US 12,110,624 B2
Sewing machine
Kun-Lung Hsu, Taichung (TW); Ming-Ta Lee, Taichung (TW); Wei-Chen Chen, Taichung (TW); and Po-Hsien Tseng, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to ZENG HSING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Taichung (TW)
Filed by ZENG HSING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Taichung (TW)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/157,674.
Claims priority of application No. 111135749 (TW), filed on Sep. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0093416 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. D05B 73/12 (2006.01)
CPC D05B 73/12 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sewing machine comprising:
a main body including
a base seat,
a column that extends upward from said base seat, and
an arm that extends from an end of said column opposite to said base seat, said base seat having an inner frame, and an outer case that is mounted onto said inner frame, and that defines an accommodating compartment accommodating said inner frame; and
a quick release needle plate module including
a catch member that is affixed to a front section of said inner frame,
a needle plate that covers said accommodating compartment, that is detachably pivoted to a rear section of said inner frame opposite to said front section in a front-rear direction, and that engages separably said catch member, and
a press member that is inserted in the front-rear direction through a front section of said outer case and said front section of said inner frame, and that is operable to push said catch member to thereby disengage said catch member from said needle plate, said needle plate having a plate body that covers said accommodating compartment, and a resilient member mounted between said inner frame and a front section of said plate body for driving pivot action of said plate body away from said inner frame;
wherein said outer case has a pressing hole;
wherein said front section of said inner frame is formed with a pushing hole that extends in the front-rear direction and that is aligned with said pressing hole;
wherein said press member has a head portion that is disposed in said pressing hole, and a rod portion that is connected to said head section, and that extends through said pushing hole; and
wherein said head section is pressable to move said rod portion rearward to push said catch member, thereby disengaging said catch member from said needle plate.