GB835715A - Thread guide for sewing machines - Google Patents

Abstract

835,715. Sewing - machines. SINGER MANUFACTURING CO. March 25, 1957 [April 9, 1956], No. 9631/57. Class 112 A combined needle clamp and thread guide has a substantially planar face over which the thread runs, an opening adjacent to the lower edge forming a thread path substantially normal to the face the thread passing in a tortuous path from the planar face, through the opening and to the eye of the needle. The needle clamp 5 includes a clamping screw 15 and a band 12 encircling a reduced portion at the lower end 13 of the needle bar to clamp the shank of the needle 4 in a slot 16 in the needle bar. The thread guide 6 of sheet material, is preferably spot welded to the clamp and has a lower edge 21 from which a finger 19 extends downwards and laterally, a slot, which comprises the opening for the thread, being defined between the edge 21 and the upper edge 23 of the finger. Either the edge 23, as shown, or the edge 21, is provided with a thread retaining rise 25. To facilitate the threading of the slot the free end of the finger 19 is set out of vertical registery with a second finger 27 which extends laterally from the thread guide and extends towards the rear of the clamp.