Patent ID: 6325006
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: D05B,D05C

Abstract:
A thread feeding apparatus for an automatic embroidering machine, comprising:a head stem having a needle-working unit;a thread supplying unit supplying a colored thread selected among a plurality of threads;a guide pipe assembly provided at said head stem, having a first guide pipe receiving the thread from said thread supplying unit, and a second guide pipe having an upper end spaced axially from said first guide pipe and a lower end adjacent to said needle-working unit; anda thread taking-up unit having a take-up lever moving up and down across a thread transferring path, and a take-up bar coupled with the take-up lever in a transverse direction relative to movement of the take-up bar, moving reciprocally through a space between said first and second guide pipes according to the movement of said take-up lever, to allow said thread to be strained or loosened.