CN205223567U - Quilting presser foot device - Google Patents

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CN205223567U
CN205223567U CN201520926965.3U CN201520926965U CN205223567U CN 205223567 U CN205223567 U CN 205223567U CN 201520926965 U CN201520926965 U CN 201520926965U CN 205223567 U CN205223567 U CN 205223567U
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The utility model provides a can not carry out the quilting presser foot device that makes up for the friction of grey cloth and/or step non -resistance ground when making up the quilting through free motion. This quilting presser foot device possess the presser foot support portion of assembly on sewing machine's presser bar, for presser foot support portion along upper and lower direction slide the sliding shaft that is supported freely, install the presser foot of the lower extreme of sliding shaft, for presser foot support portion is right downwards afterburning elastomeric element of sliding shaft and adjustment from the faller surface to the presser foot adjustment portion of the height of presser foot lower surface, the presser foot possesses a plurality of balls, a plurality of balls are rotatory respectively to be disposed freely, and the partly lower surface from the presser foot of each ball exposes and meets with the surface of grey cloth.

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Quilting foot device
Technical field
The utility model relates to the foot device of Sewing machines, particularly relates to a kind of when making grey cloth move freely to arbitrary direction to make quilting, can carry out the quilting foot device made without resistance relative to the friction of grey cloth and/or step.
Background technology
At present, there will be a known a kind of replacing formula quilting foot device, this replacing formula quilting foot device user Sewing machines is operated continuously use manually to make grey cloth to move freely to arbitrary direction to form the stitch of arbitrary shape thus, make quilting by so-called freely-movable time use.
Such as, as shown in Figure 6, closed toe formula (closetoe) presser feet, open toe formula (opentoe) presser feet of (c) and (d), the transparent resin presser feet of (e) and (f) etc. of (a) and (b) are changed formula quilting presser feet and are detachably fixed in presser feet unit by hold-down screw.
Above-mentioned replacing formula quilting presser feet can change use three kinds of presser feets according to the using method of purposes or user.
But, above-mentioned replacing formula quilting presser feet and to link from the knee-action of needle bar and to push down the darning presser feet of grey cloth off and on different, presser feet lower surface always connects with grey cloth, so when grey cloth be dermatine or vinyl plastics blank, these grey cloths will be attached at presser feet lower surface, can not carry out feeding to grey cloth swimmingly, consequently, existence can cause this problem of poor stitching quality.
In addition, always certain to the height of presser feet lower surface from needle plate upper surface in above-mentioned replacing formula quilting presser feet, so when part (step etc.) that the thickness making grey cloth is different, the edge that there is presser feet tangles the step of grey cloth, becomes this problem of resistance when carrying out feeding to grey cloth.
In order to address these problems, there is provided the friction and making alleviating presser feet and make storeroom make material to send effect smooth and easy, and be also suitable for embroidery etc. make direction presser feet jumpy, at present, there will be a known the use in sewing machine presser feet being partly embedded with several ball, be provided with multiple ball in the bottom of use in sewing machine presser feet and retract hole, ball is inserted with in each hole, being accommodated in by ball with the plate with the hole less than the sphere diameter of ball retracts in hole, and ball smooth and easy and direction in each hole rotates (with reference to patent document 1) freely independently of one another.
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Patent document
Patent document 1: the real public clear 44-13820 publication of Japan
But, in the use in sewing machine presser feet that above-mentioned patent document 1 is recorded, although to make material be not with base plate bottom surface but connect with ball, direction of bowl rotates freely, thus can make to make material and move swimmingly without resistance, but because above-mentioned use in sewing machine presser feet makes the grey cloth as making material freely move left and right forwards, backwards, so presser feet must maintain the height with the degree of grey cloth surface contact, therefore, necessary pressure can not be applied to grey cloth, if compared with common making, then in the poor this point of the formation of stitch, leave over problem.
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Technical problem to be solved
The utility model is to solve the problem as problem, object is, provides a kind of quilting foot device, when making quilting by freely-movable, can make without resistance relative to the friction of grey cloth and/or step, and then the quality of the quilting of sewing it up can be improved.
