JPH07258956A - Auxiliary device for embroidery - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an auxiliary device useful for application of an embroidery to an expansible fabric having a so-called cylindrical shape, e.g. a wrist band or a sock and free from requirement for much labor or time in preparatory works for the embroidery. CONSTITUTION:This auxiliary device is composed of a semi-cylindrical unit 2, a holder frame unit 3 and a presser frame 4. The semi-cylindrical unit 2 and the holder frame unit 3 are inserted into a cylindrical and expansible fabric A so that a planer part may be formed at the upper half part by utilizing, especially the characteristics of the cylindrical fabric.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an embroidery assisting device applied to an embroidery sewing machine, which is used for embroidering a so-called tubular elastic work such as a wristband or socks.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a so-called tubular elastic material such as a wristband or socks is embroidered, an embroidery frame is used to embroider the same as when embroidering a normal cloth. The embroidery area is tensioned flat and the free arm of the embroidery machine is used. However, it is very difficult to fit the embroidery frame to a tubular and elastic handle, and this is remarkable especially in the case of a thick wrist band. or,
It also takes a lot of time and labor to set a handle with an embroidery frame fitted on the free arm of an embroidery sewing machine.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention was devised in order to solve this problem in view of the above problems, and the purpose thereof is to reduce the time and effort required for embroidery preparation work. It is to provide an embroidery auxiliary device that does not exist.

[0004]

The embroidery assisting device of the present invention is basically a half cylinder attached to a free arm of an embroidery sewing machine to hold a lower half of a workpiece, and a feed frame of the embroidery sewing machine. And a holding frame body that holds the upper half of the article to be held in a flat shape, and a holding frame body that is detachably attached to the holding frame body and holds the upper half of the article to be held. The characteristic is that it is composed of

[0005]

