JPH11221386A - Hat frame of sewing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily fit a hat without worrying that it gets out of shape. SOLUTION: A hat frame 1 is provided with a cylindrical receiving frame 2 to be inserted to the inner side of the hat and a pressing body 3 which is wound around the hat from an outer side, holds the hat with the receiving frame 2 and presses the hat for preventing a deviation. Relating to the hat frame 1, the pressing body 3 is supported with an opening/closing plate 17 which is journalled in the receiving frame 2 so as to be freely opening/closing possible by a shaft 16 so that the hat inserting side of the pressing body 3 is opened/closed from the outer peripheral wall of the receiving frame 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hat frame of a sewing machine for sewing a cap portion of a hat.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 6, a hat W is provided with a cap portion C to be put on the head and an eave portion P for preventing sunlight.
A ring-shaped sweat stop portion B is sewn to the opening edge of the cap portion C so as to be able to be pulled out from the cap portion C (FIG. 1 shows a state where the sweat stop portion B is pulled out from the cap portion C. .). The cap portion C is composed of a peripheral surface portion Ca that is almost cylindrical and a top surface portion Cb that is nearly spherical or conical,
The sewing processing range A for the cap portion C often covers not only the peripheral surface portion Ca but also a part of the top surface portion Cb. A hat frame is used to support the sewing processing area A directly above the tubular bed in an appropriate form.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-78437 discloses a hat frame of a conventional sewing machine. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the cap frame 50 includes a cylindrical receiving frame 51 and a band-shaped pressing body 52. A flange 53 is provided substantially at the center of the length of the receiving frame 51, and a pair of poles 54 are provided upright on the flange 53. A holding body 52 is connected to one pole 54 by a connecting member 55.
And is rotatably supported via the. A stopper 56 with a tightening mechanism is provided on the free end side of the pressing body 52, and is hooked on a hook 57 provided on the other pole 54, tightened and fixed. Hat w
The front side, which is the sewing processing range A, is arranged on the opposite side of the pole and is attached to the hat frame 50.

In order to attach the hat W to the hat frame 50, a hat frame supporting device 58 as follows is generally used. The hat frame supporting device 58 is provided with the receiving frame 5 of the hat frame 50.
1 is provided with a curved plate-shaped support member 60 that is inserted into the hat frame 1 and supports the hat frame 50 and the sewing processing range A of the hat W.
Is mounted such that the center axis of the receiving frame 51 is oriented in the horizontal direction and the pole 54 is located on the lower side.

In order to attach the hat W to the hat frame 50, first, the receiving frame 51 is fixed to the hat frame supporting device 58. Next, the sweat preventing portion B of the hat W is pulled out from the cap portion C, and the hat W is placed on the receiving frame 51 and the pole 54 with the eaves portion P facing the opposite side of the receiving frame 51 from the pole.
Then, the sweat stopper B is placed along the receiving frame 51, the pressing body 52 is wound from above, the stopper 56 of the pressing body 52 is stopped by the hook 57, and the hat W is held. In this state, the rear portion of the cap portion C is pulled downward with one hand to loosen the sewing processing range A to the rear side Cc of the cap portion C outside the range. Then, when the clips 59 (for example, a double clip commercially available as a stationery) are attached to the two poles 54 from above the cap portion C with the other hand, the slack of the sewing processing range A is moved out of the range. The hat W is held in the state in which the cap W is held.

[0006]

However, the pressing body 52
Are connected to the base ends of a pair of poles 54 arranged inside the hat, respectively, so that the rear side Cc of the cap portion C and the sweat stop portion B are exposed so that the base ends of both poles 54 are exposed. The hat W must be attached by turning over the rear side Ba. Since it is necessary to deform the hat W in this way,
There was a concern that the hat W would lose its shape, and it was difficult to attach the hat W to the hat frame 50.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a hat frame to which a hat can be easily attached without fear of the hat becoming out of shape.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a hat frame according to the present invention comprises a tubular receiving frame inserted inside a hat, and a receiving frame wound around the hat from the outside. A holding frame for holding the hat between the holding frames and pressing the hat so as not to be displaced, so that the side of the holding body where the hat is inserted is opened and closed from the outer peripheral wall of the receiving frame. An opening and closing means is provided.

