Patents Assigned to Suzuki Manufacturing, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11732390
    Abstract: Provided is a sewing machine threading device that is compactly configured, and that is capable of preventing a thread hooking claw from disturbing sewing work. When an up-and-down movement operation lever 9 is raised, a thread hooking claw 10 is located above a sewing needle not to disturb sewing work. When the up-and-down movement operation lever 9 is lowered, a sliding member 15 slides along a thread hooking guide shaft 16 to cause the thread hooking claw 10 to be lowered together with a thread hooking support rod 13, rotating unit 23 rotates the thread hooking claw 10 from behind the sewing needle toward an eye of the sewing needle in connection with lowering of the thread hooking support rod 13, and the thread hooking claw 10 is inserted into the eye of the sewing needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11639569
    Abstract: Provided is a sewing machine capable of positioning feed dogs with a sufficient distance below the upper surface of a throat plate when the feed dogs are retracted. Feed dogs 3 protrude and retract from a throat plate 1. A horizontal feed drive unit 8 converts the rotation of a drive shaft 7 into a reciprocating motion in the horizontal direction and transmits the horizontal reciprocating motion to the feed dogs 3. A vertical drive unit 9 converts the rotation of the drive shaft 7 into a reciprocating motion in the vertical direction and transmits the vertical reciprocating motion to the feed dogs 3. A vertical position changing part moves turn-back points P at both ends of a forward path and a return path when the feed dogs 3 reciprocate in the horizontal direction below the throat plate 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuru Sato
  • Patent number: 11339515
    Abstract: Provided is a sewing machine that can be reduced in size by employing a simple configuration for a feed dog drive device. A lateral feed drive unit (8) and a vertical drive unit (9) transmit rotation of a drive shaft (7) to a feed dog (3). The feed dog (3) is supported by a swingable feed base (5). A square piece (18) is provided at a lower end of a raising and lowering link (15) of the vertical drive unit (9). A guide member (19) including a guide groove (20) configured to guide the square piece (18) is disposed right under the feed base (5). An upper end of the raising and lowering link (15) is connected to a part of the feed base (5) between the swinging shaft (6) and the feed dog (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Sakuma, Mitsuru Sato
  • Patent number: 11124908
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thread feeding device of a decorative stitching sewing machine. The thread feeding device feeds a needle thread, an upper looper thread, and a lower looper thread in the amounts required for sewing one stitch such that the position of a stitch looping point of the threads changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Suzuki, Tohru Sakuma
  • Patent number: 10676848
    Abstract: A sewing machine needle is attached, fixed or exchanged to a needle clamp firmly and easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Sakuma, Mitsuharu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10472754
    Abstract: A sewing machine threading device includes: hermetic lips capable of making hermetic contact with a peripheral band-ring-shaped region of needles surrounding thread exits of needle eye, and which further includes a peripheral band-ring-shaped pad which surrounds suction port holes which draw in air from the thread exits of the needle eyes; a needle thread suction conduit pipe connected to the suction port holes; a position switching mechanism which moves the hermetic lips to a threading position such that the hermetic lips are in contact with the needle with the suction port holes being aligned with the thread exits, and, when forming a stitch, retracts the hermetic lips from the needle and moves said hermetic lips to a standby position; and a pump which takes in one end of the thread to be inserted into thread entrances of the needle eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Sakuma, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Shigenori Kudo, Mitsuru Satou
  • Patent number: 10422061
    Abstract: A sewing machine needle is attached firmly and easily, and is fixed and exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING LTD.
    Inventor: Tohru Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20190048503
    Abstract: Provided is a sewing machine threading device, comprising: hermetic lips (7a-7e) which are capable of making a hermetic contact with a peripheral band-ring-shaped region (22) of needles (1a, 1b, 1e-1g) which surrounds thread exits (5a-5e) of needle eyes (1-1d, 1h-1j) of the needle, and which further comprises a corresponding peripheral band-ring-shaped pad (24) which surrounds suction port holes (6a-6e) which draw in air from the thread exits of the needle eyes of the needles; a needle thread suction conduit pipe which is connected to the suction port holes of the hermetic lips; a position switching mechanism which, when threading the needle, moves the hermetic lips to a threading position such that the hermetic lips are in contact with the needle with the suction port holes being aligned with the thread exits of the needle eyes of the noodle, and, when forming a stitch, retracts the hermetic lips from the needle and moves said hermetic lips to a standby position; and a pump which, with the needle thread suct
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventors: TOHRU SAKUMA, MITSUHARU SUZUKI, SHIGENORI KUDO, MITSURU SATOU
  • Publication number: 20180347088
    Abstract: A sewing machine needle is attached firmly and easily, and is fixed and exchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING LTD.
