Patent ID: 7197994

Claim:
A horizontal rotary hook for a sewing machine which includes an inner bobbin case holder accommodating a bobbin and having an outer periphery and an outer rotating hook made of a synthetic resin, having an outer peripheral wall and rotated in a predetermined direction while accommodating the bobbin case holder, the horizontal rotary hook comprising: a sliding surface provided on the rotating hook so as to be slid relative to the bobbin case holder with rotation of the rotating hook while the outer periphery of the bobbin case holder is placed on the rotating hook, the sliding surface having an outer peripheral side; an opening provided in the outer peripheral wall of the rotating hook so that a needle thread passes therethrough; and a beak provided on the outer peripheral wall of the rotating hook for seizing a loop of the needle thread, the beak including a beak peripheral wall having a distal end located at a forward side of the beak peripheral wall with respect to a rotation direction of the rotating hook, the distal end facing the opening, the beak peripheral wall being located at the outer peripheral side of the sliding surface, the beak further including a beak body formed integrally with the beak peripheral wall and protruding inward from the beak peripheral wall so as to be located in the vicinity of a lower part of the sliding surface, the beak peripheral wall having an inner peripheral surface of the distal end thereof formed with an inclined surface inclined forwardly outward with respect to the rotation direction of the rotating hook wherein the beak member including the beak peripheral wall and the beak body is separate from the rotating hook and detachably attached to the rotating hook, and the beak peripheral wall includes an inner peripheral edge located at a rearward side thereof with respect to the rotation direction of the rotating hook and formed with another inclined surface inclined forwardly outward with respect to the rotation direction of the rotating hook.