JP3138542B2 - Embroidery sewing machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an embroidery sewing machine, and more particularly to a technique for effectively using a table as a storage space for small articles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 8, in a conventional two-head embroidery sewing machine 51, a pair of front and rear mounting bases 54 are erected at a front corner 53 at the right end of a table 52. For example, the control panel 55 in which the operation unit and the display unit are integrated is fixed. Operation unit is keyboard 5
6, a jog switch 57 (a switch for moving the embroidery frame 62 forward, backward, left and right) and the like. This embroidery sewing machine 51 is used as follows.

First, an embroidery pattern is input and edited by operating the keyboard 56 and the like while referring to information displayed on the fluorescent display display 58. Next, after setting so that only the needle bar of the right sewing machine head 60 is driven up and down even if the main shaft rotates, the user operates the jog switch 57 while gazing at the needle 61 at the driving position in the sewing machine head 60. Then, the embroidery frame 62 on which the cloth (not shown) is extended is moved back and forth, right and left,
First, the embroidery start point of the cloth is aligned. Subsequently, the main shaft is rotated by operating a rod-shaped start / stop switch 59 provided immediately below the table 52,
The right sewing head 60 is provisionally operated to perform trial sewing. If the result of the trial sewing is good, the needle bars of the sewing heads 60 on both sides are set to be driven up and down, and then the start / stop switch 59 is operated again to operate the embroidery sewing machine 51 to perform embroidery.

[0004]

In the above, since the operator needs to reach the control panel 55 and operate the jog switch 57 while approaching the face to the needle 61, the control panel 55 is operated as described above. It was fixed at a position directly above the front side corner 53 so that it could be easily reached. However, in the above, since it is no longer necessary to operate the control panel 55, the control panel 55 does not need to be located immediately above the front corner 53, but rather remains fixed at the same position. Then, the following problems occurred.

[0005] Frequent use or replacement during the operation of the embroidery sewing machine 51, for example, tools such as scissors, tweezers, screwdrivers, replacement parts such as needles, bobbin bobbins, and other various small articles, By always placing it on the table 52, the convenience of its use and replacement is improved. However, a large part of the table 52 is occupied by the moving range of the embroidery frame 62, and the remaining front corner 53 is also occupied by the control panel 55 fixed at a position immediately above the embroidery frame 62. There was almost no storage space available. For this reason, if it is inconvenient to use or exchange small articles as it is, if the table 52 itself is enlarged so that small articles can be placed, the installation space for the embroidery sewing machine 51 becomes large, or similarly, a separate side table (illustrated in FIG. If the "." Are protruded and arranged in front of the table 52, there is a problem that the working space becomes narrow.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to ensure the operability of the operation unit of the control device without increasing the installation space of the embroidery sewing machine or narrowing the work space, and at the same time, on the table. It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel embroidery sewing machine which can provide a storage space for various small articles and can improve the convenience of use and exchange of these small articles.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, in an embroidery sewing machine according to the present invention, at least an operation unit of a control device of the embroidery sewing machine is operated by bringing a hand close to a needle with a hand.
And a position directly above the table a hand operable reached when stretched, laterally from the straight on position, to the retracted position spaced rearward or upward, a support device for movably supporting provided, wherein
Place small items on the table vacated by evacuation of the operation unit
To be a storage room
Was. The support device can also support other parts of the control device, such as a display and a drive.

Here, the "operation unit" includes, for example, a jog switch and a keyboard, and the "display unit" includes, for example, a CRT display, a fluorescent display, a plasma display, a liquid crystal display, and the like.
The “drive unit” includes a CPU (central processing unit), a memory, an input / output interface, and the like. Examples of the “supporting device” include a mobile wagon with a rotatable caster, a rotatable or bendable arm, and a device using a vertically movable stand or suspension device. May be directly supported, or may be supported via a stand on which the operation unit or the like can be placed.

[0009]

According to the embroidery sewing machine of the present invention, when the operator wants to operate the operation unit of the control device near his / her hand, for example, the embroidery frame is moved back and forth and left and right to align the embroidery start point of the fabric with the needle point. In such a case, if the operation unit is moved by the supporting device to a position just above a corner portion of the table, for example, or a portion closer to the hand , the face is not brought close to the needle.
The operating unit can be easily operated by reaching out .

When it is not necessary to operate the operation unit of the control device, for example, during operation of the embroidery sewing machine, the operation unit is separated from the position immediately above the table to the side, rear or upward by the support device. If you move it to the position, the table will be vacant, so scissors, tweezers, screwdriver,
It can be effectively used as a storage space for storing small articles such as a needle and a bobbin, and the convenience of use and replacement can be improved.

