Patent ID: 8695517

Claim:
A longarm quilting machine, comprising: a housing constituted by a substantially C-shaped frame, said frame having an upper arm extending substantially in horizontal direction and having two ends, a lower arm extending substantially in horizontal direction and having two ends and an upper surface; and a substantially vertical support column interconnecting one of said ends of said arms; respective upper and lower driving axles extending within and along said upper and lower arms, wherein said upper and lower arms and said column together define a throat passage; a motor rotating said axles; a downwardly extending portion connected to the other end of said upper arm; a needlebar structure arranged in said downwardly extending portion; an upwardly extending portion connected to said other end of said lower arm; a bobbin with a bobbin driving axle arranged in said upwardly extending portion; said downwardly and upwardly extending portions have respective head and throat plates defining a throat gap between them whereby said throat plate is positioned above said upper surface of said lower arm, said throat gap having a size substantially not more than 3 inches; wherein said bobbin axle is vertically spaced from said lower driving axle; and further comprising a transmission device in said upwardly extending portion to rotate said spaced bobbin driving axle by the rotation of said lower driving axle.