slack to the sewing thread 20 or tightens the stitches by performing the reciprocating motion like the thread take-up lever is equipped. And, even if the stitch length is changed by the feed quantity setting mechanism 300, a thread tightness quantity by the thread draw out actuator 401 becomes constant anytime. Therefore, as shown in
In the thread tightness adjusting mechanism 420, instead of the thread draw out actuator drive rod 404 which is the component of the thread draw out drive mechanism 400, one end of a thread draw out actuator drive rod 423 is fixed to the thread draw out actuator drive rod base 405, and another end of this thread draw out actuator drive rod 423 is connected to the arm end 403a of the thread draw out actuator drive arm 403 by a thread draw out actuator adjusting rod 424. Concretely, another end of the thread draw out actuator drive rod 423 and one end of the thread draw out actuator adjusting rod 424 are rotatably connected by a connecting square piece shaft 422, and another end of the thread draw out actuator adjusting rod 424 and the arm end 403a of the thread draw out actuator drive arm 403 are rotatably connected by the pin 414. And, a square piece 421 which is formed in the almost rectangular solid that the longer direction becomes horizontal direction is rotatably fitted into the connecting square piece shaft 422, and the square piece 421 is positioned at the upper direction of the thread draw out actuator drive rod 423. The connecting square piece shaft 422 is formed so that the shaft protrudes from both sides by making the flange the center, and thereby, the square piece 421 and the thread draw out actuator drive rod 423 can be separated. The square piece 421 is slidably fitted into a groove 425a which is formed at the lower surface of a thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block 425 which is formed in the almost rectangular solid that the longer direction becomes horizontal direction. This groove 425a is also formed along the longer direction. And, a horizontal arm 426a of a T-shaped thread draw out actuator adjusting plate 426 is fixed to the upper surface of the thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block 425.
The thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block 425 to which the thread draw out actuator adjusting plate 426 is fixed is rotatably fitted into a thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block shaft 427 which is arranged and fixed by a thrust collar 429 in the up-and-down direction to a thread draw out actuator adjusting board plate 428 which is fixed to the predetermined position of the bed 3. Besides, the thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block shaft 427 is inserted in a hole 425b of the thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block 425 by piercing a hole 426c of the thread draw out actuator adjusting plate 426 and fixed, and is rotatably fitted into the thread draw out actuator adjusting board plate 428 without jolting in the up-and-down direction. Because the thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block 425 is in the state put on the square piece 421, it does not secede from the thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block shaft 427.
Further, a vertical arm end 426b of the thread draw out actuator adjusting plate 426 and the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 are connected by an adjusting wire 431. For example, this adjusting wire 431 is inserted into a wire guard 430, and a wire terminal 432 is fixed to the both ends of the adjusting wire 431. One wire terminal 432 is fixed to the vertical arm end 426b of the thread draw out actuator adjusting plate 426, and another wire terminal 432 is fixed between the portion which becomes the point of force and the portion which becomes the fulcrum of the stitch feed adjusting lever 301. And, one side of the wire terminal 432 of the adjusting wire 431 is movably fixed to the thread draw out actuator adjusting board plate 428 by a wire guide stopper 433, and in another side of the wire terminal 432, the wire guide stopper 433 is movably fixed to the arm 2 by a mounting plate 434. A feed adjusting lever knob 323 is fixed to the portion which becomes the point of force of the stitch feed adjusting lever 301.
A thread tightness adjusting operation by the thread tightness adjusting mechanism 420 constituted as described above is explained based on
In the thread tightness adjusting mechanism 420, because the vertical arm end 426b of the thread draw out actuator adjusting plate 426 is pulled when the adjusting wire 431 is pulled, the thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block 425 rotates clockwise by making the thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block shaft 427 the rotational center, in
Concretely, as shown in
Besides, in this thread tightness adjusting mechanism 420, because the vertical arm end 426b of the thread draw out actuator adjusting plate 426 is pushed when the adjusting wire 431 is pushed, the thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block 425 rotates counterclockwise by making the thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block shaft 427 the rotational center, in the drawing, and it is possible to incline the longer direction for the longer direction of the thread draw out actuator drive rod 423 in angle θ. In this state, when the intermediate shaft 8 rotates, because the cam follower 406 lets the thread draw out actuator adjusting rod 424 perform linear reciprocating motion depending on the shape of the cam groove 407a of the thread draw out actuator drive cam 407, the thread draw out actuator 401 can be rocked. In this case, because the longer direction of the thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block 425 is arranged by the inclination of the angle θ for the longer direction of the thread draw out actuator drive rod 423, the thread draw out actuator drive rod 423 and the square piece 421 which is equipped to the thread draw out actuator adjusting rod 424 by the connecting square piece shaft 422 perform the linear reciprocating motion in the inclined direction in the inside of the groove 425a of the thread draw out actuator adjusting grooved block 425.