The opening / closing means is not particularly limited. The holding means can be supported by a shaft so as to be freely opened and closed,
An example in which the elastic member is openably and closably supported by an elastic member can be exemplified.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 1 to 5 show a hat frame 1 of a sewing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
This is for supporting the sewing processing range A of the hat W directly above a bed (not shown) of the sewing machine in an appropriate form.

The hat frame 1 has a hat W as shown in FIG.
And a holding body 3 which is wound around the hat W from the outside and clamps the hat W between the receiving frame 2 and presses the hat W so as not to be displaced. And clamp the hat W between the receiving frame 2 and
And a holding clip 12 as a holding member for holding the hat W in a sewing processing range A loosened in a range outside the range.

The receiving frame 2 includes a cylindrical body 6 and a flange 7 provided substantially at the center of the cylindrical body 6 in the longitudinal direction. At the one end opening side of the cylindrical body 6, a notched portion 8 omitted for positioning is provided at the edge, and a hole for retaining (not shown).
Is provided on the peripheral wall.

The other end opening side of the cylindrical body 6 extends from the edge of the rear end of the hat W, which is outside the sewing processing range, to the support plate portion 6a.
Is extended. A curved plate 9 that is curved in an arc shape extends along the inner peripheral edge of a portion where the support plate portion 6a on the opening side is not provided. A large number of teeth 10 are provided on the distal end edge of the curved plate 9 so as to be able to bite into the cap portion C or the sweat stop portion B.

A pair of fitting pieces 11 extending in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical body 6 are fixed to the outer peripheral wall of the support plate 6a.
The pair of fitting pieces 11 have opposite sides in the circumferential direction of the receiving frame 2 separated from the outer peripheral wall of the support plate portion 6a, and a pair of recesses opened in opposite directions in the circumferential direction of the receiving frame 2. The groove 13 is formed together with the outer peripheral wall of the support plate portion 6a.

The holding clip 12 is formed by bending an elastic metal rod as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, and includes a handle portion 12a and a pair of fitting portions fitting into a pair of grooves 13, respectively. 12b and a pair of guide portions 12c for guiding the fitting portion 12b into the groove 13. Holding clip 12
As shown in FIG. 1, is inserted into the groove 13 from the guide portion 12c side and is inserted.

A shaft 16 is supported on the flange portion 7 through a pair of support members 15 in a direction orthogonal to the center axis of the receiving frame 2. The shaft 16 has a horizontally long opening / closing plate 1.
The central portion of the long side of 7 is rotatably supported at the center.
The opening / closing plate 17 is configured such that the side into which the hat W is inserted opens and closes from the outer peripheral wall of the receiving frame 2. The opening / closing plate 17 is bent at both sides in the longitudinal direction substantially along the outer periphery of the receiving frame 2 in the closed position. A hook 17a is bent at one short side end of the opening / closing plate 17.

The pressing body 3 is formed in a band shape using an elastic material, and one end side in the longitudinal direction is fixed to an end of the opening / closing plate 17 on the side opposite to the hook portion. That is, the side where the cap W is inserted opens and closes from the outer peripheral wall of the receiving frame 2 via the opening / closing plate 17 as opening / closing means rotatably supported by the shaft 16. On one long side edge of the holding body 3, a cap portion C and a sweat preventing portion B are provided.
Are provided with a large number of teeth 3a which can bite from the outside of the cap portion C. Further, the holding body 3 has a long hole 3 for passing the eaves P of the hat W along the longitudinal direction thereof.
a plurality of teeth 3c that can bite from the outside of the cap portion C into a seam portion between the eaves portion P and the cap portion C of the hat W at substantially the center of one long side edge of the long hole 3b. Is provided. A stopper 19 with a tightening mechanism is provided on the free end side of the presser body 3 so that it can be hooked on a hook 17a of the opening / closing plate 17 and tightened and stopped.

