Sewing apparatus using thread cassette
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKaoru Sakakibara
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Abstract
A sewing apparatus such as a sewing machine includes a sewing mechanism in which a needle thread is used, a cassette mount to which a thread cassette, while in a closed state, holding the needle thread used in the sewing mechanism is detachably attached, a determining unit determining a type of the thread cassette attached to the cassette mount, and a control device controlling the sewing mechanism according to the type of the thread cassette determined by the determining unit.
Claims16
A sewing apparatus comprising:
- a sewing mechanism in which a needle thread is used;
- a cassette mount to which a thread cassette, while in a closed state, holding the needle thread used in the sewing mechanism is detachably attached;
- a determining unit determining a type of the thread cassette attached to the cassette mount;
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- a control device controlling the sewing mechanism according to the type of the thread cassette determined by the determining unit.
A sewing apparatus comprising:
- a sewing mechanism in which a thread is used;
- an informing unit supplying information about a sewing work to a user;
- a cassette mount to which a thread cassette holding the thread used in the sewing mechanism is detachably attached;
- a determining unit determining a type of the thread cassette attached to the cassette mount;
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- a control device controlling the informing unit according to the type of the thread cassette determined by the determining unit.
A thread cassette, while in a closed state, holding a needle thread supplied to a sewing mechanism of a sewing apparatus, comprising a determination portion provided so as to be opposed to a detecting portion of the sewing mechanism when attached to the sewing apparatus, the determination portion being designed so that a correspondence between the determination portion and the detecting portion is fulfilled according to a type of a needle thread held by the thread cassette, wherein a determining unit provided in the sewing mechanism is capable of determining a type of a needle thread based on the fulfilled correspondence.
A control program for a sewing apparatus including a sewing mechanism performing a sewing operation, a cassette mount to which a thread cassette, while in a closed state, holding a needle thread used in the sewing mechanism is detachably attached, and a determining unit determining a type of the thread cassette attached to the cassette mount, said control program operating a computer controlling the sewing apparatus as a control device controlling the sewing mechanism according to the type of the thread cassette determined by the determining unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.