Concretely, as shown in
In
Besides, as shown in
Further, in the above-mentioned single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, only a linear feed of the fabric workpiece can be performed. Therefore, as shown in
As shown in
In the pressing force release mechanism 520, a pressing force release cam drive board 530 is fixed to another end of the upper shaft 5, and a pressing force release cam 528 is fitted into the upper shaft 5 so that it can slide on the upper shaft 5 in the side surface (left side in the drawing) of the pressing force release cam drive board 530. The pressing force release cam 528 is the plane cam. And the pressing force release cam 528 consists of a main body 528b comprising a pulley-like shape that concave portion 528a is formed on the circumference of circle, a circular arc cam portion 528c which is formed in the oval form like the Polydyne curve in one side surface (left side in the drawing) of the main body 528b and a cylindrical portion 528d which is equipped to the side surface (left side in the drawing) of the circular arc cam portion 528c and becomes the same concentricity with the rotational center of the main body 528b. Because the radius of the circular arm of the minimum diameter of the circular arc cam portion 528c and the radius of the cylindrical portion 528d are same, it becomes same plane in that portion. A pin hole 528e which can transmit the rotational motion of the upper shaft 5 by slidably fitting in a pin 529 which is fixed in the protruded state to the side surface (left side in the drawing) of the pressing force release cam drive board 530 which is fixed to the upper shaft 5 is formed so that this pressing force release cam 528 does not rotate on the upper shaft 5.
Besides, in the pressing force release mechanism 520, a pressing force release plate 522 is movably fitted into the presser bar 503 between the presser bar holder 505 of the presser mechanism 500 and the presser foot leg 502. A pressing force release spring 521 is fitted into the presser bar 503 between the pressing force release plate 522 and the presser bar holder 505, and the elastic force can be given so as to let the pressing force release plate 522 move to the lower direction. And, a release shaft 526 for transmitting the rotational motion of the upper shaft 5 to the presser mechanism 500 is arranged to the arm 2 so that the shaft direction becomes horizontal. This release shaft 526 is rotatably arranged to the arm 2 by a shaft bushing 525. The arm for pressing force release cam 527 which contacts to the circular arc cam portion 528c and the cylindrical portion 528d of the pressing force release cam 528 respectively is fixed to one end of the release shaft 526 and a pressing force release arm 523 is fixed to another end. An arm end 523a of the pressing force release arm 523 is swingably connected to the pressing force release plate 522 by the connecting member such as a shoulder screw.
For changing over the linear feed and the rotating operation feed by hand by operating the pressing force release mechanism 520 like this, the rotating operation/linear feed changeover mechanism 540 is equipped with a changeover lever 542 to change over the linear feed and the rotating operation feed by hand, a changeover pin 546 which fits into the concave portion 528a of the pressing force release cam 528 and interlocks with the changeover operation of the changeover lever 542, and a changeover base 541 that the changeover lever 542 and the changeover pin 546 are arranged and which is fixed to the arm 2.
For example, the changeover base 541 is formed with the inverted-U-shape. Two face-to-face plate surfaces are fixed to the arm 2, and a hole 541a and two circular arced elongate holes 541b, 541c which are arranged around the hole 541a are equipped at a plate surface which is positioned vertically. And, a switching lever 545 is swingably connected by the connecting member such as the shoulder screw at one end 545a in the upper portion of the hole 541a of the plate surface which becomes the opposite side in regard to the side that the upper shaft 5 is arranged. The changeover pin 546 is fixed to another end 545b of the switching lever 545 and it is constituted so that it is inserted to the elongate hole 541b. In the changeover pin 546, the range of rocking is limited to the length of the longer direction of the elongate hole 541b by rocking of the switching lever 545. An elongate hole 545c is equipped between one end 545a and another end 545b of this switching lever 545, and a changeover shaft bushing 544 which is fixed to the changeover base 541 is inserted to this elongate hole 545c in the state that it is inserted to the hole 541a. A changeover shaft 543 that the changeover lever 542 is fixed to one end and that two arms 543a, 543b are formed at another ends is rotatably inserted to the changeover shaft bushing 544. The changeover lever 542 is arranged to the direction that the switching lever 545 of the changeover base 541 is equipped.
One arm 543a of the changeover shaft 543 is swingably inserted to the elongate hole 541c of the changeover base 541. In this one arm 543a, the range of rocking is limited to the length of the longer direction of the elongate hole 541c by rotation of the changeover shaft 543. Further, a spring stud 549 is fixed to another arm 543b of the changeover shaft 543. One end of a changeover spring 548 is hooked and stopped to the spring stud 549, and another end of the changeover spring 548 is hooked and stopped to the changeover pin 546. This changeover spring 548 always gives the elastic force so that the spring stud 549 and the changeover pin 546 come close.
