Sewing machine
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuhiko KAWAGUCHI, Nobuhiko FUNATO, Toshiyuki MAMIYA, Takahira OSAMURA
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Abstract
A sewing machine includes a needle bar to which a sewing needle is attached, a needle bar up-and-down motion mechanism moving the needle bar up and down and a cutting unit including a cutting needle having a distal end formed with a blade and a cutting needle up-and-down motion mechanism which is independent of the needle bar up-and-down motion mechanism and moves the cutting needle up and down. The cutting unit is located on a sewing machine bed with the blade being directed upward.
Claims10
A sewing machine which includes a needle bar to which a sewing needle is attached and a needle bar up-and-down motion mechanism moving the needle bar up and down, the sewing machine comprising a cutting unit including a cutting needle having a distal end formed with a blade and a cutting needle up-and-down motion mechanism which is independent of the needle bar up-and-down motion mechanism and moves the cutting needle up and down,
- wherein the cutting unit is provided on a sewing machine bed with the blade being directed upward.
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