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EP 0291560 B1 19911016 - SEWING MACHINE WITH A THREAD-CUTTING DEVICE FOR THE UPPER THREAD

Title (en)

SEWING MACHINE WITH A THREAD-CUTTING DEVICE FOR THE UPPER THREAD

Publication

EP 0291560 B1 19911016 (DE)

Application

EP 87107480 A 19870522

Priority

EP 87107480 A 19870522

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0291560A1] So that, on a sewing machine, a thread-cutting device for the upper thread can be accommodated in the smallest possible space, especially in the press foot, and the upper thread can always be gripped firmly, a displaceable knife (8) with two cutting points (16) (17) and a gripping device (9) for the upper thread guided through the eye of the needle are provided. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

D05B 65/00

IPC 8 full level

D05B 65/00 (2006.01); D05B 29/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D05B 65/00 (2013.01); D05B 29/06 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT CH DE FR GB IT LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0291560 A1 19881123; EP 0291560 B1 19911016; AT E68535 T1 19911115; DE 3773912 D1 19911121

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 87107480 A 19870522; AT 87107480 T 19870522; DE 3773912 T 19870522