Further, since the table itself may have the same size as the conventional one, the installation space for the embroidery sewing machine does not increase. Further, the operation unit of the control device does not protrude greatly in front of the table when moved to the position directly above the table, and does not disturb the work when moved to the retracted position. Absent.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A double head embroidery sewing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
A table 3 is fixed on a leg frame 2 of the embroidery sewing machine 1, and two sewing heads 4 are provided at a position on the left side of the center of the table 3. Table 3
, Two needle plates 6 are provided immediately below the needles 5 at the driving positions of the two sewing heads 4.
Two guide grooves 7 extending in the front-rear direction are provided at the outer left and right positions, and a guide groove 8 extending in the left-right direction is provided at the right position from the front end of the right guide groove 7. An embroidery frame 9 having a flat rectangular shape is guided in these guide grooves 7 and 8 so as to be movable in the front-rear and left-right directions, and the embroidery frame 9 is driven by a driving device (not shown) below the table 3. However, the embroidery frame 9 does not move to the front corner 10 at the right end of the table 3 and the part behind it.

The control device of the embroidery sewing machine 1 includes a leg frame 2
A driving unit using a driver unit 11 housed therein, an operation unit including a control panel 12 and a keyboard 13,
And a display unit using a CRT color display 14. The driver unit 11 includes a CPU, a memory, an input / output interface (not shown), and the like, and includes input devices (for example, a control panel 12, a keyboard 13, a thread break detector provided on the sewing machine head 4, a rotary encoder, and the like). Output devices (for example, a CRT color display 14, a driving motor for the main shaft of the sewing head 4, a switching device for the needle 5, a driving motor for the embroidery frame 9, and the like) are connected via an input / output interface.

The control panel 12 reads the embroidery pattern data written on the floppy disk, inputs the embroidery pattern, a disk drive 15, a jog switch 16 for moving and positioning the embroidery frame 9, and an embroidery sewing machine. 1 is provided with another control switch 17 and the like. Keyboard 1
Reference numeral 3 is used to input and edit an embroidery pattern. CRT
The color display 14 enlarges or reduces the input embroidery pattern, the progress of embroidery during driving, or the like,
Colors can be displayed for each thread.

The control panel 12, the keyboard 13, and the CRT color display 14 are supported by a movable wagon 21 as a support device formed separately from the table 3. As shown in FIG. 3, the movable wagon 21 includes a base frame 22 having a flat U-shape, casters 23 mounted at four corners thereof, and a stand frame 25 erected on the base frame 22 and reinforced by reinforcing pieces 24.
And an upper frame 26 fixed horizontally to the upper end thereof
And a lower frame 28, which is also horizontally fixed in the middle part and reinforced by the reinforcing pieces 27, forms a skeleton.

The upper panel 2 is provided on the upper surface of the upper frame 26.
The upper panel 29 is bent downward at the end so as to cover the outer surface of the stand frame 25 as well. The lower surface of the lower frame 28 is the table 3
3 to 15 cm higher than the upper surface of the lower frame 28, and the lower panel 30 is also mounted on the upper surface of the lower frame 28.
The CRT color display 14 is mounted on the upper panel 29 via a rotatable turntable 31, and the control panel 12 and the keyboard 13 are mounted on the lower panel 30.

The movable wagon 21 is movable by casters 23. For example, as shown in FIGS.
The lower frame 28 and the lower panel 30 are moved so as to overlap at a position directly above the front side corner portion 10 of the table 3 with a space therebetween (that is, so as to hardly protrude forward of the table 3), and as shown in FIG. In this way, it is possible to move from the position directly above the front side corner portion 10 to the retracted position separated laterally.

The embroidery sewing machine 1 of the first embodiment configured as described above is used as follows. First, a floppy disk (not shown) in which embroidery pattern data is written is inserted into the disk drive 15 of the control panel 12, and the embroidery pattern is input. Then, the keyboard is referred to while referring to the embroidery pattern displayed on the CRT color display 14. 1
3 is operated to edit the embroidery pattern. At this time, the mobile wagon 21 on which the control panel 12, the keyboard 13, and the CRT color display 14 are placed may be at the position shown in FIG. 1 or the position shown in FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the moving wagon 21 is moved to a position immediately above the front corner 10 or a part closer to the user. Then, after setting so that only the needle bar of the right sewing head 4 is driven up and down even if the main shaft rotates, the user turns the jog switch of the control panel 12 while watching the needle 5 at the drive position in the sewing head 4. 16
Is operated to move the embroidery frame 9 on which the cloth (not shown) is stretched back and forth, right and left, and align the embroidery start point of the cloth with the tip of the needle 5. At this time, it is necessary for the operator to reach for the jog switch 16 while approaching the face to the needle 5, but as described above, since the control panel 12 is located immediately above the front corner 10 or the like, the operator can easily perform the operation. Reachable and operable.

Subsequently, the spindle is rotated by operating a rod-shaped start / stop switch 18 provided immediately below the table 3, and only the right sewing head 4 is temporarily operated to perform trial sewing.