In the rotating operation/linear feed changeover mechanism 540 constituted as described above, when the changeover lever 542 is stopping at the position (left direction in the drawing) of
When the free curve sewing is performed by this rotating operation/linear feed changeover mechanism 540, the changeover is performed by letting the changeover lever 542 rotate counterclockwise (left rotational direction) to the position of
At this time, in the case that the other than place which becomes the same surface as the cylindrical portion 528d of the circular arc cam portion 528c of the pressing force release cam 528 is positioned at upper direction, when the aforementioned circular arc cam portion 528c moves in parallel to the arm portion of the arm for pressing force release cam 527, because the circular arc cam portion 528c abuts on the aforementioned arm portion, the pressing force release cam 528 cannot move. However, when the changeover lever 542 rotates counterclockwise, another arm 543b of the changeover shaft 543 can rock counterclockwise. In this state, when the upper shaft 5 rotates, because the place which becomes the same surface as the cylindrical portion 528d of the circular arc cam portion 528c of the pressing force release cam 528 moves with rotation to the arm portion of the arm for pressing force release cam 527, the circular arc cam portion 528c can move in parallel to the arm portion of the arm for pressing force release cam 527. And, the changeover pin 546 of the switching lever 545 which is connected to the spring stud 549 of another arm 543b by the changeover spring 548 rocks clockwise (right rotational direction) by the elastic force of the changeover spring 548.
Concretely, when another arm 543b of the changeover shaft 543 rocks counterclockwise by making the aforementioned changeover shaft 543 the rotational center, because aforementioned another arm 543b moves to the left direction from the rotational center of the changeover shaft 543, the changeover pin 546 is pulled by the elastic force of the changeover spring 548, and rocks clockwise by making the connecting point for the changeover base 541 of the switching lever 545 the rocking center. When the changeover pin 546 rocks clockwise, the pressing force release cam 528 that the aforementioned changeover pin 546 engages moves to the position of
Besides, when changing over the changeover lever 542 which is set as the free curve sewing to the position of
Further, in the above-mentioned single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, the stitch length feed for the handstitch of the fabric workpiece is performed by the feed dog 601 and the presser foot 501 in the first stroke of the open eye needle 13, and the inter-stitch pitch feed for the inter-handstitch of the fabric workpiece is performed by the feed dog 601 and the presser foot 501 in the second stroke of the open eye needle 13. Thereby, the stitch length feed quantity and the inter-stitch pitch feed quantity was not able to be changed arbitrarily. Therefore, as shown in
As shown in
In the pressing force release mechanism 720A, a pressing force release cam drive board 730 is fixed to another end of the upper shaft 5, and a pressing force release cam 728 is fitted into the upper shaft 5 slidably on the upper shaft 5 in the side surface of the pressing force release cam drive board 730. The pressing force release cam 728 is the eccentric cam. And the pressing force release cam 728 consists of a main body 728b comprising a pulley-like shape that concave portion 728a is formed in the inside of the circumferential plane, a cylindrical cam portion 728c which is equipped to one side surface (left side in the drawing) of the main body 728b and which has the rotational center which is positioned at the eccentric position from the rotational center of the main body 728b, and a cylindrical portion 728d which is equipped to the side surface (left side in the drawing) of the cam portion 728c and which has the same concentricity with the rotational center of the main body 728b and has the small diameter than the cam portion 728c. The cam portion 728c and the cylindrical portion 728d have a place becoming the same plane. A pin hole 728e which can slidably fit in a pin 729 which is fixed in the protruded state to the side surface (left side in the drawing) of the pressing force release cam drive board 730 is formed so that this pressing force release cam 728 does not rotate on the upper shaft 5.
Besides, in the pressing force release mechanism 720A, as with the pressing force release mechanism 520, a pressing force release plate 522 is movably fitted into the presser bar 503 between the presser bar holder 505 of the presser mechanism 500 and the presser foot leg 502. A pressing force release spring 521 is fitted into the presser bar 503 between the pressing force release plate 522 and the presser bar holder 505, and the elastic force can be given so as to let the pressing force release plate 522 move to the lower direction. And, a release shaft 526 for transmitting the rotational motion of the upper shaft 5 to the presser mechanism 500 is arranged to the arm 2 so that the shaft direction becomes horizontal. This release shaft 526 is rotatably arranged to the arm 2 by a shaft bushing 525. A fork for pressing force release 731 which contacts to the cam portion 728c and the cylindrical portion 728d of the pressing force release cam 728 respectively is fixed to one end of the release shaft 526 and a pressing force release arm 523 is fixed to another end. In the fork for pressing force release 731, an upper arm 731a and a lower arm 731b are movably fitted into the cam portion 728c in the state almost abutted, and the fork for pressing force release 731 is formed so that the space is made between the fork for pressing force release 731 and the cylindrical portion 728d. And, an arm end 523a of the pressing force release arm 523 is swingably connected to the pressing force release plate 522 by the connecting member such as a screw.
For changing over the linear feed and the hand feed by operating the pressing force release mechanism 720A like this, the hand feed/linear feed changeover mechanism 740 is equipped with a changeover lever 742 to change over the linear feed and the hand feed, a changeover pin 746 which fits into the concave portion 728a of the pressing force release cam 728 and interlocks with the changeover operation of the changeover lever 742, and a changeover base 741 that the changeover lever 742 and the changeover pin 746 are arranged and which is fixed to the arm 2.
