Patents by Inventor Tokuyoshi Tanabe

Tokuyoshi Tanabe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sewing machine including a laser cutting system, a sewing method, and an embroidering method
    Patent number: 5555827
    Abstract: A base sheet is laid on a back sheet and then is cut in a prescribed shape without cutting the back sheet. Embroidery then is made along the periphery of the base sheet. A sewing machine including a laser cutting system of the present invention is provided with a needle bar movable in a vertical direction; a sheet holding frame movable in directions in an X-Y plane a laser oscillator for oscillating laser light, and a sewing machine table. For a cutting process, vertical movement of the needle bar is stopped, the sheet holding frame is successively moved in the X-Y plane, and the laser oscillator successively oscillates laser light. While the sheet holding frame is thus successively moved on the sewing table, the base sheet is accurately cut in a prescribed shape with the laser light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tanabe Shishu
    Inventor: Tokuyoshi Tanabe