Embroidery frame for use with embroidery sewing machine
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiro Watanabe
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Abstract
An embroidery frame holding workpiece cloth for embroidery sewing includes a lower frame receiving a lower side of the workpiece cloth and having a cloth clamping side, an upper frame holding the workpiece cloth in cooperation with the lower frame between the frames and having a cloth holding side, a clamp mechanism pressing the upper frame against the lower frame and retaining the upper frame in a pressing state, and a hold assisting member enhancing hold of the workpiece cloth and detachably attached to the cloth holding side of at least one of the upper and lower frames.
Claims26
An embroidery frame holding workpiece cloth for embroidery sewing, the workpiece cloth having a lower side, the embroidery frame comprising:
- a lower frame receiving the lower side of the workpiece cloth and having a cloth holding side;
- an upper frame holding the workpiece cloth in cooperation with the lower frame therebetween and having a cloth holding side;
- a clamp mechanism having a pair of clamping members pressing the upper frame against the lower frame and retaining the upper frame in a pressing state, such that both clamping members press against a surface of the upper frame;
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- a hold assisting member provided for enhancing hold of the workpiece cloth and detachably attached to the cloth holding side of at least one of the upper and lower frames.
An embroidery frame holding workpiece cloth for embroidery sewing, the workpiece cloth having a lower side, the embroidery frame comprising:
- a lower frame receiving the lower side of the workpiece cloth and having a cloth clamping side;
- an upper frame holding the workpiece cloth in cooperation with the lower frame therebetween and having on a cloth holding side a holding member having a function of preventing the workpiece cloth from sliding;
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- a clamp mechanism having a pair of clamping members independently pressing the upper frame against the lower frame such that each of the clamping members individually and independently press against a surface of the upper frame, thereby holding the upper frame, the clamp mechanism having an upper frame attaching/detaching mechanism to which the upper frame is detachably attached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.