US3517631A - Needle threader - Google Patents

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US3517631A
US3517631A US690885A US3517631DA US3517631A US 3517631 A US3517631 A US 3517631A US 690885 A US690885 A US 690885A US 3517631D A US3517631D A US 3517631DA US 3517631 A US3517631 A US 3517631A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
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    • D05B87/00—Needle- or looper- threading devices
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  • a needle threading device for a sewing machine including an arm mounted for sidewise as well as vertical swinging movement and limited vertical shift on the sewing machine head and having, a needle thread engaging member disposed at the free end of the device adapted to enter the eye of the needle when the device is placed in its operative threading position.
  • the alignment of the needle thread engaging member with the needle eye is assured by means of a pair of spaced offset fingers formed at the free end of the needle threading device for straddlingthe needle and guiding the member through the needle eye.
  • the present invention comprises an improvement over .the needle threading device disclosed and claimed in a copending US. application Ser'. No. 651,616, filed July 6, .1967in the name of James P. Smith and assigned to the assignee of the present application. It will be ap parent from the description and claims which follow hereafter that thepresent invention differs from the invention disclosed in the above mentioned copending application primarily in themeans for guiding the needle thread :engaging member through the eye of the needle.
  • This invention pertains to a device having a relatively uncomplicated construction for threading the eye of a needle in-a highly accurate and efficient manner.
  • This invention relates to the art of sewing, and more particularly to a novel and improved needle threading device adapted for attachment to a sewing machine in such a manner that when it is desired to thread the needle eye the device readily may be brought into an operative threading position which will accurately align the thread engaging member with the needle eye and guide it therethrough.
  • the needle threading device of the present invention overcomes the above discussed prior art deficiencies and more by providing a sheet metal swinging arm with an oifset finger grip and formed at one end with a mounting slot.
  • the mounting slot accommodates fastening means mounted to the machine head to permit sidewise as well as vertical swinging movement and limited vertical shift of the arm relative to the head.
  • the arm is provided between its extremities with an elliptical shaped opening or a slot for register with a locating screw attached to the standard needle clamp of the needle bar.
  • the needle engaging end of the swinging arm is provided with an integral needle straddling means comprising a pair of vertically spaced needle embracing fingers, offset relative to each other, having a needle thread engaging hook disposed therebetween.
  • the hook is oriented when the device is brought into its operative or needle threading position so as to be rearwardly aligned with the needle eye.
  • This arrangement of the needle thread engaging member allows the operator to thread the needle eye from front to back.
  • the construction of the needle embracing fingers or guide means is such that damage thereto during handling of the device substantially is practically eliminated.
  • the distance between the slot and the hook is substantially the same as the distance 'between the locating screw and the needle eye when the needle is in its uppermost position, the slot alfording minor vertical movement of the needle threading device to reduce the accuracy needed in positioning the needle in its upper position for alignment of the needle eye with the needle threading hook.
  • the device is adapted to be swung into the head of the machine and stored therein until needed for threading the needle.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide an im proved needle threading device construction.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a needle threading device which is dependable and of a relatively high degree of strength.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an end elevational view of the sewing machine head with the hinged end cover removed showing the needle threading device of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an enlarged elevational view taken substantially on the line 22 of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a detailed perspective view, partly in section, of the needle threading device in its operative thread engaging position according to the present invention
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a detached perspective view of the thread engaging hook together with a portion of the swinging arm on which it is mounted.
  • the needle threading device 13 comprises an elongated metal arm 17 having an offset finger grip 18 for manipulating the device and formed at one end thereof with an elongated opening or slot 19 which accommodates a headed fastening screw 20 for mounting the arm 17 to the frame of the sewing machine head.
  • the Screw 20 is threaded into a boss (not shown) formed on the lower portion of the head 10, as best illustrated in FIG. 1, and constrains a beehive spring 21 against the arm 17 (see FIG. 3) so that the arm is at all times biased inwardly.
  • This mounting arrangement allows for sidewise and vertical swinging movement of the arm 17, as well as for limited vertical shift of the arm by virtue of the elongated shape of the mounting slot 19.
  • an elliptical shaped opening or locating slot 22 On a substantially central portion of the arm 17 indented relative to the mounting slot 19 there is provided proximate to and substantially opposite the finger grip 18, an elliptical shaped opening or locating slot 22.