For the technical scheme of dealing with problems
In order to solve the problem, the utility model adopts following structure, that is, as quilting foot device, it is characterized in that, possess: be assemblied in the presser feet cradle portion on the presser bar of Sewing machines; Relative to described presser feet cradle portion along the vertical direction sliding freely by the sliding axle supported; Be arranged on the presser feet of the lower end of described sliding axle; Relative to described presser feet cradle portion downwards to the first elastomeric element of described sliding axle reinforcing; And adjustment is from needle plate surface to the presser feet adjustment part of the height of described presser feet lower surface, described presser feet possesses multiple ball, and described multiple ball rotatably configures separately, and each ball part is exposed from the lower surface of described presser feet and connects with the surface of grey cloth.
As the embodiment of presser feet of the present utility model, adopt following structure, it is characterized in that, described presser feet comprises the presser feet main body that is formed with the recess configuring described ball and by the lid of described recess obturation, described presser feet main body has the bottom pin through hole being formed at described recess central authorities and the surrounding being formed at described bottom pin through hole and retracts the bottom ball of described ball, and described lid has the upper needle through hole corresponding with described bottom pin through hole and the top ball corresponding with described bottom ball.
As the embodiment of presser feet main body of the present utility model, adopt following structure, it is characterized in that, described presser feet main body has circular base plate, with the installation portion to sliding axle of edge, periphery being formed at described base plate, described recess is formed at the part except described base plate beyond circumference, in addition, it is characterized in that, described presser feet main body is formed with bellying at the lower surface of described base plate downward around the pin through hole of described bottom, and, it is characterized in that, the foot of described bellying is formed to be located by the top than the ground plane of described ball.
As the embodiment of presser feet adjustment part of the present utility model, adopt following structure, it is characterized in that, described presser feet adjustment part comprises: adjustment axle, and itself and described sliding axle one link, and are supported sliding freely relative to described presser feet cradle portion; Adjustment screwed part, itself and described adjustment axle screw togather; With the second elastomeric element, it is wound on described adjustment axle, afterburning to described adjustment axle upward relative to described presser feet cradle portion by described adjustment screwed part.
The effect of utility model
Quilting foot device of the present utility model possesses: be assemblied in the presser feet cradle portion on the presser bar of Sewing machines; Relative to described presser feet cradle portion along the vertical direction sliding freely by the sliding axle supported; Be arranged on the presser feet of the lower end of described sliding axle; Relative to described presser feet cradle portion downwards to the first elastomeric element of described sliding axle reinforcing; And adjustment is from needle plate surface to the presser feet adjustment part of the height of described presser feet lower surface, described presser feet possesses multiple ball, described multiple ball rotatably configures separately, each ball part is exposed from the lower surface of described presser feet and connects with the surface of grey cloth, when making quilting by free-running operation, because the surface of grey cloth connects with rotatable ball, thus can make without resistance relative to the friction of grey cloth and/or step, the quality of the quilting of sewing it up can be improved.
In addition, in the part such as step of the varied in thickness of grey cloth, the ball that a part is exposed from the lower surface of presser feet rotates swimmingly, thus is easy to more top bar, and presser feet can overcome the elastic force of the first elastomeric element of presser feet adjustment unit and rise, always corresponding with the change of the thickness of grey cloth.
In addition, around the pin through hole of bottom, form bellying by the lower surface in base plate downward, the situation that can prevent the pin of Sewing machines from being mentioned by grey cloth when grey cloth rises, forms good stitch.
And, can adjust simply by means of only rotation adjustment screwed part from needle plate surface to the height of the lower surface of presser feet, therefore, easily can carry out the setting of the height and position of the presser feet corresponding with the thickness of grey cloth.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 (a) is the top view of quilting foot device of the present utility model, and (b) is front view;
Fig. 2 (a) is the left view of quilting foot device of the present utility model, and (b) is the stereogram of presser feet adjustment unit of the present utility model;
Fig. 3 (a) is the top view of presser feet of the present utility model, and (b) is the X-X line profile of (a);
Fig. 4 represents stereogram presser feet of the present utility model being decomposed into the state after each parts;
Fig. 5 is the front view of the using state representing quilting foot device of the present utility model, and (a) is the state that presser feet contacts with needle plate, and (b) is that presser feet rises to the state of the height and position corresponding with the thickness of grey cloth from needle plate;
Fig. 6 is the figure of the replacing formula quilting presser feet of example beyond representing, a () is the top view of closed toe formula presser feet, b () is its front view, c () is the top view of open toe formula presser feet, d () is its front view, e () is the top view of transparent resin presser feet, (f) is its front view.