    Inventor: TOHRU SAKUMA
  • Patent number: 9347163
    Abstract: An engaging clutch for respectively transmitting power from a sewing machine motor to a drive shaft driving a stitch forming device including the looper at the time of the stitch formation or to the gas supply source at the time of the looper threading comprises a structure which is moved to one of a gas supply drive member which transmits the power to the gas supply source and a stitch forming drive member which is fastened to one end of the drive shaft and transmits the power to the stitch forming device so that approach/separation becomes free depending on a manual operation of a looper threading/stitch forming changeover manual operating portion and transmits the power from the sewing machine motor through a clutch hollow shaft and retains a connecting state when connecting to the gas supply drive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Sakuma, Masato Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9297101
    Abstract: When lifting and lowering the presser-foot by either of the manual operation lever and the knee operation lifter, the composition of the lifting and lowering mechanism can be simplified, the number of parts can be reduced and the production can be performed easily. The present invention is provided with a presser bar lifting and lowering mechanism (30) which has: a lifter operating plate which is disposed upon a pedestal (2a) which supports an arm (2) upon a bed (3) and which is vertically movable depending on a vertical movement operation of a manual operation lever (31); a pivot rod in which one end is joined to the lifter operating plate via a first joining link; and a presser-foot bar lifting and lowering plate which is joined to a second joining link which is joined to the other end of the pivot rod, and which is joined to the presser-foot bar via a presser bar holder which is fixed to the presser-foot bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventor: Tohru Sakuma
  • Patent number: 9290872
    Abstract: A gas carrying threading device includes a clutch for transmitting power from a sewing machine motor to a drive shaft that drives a stitch forming device at the time of stitch formation or to a gas supply pump at the time of looper threading, a looper threading/stitch forming changeover mechanism for changing over the clutch so that transmission of power to the stitch forming device is interrupted and the power is transmitted to the gas supply pump at the time of the looper threading and the power is transmitted to the stitch forming device and the transmission of the power to the gas supply pump is interrupted at the time of stitch formation, and a changeover prohibition mechanism for prohibiting abnormal changeover to a stitch forming state of the looper threading/stitch forming changeover mechanism during the gas supply operation of the gas supply pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20150233033
    Abstract: When lifting and lowering the presser-foot by either of the manual operation lever and the knee operation lifter, the composition of the lifting and lowering mechanism can be simplified, the number of parts can be reduced and the production can be performed easily. The present invention is provided with a presser bar lifting and lowering mechanism (30) which has: a lifter operating plate which is disposed upon a pedestal (2a) which supports an arm (2) upon a bed (3) and which is vertically movable depending on a vertical movement operation of a manual operation lever (31); a pivot rod in which one end is joined to the lifter operating plate via a first joining link; and a presser-foot bar lifting and lowering plate which is joined to a second joining link which is joined to the other end of the pivot rod, and which is joined to the presser-foot bar via a presser bar holder which is fixed to the presser-foot bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventor: Tohru Sakuma
  • Patent number: 8925472
    Abstract: Pressurized gas for carrying looper thread by gas is generated by gas supply pump operated by changing over a sewing-machine motor, which drives stitch forming device, looper threading is performed through loopers by one-touch operation. Gas carrying threading device of sewing machine, comprising: looper thread introduction mechanism inserts looper thread guided to loopers; hollow looper thread guide extends from looper thread introduction mechanism to looper thread inlets and has looper thread guide outlets; gas supply pump for performing looper threading by carrying looper thread by gas from looper thread introduction area through hollow looper thread guide to looper thread loop-taker point outlets; clutch for transmitting power from sewing machine motor M to drive shaft which drives stitch forming device including loopers at time of stitch formation or to gas supply pump at time of looper threading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Suzuki Manufacturing, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Sakuma, Masato Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8857354
    Abstract: A threading to a looper is performed with one-touch operation. A looper threading/sewing changeover mechanism 30 including a push button 33 for a pressing operation of a push button shaft 32 that a control pin 31 is protruded and provided, a control groove cam 38 which includes a first control groove cam portion 34—a fourth control groove cam portion 37 which receive the control pin, a connecting movement plate 40 which supports a thread guide portion and which is elastically repelled toward a threading state that a thread guide outlet of the thread guide portion contacts to a looper thread inlet of the looper by a first spring 39, and a connecting positioning plate 82 which rotates together with a main shaft 2 integrally and has a peripheral surface 80 that a tip portion 41 of the push button shaft contacts and has a notch portion 81 that the tip portion of the push button shaft is fitted is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Suzuki Manufacturing, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Sakuma, Masato Ishikawa, Mitsuru Satou
  • Publication number: 20140190383
    Abstract: When performing the threading to the looper by one-touch operation, the abnormal changeover to the stitch forming state of the looper threading/stitch forming changeover mechanism during the gas supply operation of the gas supply pump is prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20140083344
    Abstract: A threading to a looper is performed with one-touch operation. A looper threading/sewing changeover mechanism 30 including a push button 33 for a pressing operation of a push button shaft 32 that a control pin 31 is protruded and provided, a control groove cam 38 which includes a first control groove cam portion 34—a fourth control groove cam portion 37 which receive the control pin, a connecting movement plate 40 which supports a thread guide portion and which is elastically repelled toward a threading state that a thread guide outlet of the thread guide portion contacts to a looper thread inlet of the looper by a first spring 39, and a connecting positioning plate 82 which rotates together with a main shaft 2 integrally and has a peripheral surface 80 that a tip portion 41 of the push button shaft contacts and has a notch portion 81 that the tip portion of the push button shaft is fitted is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Sakuma, Masato Ishikawa, Mitsuru Satou
  • Patent number: 8661997
    Abstract: A thread can be captured surely by the thread capturing open eye of a needle and a stitch can be formed in the space within a machine bed. A handstitch on the front surface of a fabric workpiece and a locked stitch on the back surface are formed as a skip-stitch set by cooperation of a open eye needle (13), a rotary hook (200) comprising a rocking bobbin casing (205) loaded in a rotative outer rotary hook (202), and a thread draw out actuator (401). In the first stroke of the open eye needle (13), a stitch length feed of the fabric workpiece for handstitch is performed by a feed dog (601). In the second stroke of the open eye needle (13), an inter-stitch pitch feed of fabric workpiece for inter-handstitch is performed by a feed dog (601).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Suzuki Manufacturing, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Sakuma, Tohru Sakuma
  • Patent number: D730411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventor: Shigenori Kudo
  • Patent number: D955444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventor: Shigenori Kudo