For example, the changeover base 741 is formed with the inverted-U-shape. Two face-to-face plate surfaces are fixed to the arm 2, and a hole 741a and two circular arced elongate holes 741b, 741c which are arranged around the hole 741a are equipped to a left side of a plate surface which is positioned vertically. And, a switching lever 745 is swingably connected by the connecting member such as the shoulder screw at one end 745a in the upper portion of the hole 741a of the plate surface which becomes the front face of the sewing machine. The changeover pin 746 is fixed to another end 745b of the switching lever 745 and it is constituted so that it is inserted to the elongate hole 741b. In the changeover pin 746, the range of rocking is limited to the length of the longer direction of the elongate hole 741b by rocking of the switching lever 745. An elongate hole 745c is equipped between one end 745a and another end 745b of this switching lever 545, and a changeover shaft bushing 744 which is fixed to the changeover base 741 is inserted to this elongate hole 745c in the state that it is inserted to the hole 741a. A changeover shaft 743 that the changeover lever 742 is fixed to one end and that two arms 743a, 743b are formed at another ends is rotatably inserted to the changeover shaft bushing 744. The changeover lever 742 is arranged to the front face side of the sewing machine that the switching lever 745 of the changeover base 741 is equipped.
One arm 743a of the changeover shaft 743 is swingably inserted to the elongate hole 741c of the changeover base 741. In this one arm 743a, the range of rocking is limited to the length of the longer direction of the elongate hole 741c by rotation of the changeover shaft 743. Further, a spring stud 749 is fixed to another arm 743b of the changeover shaft 743. One end of a changeover spring 748 is hooked and stopped to the spring stud 749, and another end of the changeover spring 748 is hooked and stopped to the changeover pin 746. This changeover spring 748 always gives the elastic force so that the spring stud 749 and the changeover pin 746 come close.
In the feed dog evacuate mechanism 720B, a feed dog evacuate cam drive board 723 is fixed to the upper shaft 5 that the only predetermined length is away from a pressing force release cam drive board 730, and a feed dog evacuate cam 721 is fitted into the upper shaft 5 slidably on the upper shaft 5 in the side surface (right side in the drawing) of the feed dog evacuate cam drive board 723. The feed dog evacuate cam 721 is the eccentric cam. And the feed dog evacuate cam 721 consists of a main body 721b comprising a pulley-like shape that concave portion 721a is formed on the circumferential plane, a cylindrical cam portion 721c which is equipped to one side surface (right side in the drawing) of the main body 721b and which has the rotational center which is positioned at the eccentric position from the rotational center of the main body 721b, and a cylindrical portion 721d which is equipped to the side surface (right side in the drawing) of the cam portion 721c and which has the same concentricity with the rotational center of the main body 721b and has the small diameter than the cam portion 721c. Because the radius of the cylindrical portion 721d is the same as the minimum radius of the cam portion 721c, the cam portion 721c and the cylindrical portion 721d have a place becoming the same plane. A pin hole 721e which can slidably fit in a pin 722 which is fixed in the protruded state to the side surface (right side in the drawing) of the feed dog evacuate cam drive board 723 is formed so that this feed dog evacuate cam 721 rotates with the upper shaft 5 integrally to the shaft direction of the upper shaft 5 slidably.
Besides, in the feed dog evacuate mechanism 720B, a feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 726 is used instead of the feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 714 of the cloth feed drive mechanism 700. A rectangular hole 726a is formed at one end of this feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 726, and the cam portion 721c of the feed dog evacuate cam 721 is movably fitted into the one end of this feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 726 in the state almost abutted for the narrow side. And, a elongate hole 726b is formed at the upper portion, and a vertical rod guide holder 724 which is fixed to the arm 2 is connected by a vertical rod guide pin 725. When the cam portion 721c fits in the hole 726a, because the direction of the long side of the aforementioned hole 726a becomes the horizontal direction, the large space occurs in this horizontal direction. Therefore, when the cam portion 721c performs the eccentric motion by rotation of the feed dog evacuate cam 721, although the feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 726 does not move to the horizontal direction, it moves to the vertical direction. And, when the vertical rod guide pin 725 is inserted to the elongate hole 726b, because the longer direction of the aforementioned elongate hole 726b becomes the vertical direction, and because the large space occurs in this vertical direction, in the case that the hole 726a of the feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 726 moves to the cylindrical portion 721d from the cam portion 721c of the feed dog evacuate cam 721, it is possible to lower the feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 726.
Another end of this feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 726 is rotatably connected to the feed dog up and down shaft drive arm 715 which is fixed to another end of the upper and lower feed shaft 613 by the linking pin 716. Therefore, when the upper shaft 5 rotates, because the cam portion 721c of the feed dog evacuate cam 721 lets one end of the feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 726 perform the up-and-down motion, the feed dog up and down shaft drive arm 715 can let the upper and lower feed shaft 613 perform the reciprocating rotation.
Besides, a feed dog evacuate spring 727 which is the helical torsion spring is fitted into the upper and lower feed shaft 613. And, one arm 727a is fixed to the bed 3 and another arm 727b is hooked to the linking pin 716 which connects another end of the feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 726 and the feed dog up and down shaft drive arm 715, and the elastic force is given so as to push the linking pin 716 always to the lower direction. Therefore, when the hole 726a of the feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 726 moves to the cylindrical portion 721d from the cam portion 721c of the feed dog evacuate cam 721, because the feed dog evacuate spring 727 lowers the connecting end of the linking pin 716 of the feed dog up and down shaft drive arm 715 always to the lower direction, the feed dog up and down drive vertical rod 726 stops in the state of lowering and the feed dog 601 can be stopped at the position that it evacuates.
