JPH06257058A - Cap frame holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a cap frame holder enabling to highly easily and rapidly perform the attachment work of a cap to a cap frame. CONSTITUTION:The cap frame holder is characterized by disposing a connecting member 61 on the side surface of a holding member 55 attached to a base member in a self-standing state. When the root part of the cap frame is connected to the connecting member, the cap frame is formed in the self-standing state. In the state, a worker can insert a cap onto the cap frame and place the embroidering region of the cap at the window hole of the cap frame.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hat frame holder used when attaching a hat to a hat frame for an embroidery sewing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art To attach a hat to the hat frame, hold the hat frame with one hand and cover the hat frame with only the other hand in that state, and the embroidery area of the hat is capped. We are working to correct the misalignment so that it will be located in the window hole of the frame.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the above conventional method,
Since the above work must be performed while operating the hat with only one hand, there are problems that the work is extremely difficult and that it takes a long time.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems (technical problems) of the prior art, and it is very easy and quick to attach the hat to the hat frame. It is intended to provide a frame holder.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the cap frame holder according to the present invention is a space for laterally positioning the cap frame with the embroidering window hole in the cap frame facing upward. The holding member for a hat frame provided with is provided with a base member for making the holding member self-supporting in a part thereof, and further for connecting the connecting portion of the hat frame base portion to the side surface of the holding member in a detachable manner. It is provided with a connecting member.

[0006]

When the connecting portion of the base portion of the hat frame is connected to the connecting member of the holder, the hat frame becomes self-supporting. In this state,
The operator puts the hat on the hat frame with both hands and positions the embroidery area in the window hole.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, A is a cap frame for an embroidery sewing machine, B is a cap frame holder, and C is a cap. First, the hat frame A will be described. Reference numerals 1 to 32 show members generally known in this type of hat frame, 1 being a base frame, 2 its body, 3
Is an adjustment frame that is slidable in the direction of arrow 3a with respect to the main body 2,
Reference numeral 4 is a long hole for allowing the adjustment frame to slide, and 5 is a fixing screw rod for fixing the adjustment frame 3 to the main body 2. Reference numeral 6 denotes the upper surface of the base frame 1, which is formed in an arcuate cross section as shown in the figure in order to receive the front portion of the hat. 7 is a window hole formed on the upper surface 6 for positioning the embroidery area on the front surface of the hat, and 8, 9, 10, and 11 are receiving portions for receiving the front surface portion of the hat on the four circumferences of the window hole 7. The parts 8, 9 and 10 are configured by the upper surface of the main body 2 and the receiving portion 11 is configured by the upper surface of the adjustment frame 3, and the window hole 7 can be made to correspond to the embroidery area by sliding the adjustment frame 3. Rubber is attached to each of the receiving parts to prevent the cap from slipping. 12 is base frame 1
The bed storage space of the embroidery sewing machine provided on the lower side (inside) of the embroidery sewing machine, 13 is a connecting portion provided at the base of the base frame 1 for connecting to the hat frame driving section of the embroidery sewing machine, and is mechanically constant. Multiple to connect with the positional relationship of (4 in this example)
It has a connecting element 14 of. As shown in FIG. 6, each connecting element 14 is composed of an abutment member 15 integrally formed with the main body 2 and a fitting hole 16 formed therein. Reference numeral 17 is a brim for reinforcing the main body 2, which is integrated with the main body 2 by welding. Reference numerals 18 and 19 are connecting pieces for connecting the presser foot, and as shown in FIG. 3, the outer peripheral surface of the base frame 1 is a gap 18a, 19 for inserting the main body of the cap.
The base parts of the respective parts are fixed to the collar 17 by the mounting block 20. Reference numeral 21 denotes a fastener hook fixed to the connecting piece 19.

Next, 25 is a retainer, which is a window hole 7 in the base frame 1.
In order to press the front part of the hat against each of the receiving parts 8, 9, 10, 11 on the four circumferences of the above, the base side member 28, the left and right lateral side members 26, 27, and the free end side member 29 are provided. Prepare Rubber for preventing slippage is attached to the surface of each of the members facing the receiving portion. The member 29 has an arrow 29a similar to the adjusting frame 3 described above.
Both ends are connected to the members 26 and 27 so that the position can be changed in any direction. 30 is a window for exposing the embroidery area, 31 is a connecting body for rotatably connecting one end of the presser foot 25 to the connecting piece 18, and 32 is a presser foot 25.
The other end is attached to the fastener hook 21 so as to be freely detachable from the fastener hook, and a fastener having a known structure capable of expansion and contraction is used. In addition, 28a of FIG. 11 is a base portion of the eaves 85 of the hat C.
An abutting portion provided on the base side member 28 for abutting on the surface 85a "of the base 85a, and is constituted by an edge portion of the base side member 28.

