Patent ID: 7942103
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
1. A cloth pressing device of a sewing machine, the cloth pressing device comprising: a presser bar which is supported by a sewing machine frame so as to be movable in up and down directions, and is downwardly biased; a presser foot comprising an intermediate portion which is coupled to a lower end portion of the presser bar so as to be rotatable around a horizontal axis; an elastic member comprising a base end portion which is supported by the presser bar and a tip end portion which is engageable with a tip side portion of the presser foot to downwardly bias the tip side portion of the presser foot; and an adjusting mechanism operable to move the tip end portion of the elastic member between a position at which the tip end portion of the elastic member engages with the tip side portion of the presser foot and another position at which the tip end portion of the elastic member does not engage with the tip side portion of the presser foot, wherein the adjusting mechanism comprises a lifting portion which contacts the elastic member to lift the tip end portion of the elastic member when switching the position of the elastic member from the position at which the tip end of the elastic member engages with the tip side portion of the presser foot to the other position at which the tip end portion of the elastic member does not engage with the tip side portion of the presser foot.