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US 7,552,690 B1Granted
Bobbin extractor
OwnerRoslyn Judith Chanceyinventor
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Abstract
A device or tool having a protrusion, shaft or nubbin in a pre-determined size appropriate to be inserted into a hole of a bobbin, that when inserted presses against the walls of the hole, whereby which pressure is enough to allow the protrusion, shaft or nubbin to lift up the bobbin.
Claims2
A method for making a handheld device for lifting a bobbin from a position in a sewing machine, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a bead having a throughgoing hole;
- providing a wall anchor having a first bobbin gripping end and a second hand holdable end with a longitudinal cavity substantially between the ends;
- providing a screw and
- passing said screw through the throughgoing hole of the bead for increasing the hand holdable area of the device, and then
- passing the screw through the longitudinal cavity of the wall anchor for affixing the bead and screw onto the cavity of the wall anchor;
- grasping the device and pressing the bobbin gripping end of the device against the walls of the bobbin hole for lifting the bobbin out.
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A method of using a hand holdable device for lifting a bobbin
- from a position in a sewing machine, separate from the sewing machine, the method comprises the steps of:
- providing a bead having a throughgoing hole;
- providing a wall anchor having a first bobbin gripping end and a second grasping end with a longitudinal cavity substantially between the ends;
- passing a screw through the throughgoing hole of the bead for increasing the hand holdable area of the device, and then
- passing the screw through the longitudinal cavity of the wall anchor for affixing the bead and screw onto the cavity of the wall anchor;
- grasping the bead and grasping area of the wall anchor and inserting the bobbin engaging end into the bobbin hole,
- pressing the bobbin engaging end of the wall anchor onto the walls of the hole of the bobbin for anchoring and then lifting the bobbin from the sewing machine.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.