Next, the structure for confirming the position of the cap provided on the base frame 1 of the cap frame A will be described with reference to FIG. 41 is a base material for mounting the position confirmation body, and the stopper 42
It is provided with a screw hole (as an example), and is fixed to the collar 17 in a state where a gap 41a for inserting the sweat remover 86 of the cap C is formed between the outer peripheral surface of the main body 2 and the outer peripheral surface of the main body 2 as shown in FIG. 43 is a scale marked on the upper surface of the main body 2 for use in setting the position of the position confirmation member with respect to the base frame 1. Next, the position confirmation body 44 will be described. A holding member 45 is for holding the two position confirming members together, and adjusts the position in the direction of arrow 45a (direction parallel to the axis of the base frame 1) according to the thickness of the eaves 85 of the cap C. Therefore, it has a long hole 46 and is fastened to the fastening portion 42 by a fastening tool 47. 48 and 49 are the back surfaces of the base portion 85a of the eaves 85 of the hat.
The position confirmation member for confirming the position of 85a 'is shown in this example, which is adapted to confirm the position by receiving the eaves of the hat. Reference numeral 50 is a receiving portion for receiving the back surface 85a ', and 51 is a relief portion for preventing the position confirmation member from interfering with the eaves 85 in a tilted state as shown in FIG. The position confirming members 48 and 49 as described above are respectively provided at positions facing the back surface 85a ′ between both edge portions 85b and 85c of the base portion 85a of the eaves 85 in a state where the base frame 1 is covered with the cap C. Member 48,4
9 are separated from each other, and as shown in FIG. 3, they are arranged in such a manner that gaps 48a and 49a for inserting the sweat remover 86 are separated from the outer peripheral surface of the base frame 1, respectively, and the holding member is held by the stopper 52. It is attached to 45. The distance between the two position confirming members 48, 49 should be as large as possible in order to improve the accuracy of confirming the position of the hat. For example, it should be set to 1/4 or more of the distance between the both edge portions 85b, 85c. And good. Reference numeral 53 is a member for holding the eaves 85 so as not to interfere with the sewing, and is composed of elastically expandable elastic cords (for example, rubber cords), and one end and the other end are attached to the brim 17, respectively. It is fixed to the support piece 54.

Next, referring again to FIG. 1, the hat frame holder B will be described. Reference numeral 55 is a holding member for a hat frame, which is made of a hard plate body such as an iron plate. Reference numeral 56 is a base member provided in a part of the holding member 55 for making the holding member self-supporting, and a table 57
An example of a fastening piece that is fastened with a screw 58 is shown. 59
Is a through hole for inserting a hand formed in the holding member 55, and is provided at a position facing the opening 88 in the cap C as shown in FIG. Reference numeral 60 denotes a space for holding the hat frame, which is formed on the side of the holding member 55 in the self-supporting state.

Next, reference numeral 61 denotes a connecting member provided for detachably connecting the hat frame to the side surface of the holding member on the side of the space 60, which is composed of the connecting element 14 and a corresponding number of elements 61a. The element 61a will be described below with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 62 is a receiving member for receiving the attaching member of the hat frame, and is attached to the holding member 55 by an attaching piece 63 integrated with the attaching member. Reference numeral 64 indicates a stopper for fixing the abutting member 15 to the receiving member 62 in a pressing manner. 65 is the stopper
The holding frame at 64 is formed by pressing a hard metal plate. Reference numeral 66 denotes a side plate of the holding frame, which is a member for supporting the fitting body 71, and is provided with a long hole 67 for holding the fitting body 71 with respect to the receiving member 62 such that the fitting body 71 can be moved far and far. 68 is both side plates
An upper plate for connecting 66, 66 together and supporting one arm of a spring described later. Reference numeral 69 denotes a retaining piece for fixing the retaining frame to the retaining member 55, and 70 denotes a retaining screw rod. Next, the fitting body 71 is constituted by a roller to facilitate the introduction of the abutting member 15, and the shaft piece 72 is left in the elongated hole 67. 73 and 74 are a large-diameter portion and a C-ring, respectively, which are used to prevent them from coming off. Next, 75 is a spring for urging the fitting body 71 toward the receiving member 62 side, and has two spring elements 76, 76. Reference numeral 77 is a connecting portion that connects both spring elements. Each spring element 76 comprises two arms 78, 79 whose respective bases are connected together,
One arm 78 is attached to the upper plate 68 as a spring seat, and the other arm 79 is brought into contact with the shaft piece 72 so as to exert a downward biasing force. 80 is a stopper to prevent the spring 75 from slipping, and the side plate 66
It is fitted into a fixing hole 81 formed in the. Next, reference numeral 82 denotes an auxiliary connecting member for more securely holding the connected state of the hat frame A to the holder B, which is provided with engaging pieces 82a and 82b for the respective opposite surfaces of the collar 17 and the mounting piece 63. And is pivotally attached to the attachment piece 63 for changing the position between the engaged position and the disengaged position.

