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US 11,807,970 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for threading needles
OwnerNatasha Brundageinventor
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Abstract
A device may be used to selectively and automatically thread one or more needles, such as hair sewing/weaving needles. A threader arm of a plurality of threader arms may be selected via an interface. The selected threader arm may be configured to push a portion of a thread through an eye of a needle received at a needle receptacle associated with the selected threader arm.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- receiving a supply of thread;
- receiving, at each needle receptacle of a plurality of needle receptacles, a needle of a plurality of needles;
- receiving, from the supply of thread, a portion of the thread;
- receiving a selection of a threader arm of a plurality of threader arms via a rotation of a rotary knob about a rotational axis, wherein each threader arm is associated with a needle receptacle of the plurality of needle receptacles;
- causing, based on the selection of the threader arm, the threader arm to rotate about the rotational axis from a retracted position to an extended position;
- and
- causing the selected threader arm to push the portion of the thread through an eye of the needle of the plurality of needles received at the needle receptacle of the plurality of needle receptacles that is associated with the selected threader arm.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a supply of thread;
- receiving, at each needle receptacle of a plurality of needle receptacles, a portion of thread from the supply of thread, wherein each needle receptacle of the plurality of needle receptacles is associated with a respective threader arm of a plurality of threader arms;
- receiving, at each needle receptacle of the plurality of needle receptacles, a needle of a plurality of needles;
- receiving an interaction with an interface, wherein the interaction with the interface comprises a rotation of a rotary knob about a rotational axis;
- and
- causing, based on the interaction, one or more threader arms of the plurality of threader arms to rotate about the rotational axis from a retracted position to an extended position and to push the respective portion of the thread through an eye of the respective needle of the plurality of needles received at the needle receptacle of the plurality of needle receptacles that is associated with the selected threader arm.
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A method comprising:
- positioning, via a slotted receptacle, a portion of thread;
- positioning, via a needle receptacle of a plurality of needle receptacles, a portion of a needle, wherein the portion of the needle comprises an eye;
- receiving a selection of a threader arm of a plurality of threader arms via a rotation of a rotary knob about a rotational axis, wherein each threader arm is associated with a needle receptacle of the plurality of needle receptacles;
- and
- causing, based on the selection of the threader arm, the threader arm to rotate about the rotational axis from a retracted position to an extended position;
- and
- causing the selected threader arm to push the portion of the thread into the eye of the needle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.