Further, as the feed dog evacuate mechanism 720B, one hole 741d is equipped to the right side of the plate surface which is positioned at the vertical direction of a changeover base 741. And, in the upper portion of the hole 741d of the plate surface which becomes the front face of the sewing machine, a switching lever 750 is swingably connected by the connecting member such as the shoulder screw in an one end 750a. A changeover pin 751 which fits into a concave portion 721a of the feed dog evacuate cam 721 is fixed to another end 750b of the switching lever 750, and the switching lever 750 is constituted so that this changeover pin 751 can rock at the outside of the changeover base 741. An elongate hole 750c is equipped between the one end 750a and the another end 750b of the switching lever 750, and a changeover shaft bushing 752 which is fixed to the changeover base 741 in the state inserted in a hole 741d is inserted to this elongate hole 750c. A changeover shaft 753 that two arms 753a and 753b are formed at one end is rotatably inserted in the changeover shaft bushing 752. Two arms 753a and 753b of the changeover shaft 753 are arranged to the same direction as the direction of the changeover shaft 743 of the hand feed/linear feed changeover mechanism 740.
One arm 753a of the changeover shaft 753 is arranged at the changeover base 741 so that it can rock at the outside of the changeover base 741. And, a spring stud 754 is fixed to another arm 753b of the changeover shaft 753. One end of a changeover spring 755 is hooked and stopped to the spring stud 754, and another end of the changeover spring 755 is hooked and stopped to the changeover pin 751. This changeover spring 755 always gives the elastic force so that the spring stud 754 and the changeover pin 751 come close. Besides, the spring stud 754 which is fixed to another arm 753b of the changeover shaft 753 and the spring stud 749 which is fixed to another arm 743b of the changeover shaft 743 are connected by a connecting link 756.
The shape of the cam portion 728c of the pressing force release cam 728 in the pressing force release mechanism 720A and the shape of the circular arc cam portion 528c of the pressing force release cam 528 in the pressing force release mechanism 520 are different. That reason is as follows. The pressing force release mechanism 720A releases the pressing force of the presser foot 501 while the open eye needle 13 is slipping out from the fabric workpiece 21, however, the pressing force release mechanism 520 releases the pressing force of the presser foot 501 before the open eye needle 13 comes down from the upper dead center, pierces the fabric workpiece 21, goes up from the lower dead center and slips out from the fabric workpiece 21.
In the hand feed/linear feed changeover mechanism 740 constituted as described above, when the changeover lever 742 is stopping at the position of
When the free motion sewing is performed by this hand feed/linear feed change over mechanism 740, the change over is performed by letting the changeover lever 742 rotate counterclockwise (left rotational direction) to the position of
Concretely, when another arm 743b of the changeover shaft 743 rocks counterclockwise by making the aforementioned changeover shaft 743 the rotational center, because aforementioned another arm 743b moves to the left direction from the rotational center of the changeover shaft 743, the changeover pin 746 is pulled by the elastic force of the changeover spring 748, and rocks clockwise by making the connecting point for the changeover base 741 of the switching lever 745 the rocking center. When the changeover pin 746 rocks clockwise, the pressing force release cam 728 that the aforementioned changeover pin 746 engages moves to the position of
When the pressing force release cam 728 moves to the left direction, because the pressing force release cam 728 slides on the upper shaft 5 and the fork for pressing force release 731 engages to the cam portion 728c in the same radial point of the cylindrical portion 728d of the pressing force release cam 728 and the cam portion 728c, the arm 731a of the upper portion of the fork for pressing force release 731 performs the reciprocating rocking in the up-and-down direction by making the release shaft 526 the rocking center based on the eccentric shape of the cam portion 728c. When the arm 731a of the upper portion of the fork for pressing force release 731 performs the reciprocating rocking in the up-and-down direction, because also the arm end 523a of the pressing force release arm 523 performs the reciprocating rocking in the up-and-down direction, the pressing force release plate 522 which is connected to the arm end 523a can let the presser foot 501 perform the up-and-down motion by the elastic force of the pressing force release spring 521 (
Besides, when the changeover is performed by letting the changeover lever 742 rotate counterclockwise (left rotational direction) to the position of
Therefore, in the case that the changeover lever 742 is changed over to the free motion sewing, when the open eye needle 13 is slipping out from the fabric workpiece, the pressing force of the presser foot 501 is released, and it is possible to perform the hand feed of the fabric workpiece while giving the stitch length feed quantity and the inter-stitch pitch feed quantity arbitrarily by evacuating the feed dog 601 which feeds the fabric workpiece.