Next, the work of mounting the cap C on the cap frame A will be described. First, from the state of FIG. 1, hold the hat frame A to the holder B.
, As shown in FIG. In this connection, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the abutting member 15 of the connecting element 14 is inserted between the fitting member 71 and the upper surface of the receiving member 62 of the element 61a. In the insertion process, first, the fitting body 71 is pushed up by the abutment member 15 against the biasing force of the spring 75, and the abutment member 15 is inserted to the position where the fitting hole 16 faces the fitting body 71. When the mating body
71 is fitted into the fitting hole 16 by the biasing force of the spring 75. As a result, the element 14 is fixed to the element 61a. Such fixing is carried out in each of the plurality of elements 14, 61a,
The hat frame A is firmly attached to the holder B. Next, the positions of the position confirmation members 48 and 49 are set using the scale 43 in accordance with the thickness of the eaves 85 of the hat C to be attached.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the sweat removing member 86 of the hat C is bent to the lower side of the hat, and the hat in that state is put on the base frame 1 from the side of the free end 1a thereof. In this covering, both side surfaces of the main body 83 of the hat C are provided with the gap 18a,
19a, the sweat removal 86 further enters the gaps 41a, 48a, 49a, and the embroidery area of the front surface portion 84 is located in the window hole 7. The depth of the covering is determined by visually observing the relative positional relationship of the back surface 85a ′ of the base portion 85a of the eaves 85 with respect to the two position confirmation members 48 and 49, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 11. Motobu 85
The process is performed until the back surface 85a 'of a contacts the receiving portions 50 of the left and right position confirmation members 48, 49. This work is done with both hands of the hat body 83
It is easy to do it by holding both sides of the. By performing the above covering, the hat C is put on the hat frame A in a predetermined position in a straight state.

Then, as is generally known, the presser foot 25 is put on the front face portion 84 of the hat, and the fastener 32 is hooked on the fastener hook 21 for tightening. In this case, as shown in FIG. 11, the contact portion 28a of the member 28 of the presser foot 25 is the surface of the base portion 85a of the eaves 85.
85a ", and the abutment portion 28a and the receiving portion 50 form the base portion.
85a is caught. Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the hand 90 is inserted through the through hole 59 for the internal operation of the cap C, and the part near the boundary between the front face 84 and the top 87 of the cap C is pointed in the direction of arrow 91 with the finger 90a. Or press (in this case the finger of the other hand 92
It is preferable to press the free end side member 29 of the presser foot 25 with 92a so that it does not shift), or, as shown in FIG. 9, use the left and right hands 92, 90 to move the side surface portion 83a of the main body 83 in the direction of arrow 93 By repeating pulling and pulling, the wrinkle of the embroidery area of the hat, that is, the embroidery area is pulled tightly to the window hole 7. Next, as shown in FIG. 10, the cord-like body 53 is hung on the eaves 85 and is laid in a retracted state. This completes the attachment of the hat C to the hat frame A. The hat frame A on which the hat has been attached is then removed from the holder B. To remove the cap frame A, the cap frame A may be separated from the holder B so that the abutting member 15 is pulled out between the receiving member 62 and the fitting body 71. As is well known, the hat frame A is mounted on the embroidery sewing machine by connecting the connecting tool 14 to the drive portion of the embroidery sewing machine. In this case, the proper wearing state of the hat C can be reconfirmed by visually observing the relationship between the back surface 85a 'of the eaves 85 and the position confirmation members 48 and 49. After mounting, as is well known, embroidery is performed on the embroidery area of the front surface portion 84. In the case of the embroidery, since the base portion 85a is sandwiched between the contact portion 28a and the receiving portion 50 as described above, the base portion 85a serves as an anchor, which keeps the integrity of the hat to the hat frame extremely high, Even if the front face 84 of the needle is a thick one that gives a great resistance as the needle passes,
The embroidery can be performed accurately by preventing the displacement of the embroidery area with respect to.

