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US 11,879,196 B2Granted
Embroidery device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Yamashita, Shinya Tanaka, Yusuke Komine, Taito Omura, Yuuki Gotoh, Kaoru Satoh
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Abstract
An embroidery device includes a needle including a hole through which a thread has been passed, a dyeing unit configured to dye the thread in different colors, an embroidery unit configured to move the needle to perform a sewing process on a medium with the thread dyed in the different colors by the dyeing unit, and a remover configured to remove the linear member in a vicinity of the needle.
Claims17
An embroidery device comprising:
- a needle including a hole through which a linear structure dyed in different colors has been passed;
- an embroidery structure to move the needle to perform a sewing process on a medium with the linear structure dyed in the different colors;
- a remover to remove the linear structure in a vicinity of the needle, the remover comprising a winder to wind the linear structure that has been passed through the needle;
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- circuitry configured to:
- control the winder to wind the linear structure until a color of the linear structure changes to a predetermined color at a winding position, and
- control the remover to remove the linear structure wound by the winder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.