  • the slot 22 registers with a raised seat 23 formed on an arm 24, which preferably is integral with the usual presser foot pressure regulating bracket 25.
  • the needle threading device is held in a retracted position within the machine head when it is not needed to thread the needle.
  • the locating slot 22 of the arm 17 registers with a shouldered locating screw 26 which is fastened to hold a modified thread guide 27 on a needle clamp 28 mounted to the sewing machine needle bar 16.
  • the screw 26 serves as a needle threadeye position reference element and functions accurately to locate a thread engaging element 29, to be discussed in detail hereinafter, of the needle threading device 13 with respect to the needle eye 15.
  • the arm 17 of the needle threader 13 is biased inwardly when in its stored and operative positions by means of the spring 21. That is, when the needle threader is viewed in either of the positions shown in FIG. 1 the spring 21 exerts a bias which urges the arm 17 away from the viewer or inwardly away from the hinged end cover (not shown). This bias assists in retaining the needle threader in either of its desired positions.
  • the seat 23 merely needs to be placed in register with the slot 22 and the spring then urges the arm 17 sidewise onto the raised seat 23. The spring bias maintains the arm 17 in register with the raised seat 23 until it is desired to placed the needle threader in its operative or lowered position.
  • the operator In order to place the needle threader in this latter position, the operator first moves the arm sidewise away from the arm 24 sufliciently to disengage it from the raised seat 23, and then swings the arm 17 downwardly to the right, as seen in FIG. 1, into its operative position. As the arm 17 approaches its lower position it is held sidewise to allow it to pass by the locating screw 26 to the point where the slot 22 is in register with the locating screw 26 as shown in FIG. 1. This positions the threading hook 30 of the thread engaging element 29 at substantially the same elevation as the needle eye 15.
  • the element 29' as best shown in FIG. 4, is provided with a shoulder flange 31 to facilitate mounting of the element onto a vertical portion 32 of the threading device 13. As illustrated, the portion 32 is formed with a threaded aperture 33 for receiving a seat screw 34 which secures the element 29 to the needle threading device.
  • a pair of spaced offset projecting needle embracing fingers 35, 37 located above and below the hook 30.
  • These fingers as seen in FIG. 4 are rigid and integral with the arm 17 and the upper finger 35 which is longer relative to the lower finger 37 is of such a length as to extend adjacent the needle 14 with the hook 30 positioned as discussed above.
  • the bias of the spring 21 acts to urge the inner surface 36 of the finger 35 into contacting relation with the needle, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the olfset relationship of the finger 37 relative to the finger 35 which is clearly shown in FIG. 2, allows the fingers to engage opposite sides of the needle. The above arrangement assists in guiding the thread engaging hook 30 accurately through the needle eye 15.
  • the inner surface 36 acts as a guide surface to direct the hook 30 through the needle eye.
  • the inner surface 38 of the finger 37 together with the surface 36 of the finger 35 engages the needle in straddling relationship (see FIG. 3) to provide guiding means for assisting the operator in placing the thread engaging book 30 in the threading position shown in FIG. 3. It is seen that the above construction substantially eliminates any effort or skill on the part of the operator in aligning the hook with the needle eye and passing it therethrough.
  • the reciprocating needle bar 16 as it comes to rest at the upper end of its stroke may be located at any one of a number of vertical positions.
  • the slot 19 aifords means whereby the needle threading device can be moved up and down to accommodate slight variations in the stopping position of the needle bar.
  • a sewing machine having a frame including a head, a reciprocatory needle bar journaled in said head and carrying at its lower end a needle provided with a thread-carrying eye, and a needle threading device
  • said needle threading device including a unitary main supporting arm having at one end thereof a slot, mounting means fastening said needle threading device to said head, said mounting means extending through said slot and providing for swinging movement of said needle threading device from an elevated retracted position to a lowered needle threading position, a thread engaging member secured to said unitary main supporting arm and disposed to enter the thread-carrying eye in said needle when said needle threading device is in its lowered position, needle engaging means integrally formed with said arm and comprising solely a pair of vertically spaced needle engaging members located above and below said thread engaging member and being offset laterally relative to each other for engagement with opposite sides of the needle, each of said members having an inner guide surface wherein the lateral spacing be tween said guide surfaces is slightly greater than the corresponding dimension of
  • a device for threading a sewing machine needle comprising a unitary elongated metal arm, said arm being formed at one end thereof with a slot for use in mounting said device, a thread engaging member secured to said arm at the opposite end thereof, needle engaging means integrally formed with said arm and consisting of a pair of substantially rigid fingers extending substantially perpendicular to the main axis of said arm and being vertically spaced such that one of said fingers is located above the other below said thread engaging member, said fingers being offset laterally relative to each other with the thread engaging member being disposed therebetween.
  • each of said needle engaging members is substantially rigid in construction, whereby said thread engaging member accurately and without damage thereto is guided freely through said needle eye.

