US 4,465,005 AGranted

Apparatus for dyeing sewing machine upper threads

AssigneeJanome Sewing Machine Industry Co., Ltd.

InventorsYasukata Eguchi, Susumu Hanyu, Chuji Nagasaka

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Abstract

A thread is passed through a dyeing apparatus before the thread is supplied to a sewing machine as an upper thread. The dyeing apparatus has a cylinder containing a plurality of coloring members, each coloring member containing a coloring liquid of a different color. The cylinder is rotated by a manually operated dial to select one of the coloring members in accordance with a stitch to be sewn with a sewing machine. A coloring section of the selected coloring member is exposed to the outside of the cylinder for establishing contact between the thread and the coloring section. A heat-set roller is adapted to come into contact with the thread for heat-setting the coloring liquid applied thereto. The contact between the thread and the coloring member and the heat-set roller is actuated in response to operation of the sewing machine.

Claims7

Dependent claims

Apparatus used in combination with a sewing machine for dyeing a sewing machine upper thread, comprising:

a housing;
a container rotatably mounted on said housing and containing a plurality of coloring members, each coloring member containing a different color liquid;
means for selecting one of said coloring members, said selecting means including an operating dial and actuating member, said operating dial being rotatable and axially movable to select one of said coloring members, and said actuating member being moved in association with the axial movement of said operating dial to move the selected one of said coloring members from an ineffective position to an effective position in which the coloring member thus selected is adapted to apply the color liquid to a thread guided into the apparatus;
and
means for heat-setting the color liquid applied to the thread, said thread being adapted to be guided out of the apparatus to a needle of the sewing machine.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.