Sewing apparatus, thread cassette therefor and control program therefor
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKaoru Sakakibara
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Abstract
A sewing apparatus is disclosed in which a thread cassette holding a needle thread wound is used. The sewing apparatus includes a cassette mount to which the thread cassette is detachably attached, a carrier carrying the thread cassette between an attachment start position and an attachment finish position in the cassette mount and a control device for controlling the carrier.
Claims25
A sewing apparatus in which a thread cassette holding a needle thread wound is used, comprising:
- a cassette mount to which the thread cassette is detachably attached;
- a carrier carrying the thread cassette between an attachment start position and an attachment finish position in the cassette mount;
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- a control device for controlling the carrier.
A thread cassette for a sewing apparatus, used with a sewing apparatus including a sewing mechanism and holding a thread for the sewing mechanism, the thread cassette comprising:
- a contacted portion contacted by a contact member provided on a sewing apparatus to which the thread cassette is attached, so as to be rotated or moved,
- wherein the contact member is brought into contact with the contacted portion to be rotated or moved so that the thread cassette is inserted into or ejected from a cassette mount of the sewing apparatus.
A program for a sewing apparatus, operating a computer as a control device for controlling a carrier carrying a thread cassette holding a needle thread wound between an attachment start position and an attachment finish position in a cassette mount to which the thread cassette is detachably attached so that the thread cassette is inserted into and ejected from the cassette mount in order that the thread cassette holding the needle thread may be used with the sewing apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.