Next, when it is not required to pinch the base portion 85a of the eaves 85, such as when it is expected that the deviation does not occur or is very small when performing the embroidery, the above-mentioned The position confirmation members 48, 49 may be those configured to visually confirm the distance from the rear surface 85a 'of the eaves. In this case, the receiving portions 48a and 49a in the above description should be read as the position confirming portion, and the cap is put on the back surface 85a 'of the eave 85 and the left and right position confirming portions 48a and 49a at the same intervals. Understand what you do to depth.

Next, FIGS. 11 and 12 show different examples of the structure of the hat frame holding member. In the figure, the holding member 55e is formed in a semi-cylindrical shape so that a large through hole 59e for inserting a hand can be formed.
In order to make the connecting member 61e for connecting the hat frame obliquely upward or obliquely downward, e is pivotally attached to the base member 56e by a pivotal attachment tool such as a screw rod 101, and a fixing fastener such as a screw with a knob. It can be fixed at a desired position by 102. Incidentally, 103 is a long hole for allowing the movement of the screw 102.
In such a thing, the orientation of the holding member 55e can be set according to the operator's preference, and the hat wearing work can be performed in a workable state.

Next, FIG. 14 shows, for example, FIGS. 12 and 1 in order to equip the hat frame holder with the position confirmation members 48e and 49e.
3 is provided in the auxiliary connecting member 82e of the hat frame holding tool Be (3) (when provided in the hat frame holding tool B of FIG. 1, the auxiliary connecting member 82 of FIG. 1 is provided at the positions indicated by reference numerals 48e and 49e). In this example, when the hat Ce is attached to the hat frame Ae, the position confirmation members 48e and 49e come to a position facing the back surface of the base of the eaves 85e, and the hat frame A to which the hat Ce is attached is shown.
When removing e from the holder Be, the auxiliary connecting member 82e is arranged so that the position confirming member retracts to a position where it does not interfere.
Is attached to the engaging piece 82ae. When the hat frame holder is provided with the position confirmation member in this manner, when the hats are attached to a large number of hat frames, the hats can be positioned by using the same position confirmation members 48e and 49e at all times. In contrast, you can always wear a hat in a fixed positional relationship.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the cap C is mounted on the cap frame A, the connecting portion of the base of the cap frame A is used.
By connecting 13 to the connecting member 61 of the hat frame holder B, the hat frame A can be made to be in a self-supporting state.
It is possible to use both hands to cover the hat C with the hat C and to align the embroidery area of the hat C with the window hole 7 of the hat frame A. Therefore, the work can be performed easily and quickly. effective.

Further, according to the present invention, when the cap frame A is connected to the cap frame holder B as described above, the holding member 55 of the holder B is positioned in the opening 88 of the cap C so as to face each other. Even if the work for wrinkle stretching of the embroidery area located in the window hole 7 may be difficult, if the through hole 59 for inserting the hand is provided in the holding member 55, the above-mentioned wrinkle stretching is performed when the wrinkle stretching is performed. There is also an effect that the hand 90 can be inserted into the inside of the hat C through the through hole 59 to easily perform wrinkle stretching work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state before a hat frame is attached to a hat frame holder.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a mounted state.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a front surface of a hat frame and a hat.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a position confirmation body.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a stopper.

6A and 6B are vertical cross-sectional views showing a process of connecting a connecting portion to a connecting member.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing how the hat is positioned.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view illustrating a wrinkle-extending state of the embroidery area.

FIG. 9 is another vertical cross-sectional view showing a wrinkle-extending state of the embroidery area.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing a state in which the eaves are retracted.

11 is a sectional view taken along line XI-XI in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the hat frame holder.

FIG. 13 is a side view showing a state in which the hat frame holder is tilted.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing an example in which the location of the position confirmation member is different.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A hat frame B hat frame holder C hat 55 holding member 56 base member 59 through hole 61 connecting member

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A hat frame holding member having a space for laterally positioning the hat frame in a state where a window for embroidery in the hat frame is on the top, and a holding member for making the holding member self-support in a part thereof. A hat frame holder comprising a base member, and a connecting member for detachably connecting the connecting portion of the hat frame base portion to the side surface of the holding member. 2. The holding member is provided with a through hole for inserting the hand and performing an internal operation of the cap at a portion facing the opening of the cap placed in a space where the cap frame is positioned. The hat frame holder according to claim 1, which is characterized in that.