Embroidery machine
OwnerRudolf Reichinventor
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Abstract
The invention concerns an embroidery machine, especially a surface embroidery machine, with embroidery heads, which accommodate, on the needle side, embroidery station elements, such as embroidery needles, piercers, fabric pressers, yarn catchers, front yard knives, etc., which are associated with an embroidery station and which can be adjusted vertically and horizontally in any required manner over the vertical extent of the embroidery field.
Claims33
An embroidery machine including at least one embroidery station, each such station having at least one universal embroidery head, each universal head accommodates on the needle side thereof a plurality of embroidery station elements including needles, piercers, fabric pressures, yarn catchers and front yarn knives;
- means coupled to said elements for adjusting said elements vertically and horizontally over an embroidery field;
- a basic guide;
- each universal head comprises two individual heads (1,2) associated with said elements;
- means for selectively arranging said individual heads, together with their corresponding elements, on said guide side by side, staggered, or steplessly relative to each other, whereby said elements are adapted to become selectively coupled and decoupled individually, in groups, or all together;
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- driving means including mechanical means for driving at least some of said elements in said embroidery station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.