Symbol description
A quilting foot device
B presser feet
C presser feet adjustment unit
D presser bar
E needle plate
F grey cloth
H thickness
1 base plate
2 edge, peripheries
3 recesses
4 bottom surfaces
5 bottom pin through holes
6 bottom ball
7 lower surfaces
8 bellyings
8a foot
10 presser feet main bodys
11 installation portions
12 installing holes
13 sliding axle insertion sections
14 spline arms
15 hold-down screws
20 balls
21 ground planes
30 lids
31 upper needle through holes
32 top ball
40 presser feet cradle portion
41 supportive body portions
42 high portion shaft supporting parts
42a, 43a, 44a, 44b slip through hole
43 lower curtate shaft supporting parts
44 bottom shaft supporting parts
45 departments of assembly
46 long guiding holes
47 mounting screws
50 presser feet sliding parts
51 sliding axles
51a upper end
52 guide fingers
53 first elastomeric elements
54 install screwed hole
60 presser feet adjustment parts
61 adjustment axles
61a external thread part
61b threaded upper ends portion
62 adjustment screwed parts
63 webs
64 second elastomeric elements
64a high elastic modulus Compress Spring
64b low elastic modulus Compress Spring
Detailed description of the invention
Then, with reference to the accompanying drawing shown in embodiment, quilting foot device of the present utility model is described.
Embodiment
In Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, A is assemblied in the lower end of depression bar D of Sewing machines and the quilting foot device for being made quilting by freely-movable, is made up of presser feet B and the presser feet adjustment unit C that removably installs presser feet B.
As shown in Figure 4, presser feet B is made up of presser feet main body 10, four balls 20, lids 30.Presser feet main body 10 possesses discoid base plate 1 and is connected with the edge, periphery 2 of base plate 1 installation portion 11 arranged.
As shown in Figures 3 and 4, the upper surface of base plate 1, is formed with recess 3 to embed lid 30 from edge, periphery 2, is formed with the bottom pin through hole 5 of drum in the central authorities of the bottom surface 4 of recess 3.
Being formed at around the bottom pin through hole 5 of bottom surface 4, to be formed with the bottom ball 6 of four rounding frustum shapes at equal intervals.
As shown in Fig. 3 (b), on the lower surface 7 of base plate 1, be formed with downward bellying 8 from the surrounding of bottom pin through hole 5, bellying 8 is positioned at the top of the ground plane 21 of ball 20 mode with its foot 8a is shaped.
Installation portion 11 possesses the sliding axle insertion section 13 that is formed with the installing hole 12 inserting hold-down screw 15 and the spline arm 14 from sliding axle insertion section 13 horizontal-extending.
Ball 20 shape is spheroid, and is not limited to the metal such as steel, and also can use the resinous ball such as polyacetals or PEEK (polyether-ether-ketone), the diameter of ball 20 is preferably about 3 ~ 7mm.
As shown in Figure 3, lid 30 is for having the discoideus of the thickness of the degree of depth being equivalent to recess 3, the upper needle through hole 31 of the drum corresponding with bottom pin through hole 5 is formed in central authorities, around upper needle through hole 31, be formed with the top ball 32 of four truncated cone shape corresponding with bottom ball 6.
Be formed at base plate 1 recess 3 bottom surface 4 bottom ball 6 in configure four balls 20 after, embed with the state presser feet B of the position consistency of the top ball 32 with ball 20 that make lid 30 and be fixed on recess 3.Thus, ball 20 is placed in loose state in the space that is formed between presser feet main body 10 and lid 30, and ball 20 rotates freely when being applied in external force.
As shown in Figures 1 and 2, presser feet adjustment unit C is made up of presser feet cradle portion 40, presser feet sliding part 50, presser feet adjustment part 60.
Presser feet cradle portion 40 is formed with high portion shaft supporting part 42 in the upper end of a high side in supportive body portion 41, is formed with lower curtate shaft supporting part 43 in the upper end of a low side, and, be formed with bottom shaft supporting part 44 in the lower end in supportive body portion 41.