Besides, when changing over the changeover lever 742 which is set as the free motion sewing to the position of
Besides, when the changeover is performed by letting the changeover lever 742 rotate clockwise to the position of
When the changeover pin 754 rocks counterclockwise, the feed dog evacuate cam 721 that the aforementioned change over pin 754 engages moves to the position of
Concretely, when another arm 753b of the changeover shaft 753 rocks clockwise by making the aforementioned changeover shaft 753 the rotational center, because aforementioned another arm 753b moves to the right direction from the rotational center of the changeover shaft 753, the changeover pin 751 is pulled by the elastic force of the changeover spring 755, and rocks counterclockwise by making the connecting point for the change over base 741 of the switching lever 750 the rocking center. When the changeover pin 751 rocks counterclockwise, the feed dog evacuate cam 721 that the aforementioned changeover pin 751 engages moves to the position of
As described above, by letting another end of the feed base 602 perform the reciprocating motion by the feed dog evacuate mechanism 720B in the up-and-down direction, and by letting the feed base 602 perform the reciprocating motion by the horizontal feed shaft 605 and the horizontal feed arm 604, the feed dog 601 which is fixed to the feed base 602 can perform the four process movements which is rise→advance→descend→retreat. Therefore, when the changeover lever 742 is changed over to the linear feed, the linear stitch can be performed.
Even if the pressing force release mechanism 720A and the feed dog evacuate mechanism 720B are independently used, the free motion sewing is possible. In the case of only the pressing force release mechanism 720A, when the open eye needle 13 is slipping out from the fabric workpiece, the hand feed of the fabric workpiece is performed while giving the stitch length feed quantity and the inter-stitch pitch feed quantity arbitrarily by releasing the pressing force of the presser foot 501. And, in the case of only the feed dog evacuate mechanism 720B, by setting the press force of the presser foot 501 in the weakened adjustment by slacking the presser bar pressure adjusting screw 508, when the open eye needle 13 is slipping out from the fabric workpiece, the hand feed of the fabric workpiece is performed while giving the stitch length feed quantity and the inter-stitch pitch feed quantity arbitrarily by evacuating the feed dog 601 which feeds the fabric workpiece.
Besides, in the above-mentioned single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, when sewing by the thick thread or the slightly twisted sewing thread, there is a fear that the sewing thread is not able to be captured by the thread capturing open eye 13a of the open eye needle 13. Therefore, as shown in
The thread insert actuator drive mechanism 450 uses the thread draw out actuator drive cam 407 of the thread draw out drive mechanism 400, and a thread insert actuator drive cam groove 456 which is the front cam to rock the thread insert actuator 451 is formed at the upper surface of the thread draw out actuator drive cam 407. And, the cam groove 407a to let the thread draw out actuator 401 rock is formed at the lower surface of this thread draw out actuator drive cam 407.
And, the thread insert actuator drive mechanism 450 is equipped with a thread insert actuator drive arm 452 and a thread insert actuator drive arm board 453. The thread insert actuator drive arm 452 is arranged in the horizontal direction. In one end 452a of the thread insert actuator drive arm 452, a cam follower 455 which engages to the thread insert actuator drive cam groove 456 of the thread draw out actuator drive cam 407 is equipped. In another end 452b of the thread insert actuator drive arm 452, the thread insert actuator 451 is fixed. And, the thread insert actuator drive arm board 453 attaches the thread insert actuator drive arm 452 rotatably to the bed 3. The cam follower 455 consists of a roller shaft 452c which is equipped to one end 452a of the thread insert actuator drive arm 452 and a roller 457 which is rotatably held at the tip of the roller shaft 452c and fits into the thread insert actuator drive cam groove 456 of the thread draw out actuator drive cam 407. Besides, a drive arm shaft 454 is fixed to the thread insert actuator drive arm board 453 and the thread insert actuator drive arm 452 is rotatably attached to this drive arm shaft 454.
In the thread insert actuator drive mechanism 450 constituted as described above, the thread insert actuator drive arm 452 makes the drive arm shaft 454 the fulcrum, thereby, the cam follower 455 becomes the operating point and the thread insert actuator 451 becomes the point of force. And, the cam follower 455 lets the thread insert actuator drive arm 452 rotate in accordance with the shape of the thread insert actuator drive cam groove 456 of the thread draw out actuator drive cam 407. Therefore, while the open eye needle 13 pierces the fabric workpiece which is placed on the throat plate 12, and goes up from the lower dead center, the tip 451a of the thread insert actuator 451 can perform the reciprocating motion in the side of the shuttle hook 200.
Besides, about the above-mentioned single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, in the second stroke of the open eye needle 13, there is a case that the sewing thread 20 which is guided into the gap O2 which is formed between another end of the inner shuttle hook driver 203 that the inner shuttle hook driver spring 204 is fixed and the inner shuttle hook 205 moves to the slack state from the tight state by the half-turn normal rotation as shown in
As shown in
In the concave thread accumulating portion 205f and the convex thread accumulating portion 205g constituted as described above, even if the inner shuttle hook 205 becomes the position which performs the half-turn normal rotation as shown in
Next, the operation of the single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, which incorporates the above-mentioned latch wire drive mechanism 130, the thread shifting mechanism 800A and 800B, the needle guard 242, the thread tightness adjusting mechanism 420, the rotating operation/linear feed changeover mechanism 540, the hand feed/linear feed changeover mechanism 740, the thread insert actuator drive mechanism 450, and the inner shuttle hook 205 which is equipped with the concave thread accumulating portion 205f or the convex thread accumulating portion 205g by selecting arbitrarily, is explained based on the method for forming single-thread locked handstitches.
