Abstract: A creasing apparatus includes a top plate having an upper surface supporting a fabric, a robot manipulator, a folding assembly mounted on the robot manipulator and configured to make a crease on the fabric by pinching the fabric from above, and a control device configured to control the robot manipulator and the folding assembly.

Abstract: A spool rest is provided in a thread standing device of a sewing machine so as to hold a thread spool to be attachable and detachable by inserting a support installed to protrude from a thread standing base, in a cylinder portion formed at a center of the thread spool around which a sewing thread to be fed to the sewing machine is wound, the spool rest is a polygonal plate installed on the thread standing base and includes a through-hole that the support provided at a center portion of a placement surface for placing the thread spool penetrates, and a thread passing groove is formed from the center portion of the placement surface toward an outer edge portion.

Abstract: A spool rest is provided in a thread standing device of a sewing machine so as to hold a thread spool to be attachable and detachable by inserting a support installed to protrude from a thread standing base, in a cylinder portion formed at a center of the thread spool around which a sewing thread to be fed to the sewing machine is wound, the spool rest is a polygonal plate installed on the thread standing base and includes a through-hole that the support provided at a center portion of a placement surface for placing the thread spool penetrates, and a thread passing groove is formed from the center portion of the placement surface toward an outer edge portion.