Be formed with slip through hole 42a at high portion shaft supporting part 42, be formed with slip through hole 43a at lower curtate shaft supporting part 43, be formed with slip through hole 44a and 44b at bottom shaft supporting part 44.
Be formed at the left end in supportive body portion 41 and carry out the department of assembly 45 of assembling to depression bar D, and, between high portion shaft supporting part 42 and bottom shaft supporting part 44, be formed with slot-shaped long guiding hole 46.
Supportive body portion 41, high portion shaft supporting part 42, lower curtate shaft supporting part 43, bottom shaft supporting part 44 and department of assembly 45 are integrally formed by metal material.
Presser feet sliding part 50 is made up of following parts: sliding axle 51, it is inserted through the slip through hole 42a formed at the high portion shaft supporting part 42 of presser feet the cradle portion 40 and slip through hole 44a formed at bottom shaft supporting part 44, and is supported sliding freely at above-below direction relative to presser feet cradle portion 40; Guide finger 52, it implants and arranges on the direction orthogonal with the direction of principal axis of sliding axle 51; With the first elastomeric element 53, it is wound between the high portion shaft supporting part 42 of sliding axle 51 and guide finger 52.
Above-mentioned guide finger 52 is inserted in the long guiding hole 46 of supportive body portion 41 formation with having play, to make sliding axle 51 relative to presser feet cradle portion 40 non rotating.
As the first elastomeric element 53, in the present embodiment, use helical spring, sliding axle 51 is always afterburning downwards relative to presser feet cradle portion 40 by the first elastomeric element 53.
The installation screwed hole 54 screwed togather with the hold-down screw 15 installed presser feet B is formed in the lower end of sliding axle 51.
As shown in Figure 5, presser feet adjustment part 60 has the effect of adjustment from the surface of needle plate E to the height of the lower surface of presser feet B, comprise: adjustment axle 61, it is inserted through the slip through hole 43a of lower curtate the shaft supporting part 43 and slip through hole 44b of bottom shaft supporting part 44, and is supported sliding freely along the vertical direction relative to presser feet cradle portion 40; Adjustment screwed part 62, it screws togather with the external thread part 61a being formed at the first half adjusting axle 61; Web 63, it links the upper end 51a of the sliding axle 51 and threaded upper ends portion 61b of adjustment axle 61; With the second elastomeric element 64, between its adjustment screwed part 62 being wound on adjustment axle 61 and lower curtate shaft supporting part 43.
By above-mentioned web 63, adjustment axle 61 can slide relative to presser feet cradle portion 40 integratedly along the vertical direction with sliding axle 51.
In addition, as the second elastomeric element 64, in the present embodiment, be used in inner side put into high elastic modulus Compress Spring 64a and carry out with low elastic modulus Compress Spring 64b the parts that reel around.
Then, the occupation mode of the present embodiment and action effect are described.
When making quilting by freely-movable, as shown in Fig. 2 (b), in order to assemble the presser feet adjustment unit C of the present embodiment to the depression bar D of Sewing machines, by mounting screw 47, installation portion 45 is fixed on the precalculated position of depression bar D lower end.
Then, in order to install presser feet B to presser feet adjustment unit C, the sliding axle insertion section 13 of installation portion 11 and spline arm 14 are inserted in respectively sliding axle 51 and adjustment axle 61, and via installing hole 12 hold-down screw 15 are screwed togather to be fixed on screwed hole 54 is installed.
In addition, in the present embodiment, when presser feet B being installed to presser feet adjustment unit C, be fixed by hold-down screw 15, but one touch type clip etc. also can be used for the device of fixing presser foot B.
If quilting foot device A terminates to the assembling of depression bar D, then as shown in Figure 5, make adjustment screwed part 62 towards lower curtate shaft supporting part 43 sideway swivel, adjustment axle 61 is slided upward relative to presser feet cradle portion 40.
Meanwhile, by also making sliding axle 51 slide upward relative to presser feet cradle portion 40, making presser feet B rise to the height corresponding with the thickness h of grey cloth F from needle plate E upper surface, carrying out Height Adjustment.