For example, the single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine for the free curve sewing which can perform the changeover of the rotating operation/linear feed is explained based on mainly
Besides, in the overall perspective view shown in
Further, the feed adjusting lever knob 323 is equipped to the portion which becomes the point of force of the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 and the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302.
In
By following cooperation of the open eye needle 13, the shuttle hook 200, the thread draw out actuator 401, the feed dog 601, the presser foot 501 and the thread insert actuator 451 which operate as described above, the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are respectively formed by one sewing thread 20. In the case of the linear feed, the explanation is omitted because the sewing operation is the same as the above-mentioned single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine (
When driving the sewing machine by changing over the changeover lever 542 to the rotating operation feed (free curve sewing),
(a) When the open eye needle 13 which performs the linear reciprocating motion vertically comes down from the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 0 degrees), and pierces the fabric workpiece 21 which is placed on the throat plate 12 (
The shuttle hook 200 begins the half-turn reverse rotation after the open eye needle 13 sticks into the fabric workpiece 21 (upper shaft 5: 130 degrees), (
(b) While the open eye needle 13 slips out from the fabric workpiece 21, and goes up, and passes through the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 360 degrees) during the first stroke, the fabric workpiece 21 is fed with one stitch length by the feed dog 601. And, the open eye needle 13 which captures the sewing thread 20 goes up and the shuttle hook 200 performs further reverse rotation, thereby, the thread tightness is performed (
The shuttle hook 200 stops the half-turn reverse rotation (upper shaft 5: 367 degrees) after the open eye needle 13 passes through the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 360 degrees), (
(c) During the second stroke, when the open eye needle 13 comes down from the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 360 degrees), and pierces the fabric workpiece 21 (
The shuttle hook 200 begins the half-turn normal rotation when the open eye needle 13 reaches the lower dead center (upper shaft 5: 540 degrees), (
Besides, in the second stroke of the open eye needle 13, as shown in
Further, in the second stroke of the open eye needle 13, before the open eye needle 13 comes down from the upper dead center, pierces the fabric workpiece 21, goes up from the lower dead center, and slips out from the fabric workpiece 21, the pressing force of the presser foot 501 which performs the pressing force of the fabric workpiece 21 on the throat plate 12 is released (
Besides, for example, in the case that the convex thread accumulating portion 205g is equipped at the inner shuttle hook 205 in the shuttle hook 200, even if the inner shuttle hook 205 becomes the position which performs the half-turn normal rotation as shown in
Also in the second stroke of the open eye needle 13, although the thread insert actuator 451 rocks (
(d) The sewing thread 20 which is scooped by the loop-taker point 205a of the shuttle hook 200 and is released is guided in the gap O2 which is formed between another end of the inner shuttle hook driver 203 that the inner shuttle hook driver spring 204 of the shuttle hook 200 is fixed and the inner shuttle hook 205 by further rotation of the shuttle hook 200, and is interlaced to the sewing thread 20 which is wound in the shuttle hook 200. And the sewing thread 20 which is guided out from the gap O1 which is formed between one end of the inner shuttle hook driver 203 that the inner shuttle hook driver spring 204 is fixed and the inner shuttle hook 205 is tightened by the thread draw out actuator 401 (
The shuttle hook 200 stops the half-turn normal rotation by the time the open eye needle 13 slips out from the fabric workpiece 21 and reaches the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 720 degrees), (
(e) While the open eye needle 13 slips out from the fabric workpiece 21, and goes up and passes through the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 720 degrees) during the second stroke, one inter-stitch pitch feed of the fabric workpiece 21 is performed (
(f) The handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are formed respectively by repeating the steps from (a) to (e).
Therefore, the sewing thread 20 is certainly captured to the thread capturing open eye 13a of the open eye needle 13, and the formation of single-thread locked stitch is performed in the inner space of the sewing machine bed, and the sewing which is suitable to the quasi-handstitch called pinpoint/saddle stitch is possible. And, because it is possible to vary the feed direction of the fabric workpiece 21 every one skip stitch set, the sewing which are suitable to the quilt, the quilting or the patchwork can be performed. Besides, because the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are formed respectively and the sewing-work is performed in the state that the handstitch can be seen on the surface for the worker, it is possible to confirm the position of the handstitch, thereby, the accurate sewing can be performed. In addition, because the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are formed respectively, the sewing thread 20 does not come loose easily even if the sewing thread 20 which forms single-thread locked stitch is hooked. Thereby, the firm sewing can be obtained.
Because the feed quantity setting mechanism 300 and the feed mode changeover mechanism 350 have the same constitution as the above-mentioned single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, the explanation regarding the adjusting of the stitch length and the inter-stitch pitch is omitted.
