Patent ID: 8495962
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: D05B,D05D

Abstract:
1. A sewing machine comprising: a sequin feeder device for feeding a continuous sequin strip, by a predetermined pitch corresponding to a size of a sequin at a time, toward a predetermined cutting position; and a cutting mechanism for cutting off a leading sequin from the continuous sequin strip after a sewing needle passes through a needle passage hole of the leading sequin, said cutting mechanism being constructed to cut off the sequin at substantially the same time as the sewing needle pierces a sewing workpiece; wherein said cutting mechanism includes a movable cutter blade disposed in the predetermined cutting position, and an abutting member that, in response to sewing operation, abuts against said movable cutter blade to move said movable cutter blade in a predetermined direction so that the sequin is cut off by said movable cutter blade, and wherein said abutting member is provided in a presser foot that presses down the sewing workpiece in interlocked relation to the sewing needle during the sewing operation.