Sewing machine with detachable cover
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMinoru Ito, Katsuhiro Kitajima
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Abstract
A sewing machine cover 2 includes a cover main body 7 and an extension cover portion 8. The cover main body 7 houses a left-right embroidery-frame drive mechanism 60 for driving an embroidery frame 50 in leftward and rightward directions. The extension cover portion 8 houses a front-rear embroidery-frame drive mechanism 80 for driving the embroidery frame 50 in front and rear directions. An opening 35 for engaging with an engagement portion 11 of a bed portion 3 is formed in a wall 31 of the cover main portion 7. When the sewing machine cover 2 is used as a cover of a sewing machine M, a bed surface 12 and an upper surface of the wall 31 form a substantially continuous work surface.
Claims22
A sewing machine comprising:
- a bed portion extending in leftward and rightward directions and having an upper surface;
- a column portion extending upright from the bed portion in a vertical direction perpendicular to the leftward and rightward directions;
- an arm portion extending from the column portion over the upper surface of the bed portion, a space being defined between the bed portion and the arm portion;
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- a sewing machine cover at least partially covering the space between the bed portion and the arm portion, the sewing machine cover having a side that confronts the column portion, the sewing machine cover being open at said side, the sewing machine cover housing at least one of:
- a left-right drive mechanism for driving an embroidery frame in the leftward and rightward directions across the work surfaces;
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- a front-rear drive mechanism for driving the embroidery frame in front and rear directions perpendicular to the leftward and rightward directions and to the vertical direction across the work surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.