The handling object is expanded in diameter by utilizing its elasticity and is fitted onto the half cylinder body and the holding frame body. Then, the lower half of the handle is held in a semi-cylindrical shape by the half cylinder, and the upper half is flattened by the holding frame. Then, the holding frame body is attached to the holding frame body. Then, the upper half of the object to be handled is held by the holding frame body and the holding frame body, and is not displaced in the horizontal direction. If you set the handling like this,
Embroidery such as characters and patterns can be embroidered by the embroidery sewing machine on the plane portions of the holding frame body and the pressing frame body, which face each other. At this time, the feed frame horizontally moves forward, backward, leftward and rightward with respect to the head and free arm of the embroidery sewing machine, but the embroidery can be performed without any trouble. That is, when the feed frame moves back and forth, the parts after the holding frame move back and forth with respect to the half cylinder, but the same movement is allowed due to the fact that the object to be handled slides in the front and rear direction with respect to the half cylinder. When the feed frame moves left and right, the parts after the holding frame move left and right with respect to the half cylinder, but the same movement is allowed due to the expansion and contraction of the handle.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outline of an embroidery assistance device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a handle is set and embroidery is performed. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. The embroidery assisting device 1 includes a half cylinder body 2, a holding frame body 3, and a holding frame body 4 as main components, and an embroidery sewing machine 5
Applied to 0. The embroidery sewing machine 50 includes a head 51, a free arm 52, a feed frame 53 and the like. The head 51 is provided with a plurality of (seven) embroidery needles 54 and the like which are provided on the fixed side and which feed upper threads of different colors. The free arm 52 also includes a bobbin case 55 and the like, which is also provided on the fixed side, for feeding the lower thread. The feed frame 53 is provided so as to be horizontally movable forward, backward, leftward, and rightward with respect to the fixed side.
Thus, the embroidery sewing machine 50 is capable of embroidering various patterns by controlling each movement by a computer. The semi-cylindrical body 2 is attached to the free arm 52 of the embroidery sewing machine 50 and holds the lower half of the object to be treated A. In this example, the semi-cylindrical body 2 is made by pressing a metal plate into a semi-cylindrical shape, and the rear part ( The right side in FIG. 3) is narrowed. The semi-cylindrical body 2 has a substantially first half fitted to the free arm 52 from below and fixed by the rubber band 5. The holding frame body 3 is an embroidery sewing machine 5.
It is attached to the feed frame 53 of 0 to hold the upper half of the article A in a flat shape. In this example, the attachment plate 6 and the frame plate 7 are attached.
And a fastener 8 for fastening them, and the mounting plate 6 and the frame plate 7 are manufactured by pressing a metal plate. The mounting plate 6 includes a horizontal piece, a vertical piece that is provided continuously from the rear end of the horizontal piece, left and right mounting holes 9 formed in the horizontal piece, and left and right through holes formed in the vertical piece. Is equipped with. The frame plate 7 includes a vertical piece, a horizontal piece continuous from the lower end thereof to the rear, a plane U-shaped frame piece continuously connected from the rear end to the rear, and a rear end from the rear end to the rear. A tongue piece continuously provided, and left and right lip pieces 10 provided diagonally upward from the left and right ends of the horizontal piece and the frame piece,
Left and right through holes formed in the vertical piece, a substantially planar D-shaped window hole 11 formed by the frame piece, and a through hole 1 formed in the tongue piece 1.
2 and. The fastener 9 includes a bolt which is inserted through the through holes of the mounting plate 6 and the frame plate 7 from the front to the rear and has a function of a hooking protrusion, a washer inserted through the bolt, and a nut screwed to the bolt. I have it. The holding frame body 3 is substantially parallel to the free arm 52 at a certain interval by inserting the knob screw 13 into each attachment hole 9 and screwing the holding screw body 3 into the screw hole 14 provided in the feed frame 53. Attached to. The presser frame body 4 is
It is removably attached to the holding frame body 3 and holds the upper half of the object to be handled A between the holding frame body 3 and the holding frame body 3. In this example, the planar shape is substantially the same as the frame plate 7 of the holding frame body 3. The vertical piece, the horizontal piece connected rearward from the lower end of the vertical piece, the diagonal piece obliquely upwardly connected from the rear end of the vertical piece, and the flat surface connected rearward from the rear end of the horizontal piece. A substantially U-shaped frame piece, a tongue piece continuously connected from the rear end of the frame piece to the rear, and a plurality of (four) tongues on the left and right of the frame piece at predetermined intervals so that a gap between the horizontal piece and the frame piece A spike 15 having a length of a minute, left and right cutouts 16 that are cut open in the vertical piece with the upper part open and engaged with the fasteners 8 of the holding frame body 3, and a plane formed by the frame piece. It has a D-shaped window hole 17 and a through hole 18 formed in the tongue piece. After the notches 16 are engaged with the bolts of the screw tightening tool 8 of the holding frame 3, the press frame 4 is fitted with the ring fittings 19 on both tongue pieces, and the ring fittings 19 are removed from the through holes 12 and 18. Stop pin 20 to stop
Is attached to the holding frame body 3 in a detachable manner. The ring fitting 19 and the retaining pin 20 are connected to the lower end of a string 21 whose upper end is connected to a fixed side such as the ceiling of a building.

