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US 5,347,940 AGranted
Sewing machine and pattern selection apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasayuki Hori, Yoshiyuki Uyama
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasayuki Hori, Yoshiyuki Uyama
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A pattern selection apparatus displays patterns and allows any of the displayed patterns to be directly selected. The apparatus comprises a control circuit, a display unit, an item designating dial and a selection establishing key. The control circuit indicates on the display unit where a cursor-highlighted displayed pattern is located relative to all the patterns under the same subset heading. As the cursor is moved in response to rotation of the item designating dial, the pattern location indication is correspondingly changed. Pushing the selection establishing key selects the cursor-highlighted pattern. Thus, any of the patterns displayed on the display unit is selected quickly and easily.
A sewing machine and pattern selection apparatus, comprising:
A method for operating a sewing machine and selecting a pattern from a plurality of stored patterns, comprising the steps of:
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