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US4185574A (en) * 1978-10-11 1980-01-29 The Singer Company Track guided needle threader system
US4300463A (en) * 1979-07-27 1981-11-17 Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. Needle threading device for sewing machines
DE3124732A1 (de) * 1980-06-24 1982-03-25 Brother Ind Ltd "nadeleinfaedelvorrichtung fuer eine naehmaschine"
US5072678A (en) * 1990-02-28 1991-12-17 Juki Corporation Needle threading apparatus for a two-needle sewing machine
US20020195037A1 (en) * 2001-05-31 2002-12-26 Juki Corporation Thread guide device for sewing machine
US20060011117A1 (en) * 2004-06-30 2006-01-19 Brother Kogyo Babushiki Kaisha Sewing machine with automatic threading mechanism

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FR720582A (fr) * 1931-07-24 1932-02-22 Dispositif perfectionné pour enfiler les aiguilles de machines à coudre
AU718732A (en) * 1932-04-30 1933-05-11 Wilfred Bull Ernest Improvements in or relating to needle threading attachments for sewing machines
DE631952C (de) * 1935-07-16 1936-06-30 Karl Scrinzi Einfaedelvorrichtung fuer Naehmaschinennadeln
CH265487A (de) * 1947-04-05 1949-12-15 Janetschek Fritz Einfädelvorrichtung für die Nadel an Nähmaschinen.
US3308778A (en) * 1963-02-27 1967-03-14 Janome Sewing Machine Co Ltd Threading device for sewing machines

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FR720582A (fr) * 1931-07-24 1932-02-22 Dispositif perfectionné pour enfiler les aiguilles de machines à coudre
AU718732A (en) * 1932-04-30 1933-05-11 Wilfred Bull Ernest Improvements in or relating to needle threading attachments for sewing machines
DE631952C (de) * 1935-07-16 1936-06-30 Karl Scrinzi Einfaedelvorrichtung fuer Naehmaschinennadeln
CH265487A (de) * 1947-04-05 1949-12-15 Janetschek Fritz Einfädelvorrichtung für die Nadel an Nähmaschinen.
US3308778A (en) * 1963-02-27 1967-03-14 Janome Sewing Machine Co Ltd Threading device for sewing machines

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US4185574A (en) * 1978-10-11 1980-01-29 The Singer Company Track guided needle threader system
US4300463A (en) * 1979-07-27 1981-11-17 Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. Needle threading device for sewing machines
DE3124732A1 (de) * 1980-06-24 1982-03-25 Brother Ind Ltd "nadeleinfaedelvorrichtung fuer eine naehmaschine"
US4355591A (en) * 1980-06-24 1982-10-26 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Needle threaders for a sewing machine
US5072678A (en) * 1990-02-28 1991-12-17 Juki Corporation Needle threading apparatus for a two-needle sewing machine
US20020195037A1 (en) * 2001-05-31 2002-12-26 Juki Corporation Thread guide device for sewing machine
US6655306B2 (en) * 2001-05-31 2003-12-02 Juki Corporation Thread guide device for sewing machine
US20040065241A1 (en) * 2001-05-31 2004-04-08 Juki Corporation Thread guide device for sewing machine
US6761121B2 (en) 2001-05-31 2004-07-13 Juki Corporation Thread guide device for sewing machine
US20060011117A1 (en) * 2004-06-30 2006-01-19 Brother Kogyo Babushiki Kaisha Sewing machine with automatic threading mechanism
US7082885B2 (en) * 2004-06-30 2006-08-01 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Sewing machine with automatic threading mechanism

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