US 10,870,939 B2 · Sewing machine needle

Abstract

There is provided a sewing machine needle 10 including: a shank portion 11 that is attached to a sewing machine; and a shaft portion 12 that is provided on a front end side of the shank portion 11; wherein: a needle eye 13 is formed to penetrate the shaft portion 12, and a long groove 14 for guiding a thread from a position of the needle eye 13 toward the shank portion 11 is formed in the shaft portion 12; and a suppression portion 16 for suppressing movement of a needle thread 21 is provided in an intermediate portion of the long groove 14. Thus, it is possible to provide a sewing machine needle by which a loop can be formed stably and that causes few damage to a needle thread and can be also manufactured easily.

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Dependent claims

A sewing machine needle comprising:

a shank portion that is attached to a sewing machine;
and
a shaft portion that is provided on a front end side of the shank portion;
wherein:
a needle eye is formed to penetrate the shaft portion, and a long groove for guiding a thread from a position of the needle eye toward the shank portion is formed in the shaft portion;
a suppression portion for suppressing movement of the thread is provided in an intermediate portion of the long groove, and
said long groove extends lengthwise along the shaft portion, and the long groove has portions of a wider width than a width of said suppression portion on both proximal and distal sides of the suppression portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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