To attach the hat W to the hat frame 1,
The hat frame support device 20 shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 is used. The device 20 includes a curved plate-shaped support plate portion 21 which is inserted into the cylindrical body 6 of the hat frame 1 and supports the hat frame 1 and the sewing processing range A of the hat W. Is fixed to an engagement member 22 that engages with the notch 8 of the cylindrical body 6.

Next, a procedure for mounting the hat W on the hat frame 1 configured as described above will be described. (1) The cap frame 1 is fixed to the cap frame support device 20 as shown in FIGS. At this time, the hat frame 1 is the receiving frame 2
Of the opening and closing plate 17
Is located on the lower side. The presser body 3 is developed by removing the stopper 19 from the hook portion 17a, and
7 is opened from the outer peripheral wall of the receiving frame 2 so that the hat W can be easily attached.

(2) As shown in FIG. 6, the sweat preventing portion B of the hat W is pulled out from the cap portion C, and as shown in FIG.
The eaves portion P of the hat W is directed upward, and the sweat preventing portion B is placed on the receiving frame 2. At this time, the teeth 10 provided on the receiving frame 2 are cut into the seam of the eaves portion P, the sweat preventing portion B, and the cap portion C.

(3) As shown in FIG.
When the shutter 7 is closed, the opening / closing plate 17 holds the sweat-stopper B on the rear side of the hat W. And the long hole 3 of the holding body 3
The presser body 3 is wound over the sweat preventing portion B and the cap portion C while passing the eaves portion P through b. At this time, the teeth 3a and 3c provided on the presser body 3 are cut into the seam of the cap C and the eaves P or the sweat-stopper B. And
The stopper 19 is hooked on the hook 17a, and is fastened and stopped. Then, the teeth 10 provided on the receiving frame 2 and the teeth 3a, 3c provided on the presser body 3 bite into the hat W and hold the hat W securely so as not to slip.

(4) In this state, the rear side Cc of the cap C, which is outside the sewing processing range, is lightly pulled downward with one hand to remove the slack in the sewing processing range A on the front side of the cap C, and the other side. Then, the holding clip 12 is inserted into the groove 13 from above the cap portion C with the above hand. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the hat W is held by the hat frame 1 in a state where the slack of the sewing processing range A to the cap portion C is moved out of the range with one touch.

According to the hat frame 1 configured as described above,
Since the opening / closing means is provided so that the side of the holding body 3 into which the hat W is inserted opens and closes from the outer peripheral wall of the receiving frame 2, the side of the holding body 3 into which the hat W is inserted opens when the hat W is mounted, and the hat W is deformed. You don't have to. For this reason, there is no fear that the cap W will be out of shape, and the cap W can be easily attached to the cap frame 1.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and can be embodied by appropriately changing, for example, the following without departing from the spirit of the invention. (1) The holding plate 3 is directly supported on the receiving frame 2 by the shaft 16 so as to be openable and closable without the opening / closing plate 17.

(2) The pair of support members are provided directly on the outer peripheral wall of the cylindrical body 6 of the receiving frame 2 instead of the flange portion 7. (3) To bias the opening / closing plate 17 to a closed position or an open position by the elastic force of an elastic means such as a spring or an elastic member.

(4) The hat frame is configured such that the sewing processing range A is on the side or rear side of the hat W. (5) As the opening / closing means, the holding member 3 or the opening / closing plate 17 is supported on the receiving frame 2 by an elastic member so as to be openable and closable.

[0027]

As described above in detail, according to the cap frame of the sewing machine according to the present invention, the cap can be easily attached without the fear of the cap becoming out of shape.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hat frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a state where a hat is attached to the hat frame.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the same state.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing another state of the hat frame.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing another state of the hat frame.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a hat attached to the hat frame.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional hat frame.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a state where a hat is attached to a conventional hat frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hat frame 2 Receiving frame 3 Holder 6 Cylindrical body 7 Flange part 15 Support member 16 Shaft 17 Opening / closing plate W Hat

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A holding member for holding a hat between a cylindrical receiving frame inserted inside a hat and the receiving frame wound around the hat from the outside and holding the hat so as not to be displaced. A cap frame of the sewing machine provided with opening and closing means so that a side of the pressing body into which the cap is inserted opens and closes from an outer peripheral wall of the receiving frame.