After above preparation work completes, feed dog (not shown) is set as the state (lower feeding (dropfeed)) fallen from needle plate E, the grey cloth F accompanying cotton for wadding between upper cloth and lower cloth is inserted between presser feet B and needle plate E, makes grey cloth F move to the position starting to make.
After grey cloth F being moved to make starting position, start Sewing machines, with manually making grey cloth F move to desired direction, while make quilting by freely-movable.
When making quilting, due on the lower surface 7 of base plate 1, be formed with downward bellying 8 from the surrounding of bottom pin through hole 5, so can prevent the pin of Sewing machines (not shown) from being mentioned by grey cloth F when grey cloth F rises, thus form good stitch.
In addition, formed because bellying 8 is positioned at the mode more closer to the top than the ground plane 21 of ball 20 with foot 8a, so except when the pin of Sewing machines rises from grey cloth F, the foot 8a of bellying 8 can not contact with grey cloth F, and when making grey cloth F mobile by freely-movable, can not hinder and the contacting smoothly of ball 20.
As mentioned above, the quilting foot device A of the present embodiment is when making quilting by freely-movable, even if grey cloth F is dermatine or vinyl plastics blank, four balls 20 exposed from the lower surface 7 of presser feet B by each ball part are connected with grey cloth F and roll swimmingly to arbitrary direction, grey cloth F can be prevented to be attached at the lower surface 7 of presser feet B, feeding can be carried out to grey cloth F swimmingly.
In addition, in parts such as the steps that the thickness h of grey cloth F is thickening, ball 20 can easily more be topped bar by rotating, and presser feet B overcomes the elastic force of first elastomeric element 53 of presser feet adjustment unit C and rises, always can be corresponding with the change of the thickness h of grey cloth F.
In addition, from needle plate E surface to the height of the lower surface 7 of presser feet B, can adjust simply by means of only rotation adjustment screwed part 62, therefore, easily can set the height and position of the presser feet B corresponding with the thickness h of grey cloth F.
Utilizability in industry
Quilting foot device of the present utility model, when making quilting by freely-movable, can be made relative to the friction of grey cloth or step without resistance, so can improve the quality of the quilting of sewing it up, is the device being conducive to being widely used in various Sewing machines.

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1. a quilting foot device, is characterized in that, possesses:
Be assemblied in the presser feet cradle portion on the presser bar of Sewing machines;
Relative to described presser feet cradle portion along the vertical direction sliding freely by the sliding axle supported;
Be arranged on the presser feet of the lower end of described sliding axle;
Relative to described presser feet cradle portion downwards to the first elastomeric element of described sliding axle reinforcing; And
Adjust the presser feet adjustment part from needle plate surface to the height of described presser feet lower surface,
Described presser feet possesses multiple ball, and described multiple ball rotatably configures separately, and each ball part is exposed from the lower surface of described presser feet and connects with the surface of grey cloth.
2. quilting foot device according to claim 1, is characterized in that,
Described presser feet comprises the presser feet main body that is formed with the recess configuring described ball and by the lid of described recess obturation,
Described presser feet main body has the bottom pin through hole being formed at described recess central authorities and the surrounding being formed at described bottom pin through hole and retracts the bottom ball of described ball,
Described lid has the upper needle through hole corresponding with described bottom pin through hole and the top ball corresponding with described bottom ball.
3. quilting foot device according to claim 2, is characterized in that,
Described presser feet main body has circular base plate and is formed at the installation portion to sliding axle of edge, periphery of described base plate,
Described recess is formed at the part except described base plate beyond circumference.
4. quilting foot device according to claim 3, is characterized in that,
Described presser feet main body is formed with bellying at the lower surface of described base plate downward around the pin through hole of described bottom.
5. quilting foot device according to claim 4, is characterized in that,
The foot of described bellying is formed to be located by the top than the ground plane of described ball.
6. the quilting foot device according to any one of Claims 1 to 5, is characterized in that,
Described presser feet adjustment part comprises: adjustment axle, and itself and described sliding axle one link, and are supported sliding freely relative to described presser feet cradle portion; Adjustment screwed part, itself and described adjustment axle screw togather; With the second elastomeric element, it is wound on described adjustment axle, afterburning to described adjustment axle upward relative to described presser feet cradle portion by described adjustment screwed part.
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