Embroidery frame
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiyuki Okazaki
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Abstract
An embroidery frame provided with an upper frame, a lower frame that clamps a workpiece cloth with the upper frame, a hinge openably linking the upper and lower frames, a clamping unit that presses the upper frame to the lower frame, an auxiliary frame which is fitted in an inner side of the upper frame and which downwardly presses the workpiece cloth clamped between the upper and lower frames, and a regulating mechanism which is fitted in the upper frame and which regulates the upward movement of the auxiliary frame with respect to the upper frame.
Claims11
An embroidery frame provided with an upper frame, a lower frame that clamps a workpiece cloth with the upper frame, a hinge openably linking the upper and lower frames, and a clamping unit that presses the upper frame to the lower frame, the embroidery frame comprising;
- an auxiliary frame which, on a part of an upper end thereof, is provided with a flange and which is fitted in an inner side of the upper frame so as to downwardly press the workpiece cloth clamped between the upper and lower frames;
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- an engagement regulating member which is provided on the upper frame and which is engaged to the flange so as to regulate the upward movement of the auxiliary frame.
An embroidery frame provided with an upper frame, a lower frame that clamps a workpiece cloth with the upper frame, a hinge openably linking the upper and lower frames, and a clamping unit that presses the upper frame to the lower frame, the embroidery frame comprising;
- an auxiliary frame which is fitted in an inner side of the upper frame and which downwardly presses the workpiece cloth clamped between the upper and lower frames;
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- an engagement mechanism in which engagement and disengagement of the upper frame and the auxiliary frame is switchable by rotating the auxiliary frame fitted in the upper frame by a predetermined angle in the circumferential direction with respect to the upper frame;
- and in which the auxiliary frame is capable of adjusting the pressure applied to press the workpiece cloth.
An embroidery frame provided with an upper frame, a lower frame that clamps a workpiece cloth with the upper frame, a hinge openably linking the upper and lower frames, and the clamping unit that presses the upper frame to the lower frame, the embroidery frame comprising;
- an auxiliary frame which is fitted in an inner side of the upper frame and which downwardly presses the workpiece cloth clamped between the upper and lower frames;
- a regulating mechanism that regulates the upward movement of the auxiliary frame with respect to the upper frame, the auxiliary frame being fitted in the upper frame;
- a projection which is formed on either one of an upper surface of the lower frame or a lower surface of the upper frame and which has, on an outer peripheral portion thereof, a plurality of notched recesses;
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- a groove which is formed on the other of the upper surface of the lower frame or the lower surface of the upper frame and which has, on an outer peripheral portion thereof, a projection that is fitted with the groove when the upper and lower frames are closed.
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