Sewing machine with a built-in driving motor

• US 5,146,861 A
• Filed: 03/05/1991
• Issued: 09/15/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Sato, Katsuhiko, Sakakibara, Yasuo, Miyazaki, Kohtaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Schroeder, Werner H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEWIS, PAUL
• Application Number:
  US07/665,411
• Time in Patent Office: 560 Days
• Field of Search: 112/259, 112/220, 112/221, 112/258, 112/260, 310/50, 310/51, 310/47, 310/89, 310/80
• US Class Current: 112/259
• CPC Class Codes: D05B 69/12 using rotary electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: D05B 73/00 Casings

Abstract

A sewing machine includes a bed, a pedestal supported by the bed and an arm extending generally parallel to the bed. One end of the arm is supported by the pedestal, this end having a driving motor located therein. The location of the driving motor suppresses vibration created when the sewing machine is operated and facilitates access thereto.

Claims

1. A sewing machine comprising:

a bed;

a pedestal supported by said bed with a left side wall and a right side wall and having an internal hollow between said left and right side walls;

an arm having one end supported by said pedestal and having an opposite end extending in a horizontal direction;

a motor for driving said sewing machine;

a bottom shaft rotatably provided in said bed;

transmitting means provided near to said left side wall in said internal hollow for transmitting the driving force of said motor to said bottom shaft; and

an accommodating means provided in said one end of said arm for accommodating said motor on the right side of said transmitting means, said accommodating means defining an accommodating space across an extension line of said right wall, said motor being mounted detachably from the accommodating space in said horizontal direction.

2. The sewing machine according to claim 1, wherein said bed and said arm extend substantially parallel to one another.

3. The sewing machine according to claim 1, wherein said motor includes an output shaft having a longitudinal axis extending in the horizontal direction toward said opposite arm end.

4. The sewing machine according to claim 3, wherein said arm has a main shaft located therein, said main shaft having longitudinal axis extending in the horizontal direction.

5. The sewing machine according to claim 4, further comprising a coupling which coaxially to couples an end of said output shaft and an end of said main shaft.

6. The sewing machine according to claim 5, wherein a timing pulley is mounted on an outer circumference of said coupling, said timing pulley having a timing belt attached thereto.

7. The sewing machine according to claim 6, wherein a bottom shaft is rotatably provided in said bed and another timing pulley is mounted to said bottom shaft.

8. The sewing machine according to claim 7, wherein said timing belt is wound around both said timing pulleys, said motor being detachable from said sewing machine without requiring removal of said timing belt and said timing pulleys.

9. The sewing machine according to claim 5, wherein said motor has a housing and said arm has an inner surface, said sewing machine further comprising at least one elastic member located between said inner surface of said arm and an outer surface of said housing of said motor.

10. The sewing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said accommodating means includes a frame which extends in the horizontal direction from a top portion of said right wall and supports said motor.

11. A sewing machine comprising:

a bed;

a bottom shaft rotatably provided in said bed;

a first timing pulley mounted on said bottom shaft;

a pedestal supported by said bed;

an arm having an inner surface, one end of said arm being supported by said pedestal and an opposite end of said arm extending in a horizontal direction;

a main shaft rotatably provided in said arm;

a motor for driving said sewing machine, said motor being mounted in said one end portion of said arm, said motor having a housing and an output shaft;

a coupling for coaxially connecting said main shaft with said output shaft of said motor;

a second timing pulley mounted on an outer circumference of said coupling; and

a timing belt wound around said first timing pulley and said second timing pulley, whereby said motor is detachable from said sewing machine without requiring removal of said second timing pulley.

12. The sewing machine according to claim 11, further comprising:

at least one elastic member provided between said inner surface of said arm and an outer surface of said housing of said motor.

13. A sewing machine comprising:

a bed;

a pedestal supported by said bed;

an arm having an inner surface, one end of said arm being supported by said pedestal and an opposite end of said arm extending in a horizontal direction;

a motor for driving said sewing machine, said motor being mounted in said one end portion of said arm, said motor having a motor housing and a motor output shaft;

at least one elastic member provided between said inner surface of said arm and an outer surface of said motor housing;

a main shaft rotatably provided in said arm;

a bottom shaft rotatably provided in said bed;

first transmitting means for transmitting a driving force of said motor to said main shaft, wherein said first transmitting means includes a coupling for coaxially connecting said main shaft with said motor output shaft;

second transmitting means for transmitting the driving force of said motor to said bottom shaft, wherein said second transmitting means includes a first timing pulley mounted on said bottom shaft;

a second timing pulley mounted on an outer circumference of said coupling; and

a timing belt would around said first timing pulley and second timing pulley, said motor being detachable from said sewing machine without requiring removal of either of said timing pulleys.