Patent ID: 6694902
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
A sewing machine frame for sewing machine having a stitch forming mechanism, the sewing machine frame including a bed, a tower upstanding from the bed, and an arm extending from the tower in a cantilevered fashion, the stitch forming mechanism being assembled in the sewing machine frame, the sewing machine frame comprising:an integral main frame body made from a synthetic resin and to which the stitch forming mechanism is assembled, the integral main frame body including a back panel wall having a first peripheral edge, and a first side wall integrally protruding from the first peripheral edge, the integral main frame body having an arm section, a tower section and a bed section, the first side wall having an inward wall section facing a space surrounded by the arm section, the tower section and the bed section; a plurality of first couplings provided at the back panel wall and positioned along the inward wall section; an integral frame cover made from a synthetic resin and attached to the main frame body, the integral frame cover including a front panel wall having a second peripheral edge and a second side wall integrally protruding from the second peripheral edge, the integral frame cover having a complementary bed section to form the bed with the bed section, a complementary tower section to form the tower with the bed section, and a complementary arm section to form the arm with the arm section, the second side wall having a complementary inward wall at a position corresponding to the inward wall section; and a plurality of second couplings provided at the front panel wall and positioned along the complementary inward wall at positions corresponding to the plurality of first couplings for fixing the frame cover to the main frame body.