US 12,442,117 B2
Pressing device, sewing machine including pressing device, and method for attaching pressing device
Hiroki Mori, Nagoya (JP); and Hiroshi Yamasaki, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/192,087.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-060529 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313429 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. D05B 29/02 (2006.01); D05B 29/08 (2006.01); D05B 29/12 (2006.01)
CPC D05B 29/02 (2013.01) [D05B 29/08 (2013.01); D05B 29/12 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pressing device, comprising:
a first member including an attaching portion attachable to a presser bar of a sewing machine, the first member being configured to move in an up-down direction together with the presser bar being urged downward, the attaching portion being (i) a recessed portion recessed from a surface of the first member in a direction perpendicular to the up-down direction and (ii) configured so that the presser bar can be inserted into the recessed portion from the direction perpendicular to the up-down direction;
a second member including a contact portion being contactable to a pressing portion, the pressing portion including at least a portion of the first member or at least a portion of the presser bar, the second member being configured to:
support a presser foot capable of downwardly pressing a workpiece placed on a bed of the sewing machine; and
in a state where the first member is attached to the presser bar of the sewing machine and the second member supports the presser foot, move between:
a first position where the contact portion is in contact with the pressing portion; and
a second position where the contact portion is spaced from the pressing portion;
a first guide portion configured to guide movement of the second member relative to the first member; and
a second guide portion having a rod-like shape extending in the up-down direction,
wherein the first guide portion has a rod-like shape extending in the up-down direction,
wherein the first guide portion is inserted into a coil spring, and
wherein the second guide portion is not inserted into any coil spring.