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(11) EP 0 600 297 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.11.1994 Bulletin 1994/48

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.06.1994 Bulletin 1994/23

(21) Application number: 93118493.1

(22) Date of filing: 16.11.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5D05C 11/16, D05C 11/08, D05B 87/00, D05B 49/04, B65H 51/16, B65H 51/20
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 26.11.1992 JP 339752/92

(71) Applicant: KABUSHIKIKAISHA BARUDAN
Ichinomiya-shi Aichi-ken (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Furushita, Tsugihiro
    Kaizu-gun, Gifu-ken (JP)
  • Watanabe, Masanobu
    Ama-gun, Aichi-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Blumbach, Kramer & Partner 
Patentanwälte Radeckestrasse 43
81245 München
81245 München (DE)


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    (54) Multicolor embroidery machine


    (57) A multicolor embroidery machine exchangeably uses different color threads to make embroidery on cloth. The different color threads are fed from a plurality of thread supplies to a selection device (10). The selection device selects one of the threads (20). Only the selected thread is transported by means of an air flow to a needle for stitching and then stitched on the cloth. The selection device (10) transports by means of an air flow one of a plurality of threads respectively fed to a plurality of inlets (33), to an outlet (34), and then feeds out the thread therefrom by means of an air flow.







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