Patents by Inventor Mikio Furuichi
Mikio Furuichi 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).
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Patent number: 7055443Abstract: The present invention provides an embroidering machine which is made up of a thread station at which a plurality of spools of different colored threads are installed; a frame on which a work-piece is carried in tension mode; an embroidery stitching mechanism having a plurality of needles to which the colored threads are routed, respectively, and stitching the work-piece with the colored thread routed to a selected needle; a color recognizing device for recognizing the color of each of the threads routed to the respective needles; data reading means for reading embroidering data relating to the embroidering pattern; a comparing device matching a color indication included in the embroidering data with the color of each of the threads which is recognized by the color recognizing device, the comparing device selecting one of the threads to which the thread of the matched color is routed for determining the selected needle; and a control device for controlling the selected needle of the embroidery stitching mechanType: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hisaharu Goto, Mikio Furuichi
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Publication number: 20050188906Abstract: The present invention provides an embroidering machine which is made up of a thread station at which a plurality of spools of different colored threads are installed; a frame on which a work-piece is carried in tension mode; an embroidery stitching mechanism having a plurality of needles to which the colored threads are routed, respectively, and stitching the work-piece with the colored thread routed to a selected needle; a color recognizing device for recognizing the color of each of the threads routed to the respective needles; data reading means for reading embroidering data relating to the embroidering pattern; a comparing device matching a color indication included in the embroidering data with the color of each of the threads which is recognized by the color recognizing device, the comparing device selecting one of the threads to which the thread of the matched color is routed for determining the selected needle; and a control device for controlling the selected needle of the embroidery stitching mechanType: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisaharu Goto, Mikio Furuichi
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Publication number: 20050015177Abstract: An embroidering and dyeing system includes a controller, an embroidering machine controlled by the controller, and a dyeing device controlled by the controller. The dyeing device is operable independently from the embroidering machine. An objective pattern formed by the embroidering machine and/or the dyeing device and progress for forming the objective pattern are displayed on a screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2004Publication date: January 20, 2005Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seiichiro Hagino, Hisaharu Goto, Mikio Furuichi, Tsukasa Ando
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Publication number: 20050010322Abstract: A dyeing system includes a frame, an arm configured to be extended from the frame, a shaft portion rotatably projected from the frame, a movable body provided at the shaft portion to be movable in an axial direction and to be unitarily rotatable, a first support body including an internal space inserted with the shaft portion, a connection body for connecting the first support body and the movable body, a second support body detachably provided at the first support body for supporting a work piece including a cylindrical portion, a first drive mechanism for rotating the shaft portion, a second drive mechanism for moving the first support body or the shaft in the axial direction of the shaft portion, and an ink jet mechanism provided in the arm for jetting ink for dyeing the work piece supported at the first support body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2004Publication date: January 13, 2005Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisaharu Goto, Seiichiro Hagino, Mikio Furuichi, Tsukasa Ando
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Patent number: 6341569Abstract: A sewing machine includes a movable holder portion which holds a material to be sewn, a holder drive portion which transfers the holder portion during sewing, a needle drive portion which drives a sewing needle to sew, and a controller which intelligently regulates the holder drive portion and the needle drive portion. The controller includes a) an initial motion device which initially transfers the material to be sewn before sewing or during an initial stage of sewing, and b) an estimating device which finds the mass of the material to be sewn depending on a physical value such as at least one of a moving velocity of the material to be sewn at a predetermined period of time and a moving distance of the material within the amount of the predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2001Date of Patent: January 29, 2002Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mikio Furuichi, Hideki Kuzuya, Akira Mineno
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Publication number: 20010023657Abstract: A sewing machine includes a movable holder portion which holds a material to be sewn, a holder drive portion which transfers the holder portion during sewing, a needle drive portion which drives a sewing needle to sew, and a controller which intelligently regulates the holder drive portion and the needle drive portion. The controller includes a) a initial motion device which initially transfers the material to be sewn before sewing or during an initial stage of sewing, and b) an estimating device which finds the mass of the material to be sewn depending on a physical value such as at least one of a moving velocity of the material to be sewn at a predetermined period of time and a moving distance of the material within the amount of the predetermined period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2001Publication date: September 27, 2001Inventors: Mikio Furuichi, Hideki Kuzuya, Akira Mineno
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Patent number: 5682830Abstract: A sewing machine includes a plurality of bobbins, thread guiding device, thread selecting device, a needle having an eye, a thread take-up lever having a thread receiving hole, thread taking-out device, movable thread hooking device, and thread letting-through device. The thread guiding device delivers a plurality of threads from the bobbins. The thread selecting device selects one of the threads. The thread taking-out device brings the selected thread adjacent to the eye of the thread. Simultaneously with the thread taking-out action of the thread taking-out device, the movable thread hooking device and the thread letting-through device co-operatively let the selected thread, being disposed between the thread take-up lever and the needle, pass through the thread receiving hole of the thread take-up lever via an opening of the thread receiving hole, and let the leading end of the selected thread pass through the eye of the needle.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1995Date of Patent: November 4, 1997Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yutaka Katou, Hisaharu Goto, Seiichiro Hagino, Toshiyuki Nakai, Mikio Furuichi, Akimitsu Kamatsuka, Suehiko Murata