Next, the operation will be described based on such a configuration. The article (wrist band) A is expanded in diameter by utilizing its elasticity and is fitted onto the half cylinder body 2 and the holding frame body 3. At this time, since the rear part of the half cylinder 2 is narrowed, it is easy to insert and is not caught. Then, the lower half of the handle A is held in a semi-cylindrical shape by the semi-cylindrical body 2, and the upper half thereof is strained in a planar shape by the holding frame body 3. Then, the holding frame body 4 is attached to the holding frame body 3. That is, the notches 16 of the holding frame body 4 are engaged with the screw fasteners 8 of the holding frame body 3, and the ring metal fittings 19 are externally fitted to both tongue pieces of the holding frame body 3 and the holding frame body 4,
The retaining pin 20 is inserted into both through holes 12 and 18. Then, the left and right lip pieces 10 of the holding frame 3 bite from the lower side of the object to be treated A, and the left and right spikes 15 of the presser frame body 4 located inside the bite bite from the upper side of the object to be treated A. The left and right ends of the flat portion of the article A are horizontally held and held, and the upper half of the article A is strained and held in a flat state. Since the ring fitting 19 is supported on the fixed side such as the ceiling of the building via the string 21, the rear end of the holding frame body 3 does not largely drop due to the contraction of the object to be handled A or the like. When the handling object A is set in this manner, the embroidery B such as letters or patterns is formed by the embroidery sewing machine 50 on the plane portions of the holding frame body 3 and the holding frame body 4 facing the window holes 11 and 17, respectively. 3) can be applied. At this time, the feed frame 53 horizontally moves forward, backward, leftward and rightward with respect to the head 51 and the free arm 52 of the embroidery sewing machine 50, but the embroidery can be performed without any trouble. That is, when the feed frame 53 moves back and forth, the holding frame body 3 and the subsequent ones move back and forth with respect to the half cylinder body 2, but the handling object A slides in the front and rear direction with respect to the half cylinder body 2 so that the same movement is achieved. Is acceptable.
When the feed frame 53 moves to the left and right, the holding frame body 3 and subsequent ones move to the left and right with respect to the half cylinder body 2, but the same movement is allowed due to the extension and contraction of the object to be treated A.

Although the holding frame 3 is composed of the mounting plate 6, the frame plate 7 and the fastener 8 in the previous embodiment, it is not limited to this, and for example, the mounting plate 6 and the frame plate 7 are provided from the beginning. You may comprise integrally. Although the ring fitting 19 is supported from the fixed side such as the ceiling via the string 21 in the above embodiment, the ring fitting 19 is not limited to this and may be supported from the half cylinder 2 or the feed frame 53, for example. Handle A
In the above embodiment, the wristband is a wristband, but the wristband is not limited to this and may be socks, for example.

[0009]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The following excellent effects can be achieved. (1) It is composed of a semi-cylindrical body, a holding frame body, and a holding frame body. Particularly, by utilizing the characteristic of a tubular and elastic handle, this is fitted onto the semi-cylindrical body and the holding frame body. Since the flat portion is formed in the upper half of the upper part, it does not take much time and labor to prepare the embroidery. (2) It is extremely easy to use the characteristic of a tubular and elastic handle, which is fitted onto the half cylinder and the holding frame to form a flat surface on the upper half. It is also possible to perform highly accurate embroidery. (3) Since the characteristic of a tubular and elastic handle is used and the half-cylinder and the holding frame are externally fitted to form a flat portion on the upper half thereof, the handle There is no need to use a movable part or an elastic body for expanding, and the structure is simplified accordingly, and there is no fear that the handling object will be caught or caught and damaged. (4) Since the semi-cylindrical body only needs to be attached to the free arm and the holding frame body to be attached to the feed frame, the embroidery sewing machine can be easily applied to existing ones without major modification.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outline of an embroidery assistance device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a handle is set and embroidery is performed.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Embroidery auxiliary device, 2 ... Half cylinder, 3 ... Holding frame, 4 ... Holding frame, 5 ... Rubber band, 6 ... Mounting plate, 7 ... Frame plate, 8 ...
Fasteners, 9 ... Mounting holes, 10 ... Lip pieces, 11, 17 ... Window holes,
12, 18 ... through hole, 13 ... knob screw, 14 ... screw hole, 15
... spikes, 16 ... cutouts, 19 ... ring fittings, 20 ... retaining pins, 21 ... string, 50 ... embroidery sewing machine, 51 ... head, 52
... Free arm, 53 ... Feed frame, 54 ... Embroidery needle, 55 ...
Bobbin case, A ... Handle, B ... Embroidery.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A semi-cylindrical body that is attached to a free arm of an embroidery sewing machine and holds a lower half of a handle, and a holder that is attached to a feed frame of an embroidery sewing machine and holds the upper half of a handle in a flat shape. An embroidery assisting device comprising: a frame body; and a holding frame body that is detachably attached to the holding frame body and holds an upper half of an object to be handled between the holding frame body and the holding frame body.