Needle bar thread guide for sewing machine
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinya Fujihara
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Abstract
A needle bar thread guide for a sewing machine includes a thread guide part located in a thread hooking part of a thread hooking member to guide the needle thread into the thread hooking part, and a thread cast-off preventing member having a thread cast-off preventing part closing the thread guide part. The thread cast-off preventing member is elastically deformable. The thread cast-off preventing part has a distal end which is in contact with an upper surface of the thread hooking part.
Claims6
A needle bar thread guide for a sewing machine which includes a needle bar supporting a sewing needle with a lower end and a thread hooking member provided on the lower end of the needle bar to hook a needle thread, the thread hooking member including a thread hooking part with an upper surface, the needle bar thread guide comprising:
- a thread guide part provided in the thread hooking part of the thread hooking member to guide the needle thread into the thread hooking part;
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- a thread cast-off preventing member having a thread cast-off preventing part closing the thread guide part, the thread cast-off preventing member being elastically deformable, the thread cast-off preventing part having a distal end which is in contact with the upper surface of the thread hooking part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.