If the result of this trial sewing is good, the needle bars of the sewing heads 4 on both sides are set to be driven up and down, and then the start / stop switch 18 is operated again to operate the embroidery sewing machine 1 to perform embroidery. Do. At this time, since it is no longer necessary to operate the control panel 12 and the like, as shown in FIG.
The movable wagon 21 on which the control panel 12 and the like are mounted is moved to a retracted position separated from the position immediately above the front corner 10 to the side. Since this movement vacates the front side corner portion 10,
This can be effectively used as a storage space for storing small articles 20, such as scissors, tweezers, a screwdriver, a needle, a bobbin, and the like, and the convenience of use and replacement can be improved.

When it becomes necessary to operate the control panel 12 or the like again, as shown in FIG. 1, the moving wagon 21 on which the control panel 12 or the like is mounted is placed directly above the front corner 10 or a portion closer to the user. Just move it to the position. At this time, FIG.
As shown in FIG.
, The distance between the upper surface of the front corner portion 10 and the lower surface of the lower frame 28 is 3-15.
The lower frame 28 does not interfere with these small articles 20 because the space of cm is left. Similarly, even when the lower frame 28 is moved closer to the hand, for example, to a position immediately above the embroidery frame 9, the lower frame 28 does not interfere with the embroidery frame 9.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the table 3 itself may be of the same size as the conventional one, so that the installation space for the embroidery sewing machine 1 does not increase. In addition, the moving wagon 21 does not protrude greatly from the table as in the above-described conventional side table, and is moved to the retracted position where it does not hinder the work, so that the working space is not narrowed.

Next, an embroidery sewing machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The embroidery sewing machine 41 has a keyboard 42, a jog switch 4
The first embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a control panel 45 in which an operation unit including 3 and the like and a display unit using a fluorescent display tube display 44 are integrated and an arm 46 is used as a supporting device thereof. Are different.

The arm 46 is connected to two parallel movement link mechanisms 47, the base end of which is attached to the far corner at the right end of the table 3, and the end of which is connected to the control panel 45.
Attached to. The arm 46 has a control panel 4
5 is provided with a balancer (not shown) for supporting the weight. Therefore, by bending and extending the arm 46, the control panel 45 maintains the posture, and from the position immediately above the front side corner portion 10 or a portion closer to the hand as shown in FIG. Evacuation position,
Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 7, it is possible to move to a retracted position separated upward. Embroidery sewing machine 41 of this embodiment
Also, by moving the control panel 45 to the retracted position shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. 7 during the operation, the same operation and effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and can be embodied by appropriately changing it without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[0027]

Since the embroidery sewing machine of the present invention is constructed as described above , the face can be brought close to the needle without increasing the installation space of the embroidery sewing machine or narrowing the work space.
To secure the operability of the operation unit of the control device by extending the hand while attaching, and to create a storage space where various small articles can be placed on the table to improve the convenience of use and exchange of these small articles. An excellent effect is achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embroidery sewing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which an operation unit or the like of a control device is moved on a table by a moving wagon.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view when an operation unit and the like of the control device are moved to a lateral retreat position.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the moving wagon.

FIG. 4 is a partial front view of the embroidery sewing machine.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an embroidery sewing machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which an operation unit or the like of a control device is moved on a table by an arm.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view when the operation unit and the like of the control device are moved to a rear evacuation position.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view when an operation unit or the like of the control device is moved to an upper retreat position.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a conventional embroidery sewing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Embroidery sewing machine 3 Table 10 Front side corner part 12 Control panel as operation part 13 Keyboard as operation part 14 CRT color display as display part 21 Moving wagon as support device 41 Embroidery sewing machine 44 Fluorescent display tube display as display part 45 Control panel as operation unit 46 Arm as support device

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Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] A hand reaches when at least an operation unit of a control device of an embroidery sewing machine is extended with a hand approaching a needle.
A supporting device movably supported at a position directly above the table that can be operated and operated, and at a retracted position laterally, rearward or upwardly separated from the position directly above the table, and evacuated by retracting the operation unit.
A storage space for small items on the table
Embroidery sewing machine configured to be able to . 2. The support device is formed separately from the table.
The embroidery sewing machine according to claim 1, which is a movable wagon. 3. The mobile wagon is provided with a caster-equipped base frame.
Frame and the stand frame standing on the base frame.
And a lower frame fixed horizontally to the stand frame.
Frame, the lower surface of the lower frame is the upper surface of the table
3. The embroidery machine according to claim 2, wherein the height is set to be 3 to 15 cm higher than the embroidery machine.
Shin. 4. The support device can be bent and stretched.
2. The embroidery sewing machine according to claim 1, wherein the embroidery sewing machine is a robot. 5. The arm has two parallel movement linkages.
The embroidery sewing machine according to claim 4, which is connected. 6. An arm for supporting the weight of the control panel.
The embroidery tool according to claim 4 or 5, further comprising a balancer.
Shin.