Next, the single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine for the free motion sewing which can perform the changeover of the hand feed/linear feed is explained based on mainly
Besides, as well as the single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine for the free curve sewing, the shuttle hook drive mechanism 220 is constituted so that the shuttle hook drive fan-shaped gear 233 shown in
Further, as well as the single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine for the free curve sewing, the feed adjusting lever knob 323 is equipped to the portion which becomes the point of force of the stitch feed adjusting lever 301 and the inter-stitch feed adjusting lever 302.
In
By following cooperation of the open eye needle 13, the shuttle hook 200, the thread draw out actuator 401, the feed dog 601, the presser foot 501, and the thread insert actuator 451 which operate as described above, the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are respectively formed by one sewing thread 20. In the case of the linear feed, the explanation is omitted because the sewing operation is the same as the above-mentioned single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine (
When driving the sewing machine by changing over the changeover lever 542 to the rotating operation feed (free curve sewing),
(a) When the open eye needle 13 which performs the linear reciprocating motion vertically comes down from the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 0 degrees), and pierces the fabric workpiece 21 which is placed on the throat plate 12 (
Besides, the shuttle hook 200 begins the half-turn reverse rotation after the open eye needle 13 sticks into the fabric workpiece 21 (upper shaft 5: 130 degrees), (
(b) While the open eye needle 13 slips out from the fabric workpiece 21, and goes up, and passes through the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 360 degrees) during the first stroke, the fabric workpiece 21 is fed with one stitch length by the feed dog 601. And, the open eye needle 13 which captures the sewing thread 20 goes up and the shuttle hook 200 performs further reverse rotation, thereby, the thread tightness is performed (
The shuttle hook 200 stops the half-turn reverse rotation (upper shaft 5: 367 degrees) after the open eye needle 13 passes through the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 360 degrees), (
(c) During the second stroke, when the open eye needle 13 comes down from the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 360 degrees), and pierces the fabric workpiece 21 (
The shuttle hook 200 begins the half-turn normal rotation when the open eye needle 13 reaches the lower dead center (upper shaft 5: 540 degrees), (
Besides, in the second stroke of the open eye needle 13, as shown in
Besides, in the second stroke of the open eye needle 13, when the open eye needle 13 is slipping out from the fabric workpiece 21, if the pressing force of the presser foot 501 is released, because the feed dog 601 which feeds the fabric workpiece 21 is evacuated (
Besides, for example, in the case that the convex thread accumulating portion 205g is equipped at the inner shuttle hook 205 in the shuttle hook 200, even if the inner shuttle hook 205 becomes the position which performs the half-turn normal rotation as shown in
Also in the second stroke of the open eye needle 13, although the thread insert actuator 451 rocks (
(d) The sewing thread 20 which is scooped by the loop-taker point 205a of the shuttle hook 200 and is released is guided in the gap O2 which is formed between another end of the inner shuttle hook driver 203 that the inner shuttle hook driver spring 204 of the shuttle hook 200 is fixed and the inner shuttle hook 205 by further rotation of the shuttle hook 200, and is interlaced to the sewing thread 20 which is wound in the shuttle hook 200. And the sewing thread 20 which is guided out from the gap O1 which is formed between one end of the inner shuttle hook driver 203 that the inner shuttle hook driver spring 204 is fixed and the inner shuttle hook 205 is tightened by the thread draw out actuator 401 (
The shuttle hook 200 stops the half-turn normal rotation by the time the open eye needle 13 slips out from the fabric workpiece 21 and reaches the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 720 degrees), (
(e) While the open eye needle 13 slips out from the fabric workpiece 21, and goes up and passes through the upper dead center (upper shaft 5: 720 degrees) during the second stroke, one inter-stitch pitch feed of the fabric workpiece 21 is performed (
(f) The handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are formed respectively by repeating the steps from (a) to (e).
Therefore, the sewing thread 20 is certainly captured to the thread capturing open eye 13a of the open eye needle 13, and the formation of single-thread locked stitch is performed in the inner space of the sewing machine bed, and the sewing which is suitable to the quasi-handstitch called pinpoint/saddle stitch is possible. And, because it is possible to vary the feed direction of the fabric workpiece 21 every one skip stitch set, the sewing which are suitable to the quilt, the quilting or the patchwork can be performed. Besides, because the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are formed respectively and the sewing-work is performed in the state that the handstitch can be seen on the surface for the worker, it is possible to confirm the position of the handstitch, thereby, the accurate sewing can be performed. In addition, because the handstitch on the front surface and the locked stitch on the back surface of the fabric workpiece 21 are formed respectively, the sewing thread 20 does not come loose easily even if the sewing thread 20 which forms single-thread locked stitch is hooked. Thereby, the firm sewing can be obtained.
Because the feed quantity setting mechanism 300 and the feed mode changeover mechanism 350 have the same constitution as the above-mentioned single-thread locked handstitch sewing machine, the explanation regarding the adjusting of the stitch length and the inter-stitch pitch is omitted.
Heretofore, the explanation was performed by the particular mode of embodiment shown in the drawing about this invention. However, this invention is not limited to the mode of embodiment shown in the drawing. And, any constitution which is known heretofore can be adopted obviously insofar as the effect of this invention is achieved.
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