D05B SEWING (appliances for the tailoring trade A41H; sewing tables A47B29/00; sewing in bookbinding B42B2/00; sewing machines modified for knitting D04B39/08)
Description
D05B covers sewing machines, their components, and mechanisms for stitching fabrics and other materials together using needles and thread. This classification encompasses machine design, needle systems, thread feeding apparatus, stitch formation mechanisms, and control systems for various sewing operations. It includes both general-purpose and specialized sewing machines, such as those for straight stitching, zigzag stitching, buttonhole creation, and decorative work. Related classifications D05C and D05D address embroidering and tufting respectively, which are distinct processes from standard sewing.
49 direct subcodes
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- D05B 1/00 General types of sewing apparatus or machines without mechanism for lateral movement of the needle or the work or both
- D05B 11/00 Machines for sewing quilts or mattresses (control of workpiece-holding frames, or of sewing machines, in order to obtain particular seam configuration D05B21/00)
- D05B 13/00 Machines for sewing sacks
- D05B 15/00 Machines for sewing leather goods (making pseudo-lock-stitch seams D05B1/16)
- D05B 17/00 Sewing machines for concurrently making thread and welded seams (for making non-welded fluid-tight seams D05B1/26)
- D05B 19/00 Program-controlled sewing machines (with devices for automatically controlling movement of work-carrier D05B21/00; devices for stopping drive when sewing tools have reached a predetermined position D05B69/22)
- D05B 21/00 Sewing machines with devices for automatically controlling movement of work-carrier relative to stitch-forming mechanism in order to obtain particular configuration of seam, e.g. program-controlled for sewing collars or for attaching pockets
- D05B 23/00 Sewing apparatus or machines not otherwise provided for (for making zip closures A44B19/00)
- D05B 25/00 Sewing units consisting of combinations of several sewing machines
- D05B 27/00 Work-feeding means
- D05B 29/00 Pressers; Presser feet (for feeding D05B27/04)
- D05B 3/00 Sewing apparatus or machines with mechanism for lateral movement of the needle or the work or both for making ornamental pattern seams, for sewing buttonholes, for reinforcing openings or for fastening articles, e.g. buttons, by sewing (program-controlled sewing machines D05B19/00; with devices for automatically controlling movement of work-carrier D05B21/00)
- D05B 31/00 Workpiece holders or hold-downs in machines for sewing leather
- D05B 33/00 Devices incorporated in sewing machines for supplying or removing the work
- D05B 35/00 Work-feeding or -handling elements not otherwise provided for
- D05B 37/00 Devices incorporated in sewing machines for slitting, grooving, or cutting (severing sewing-threads D05B65/00)
- D05B 39/00 Workpiece carriers (for automatically controlling movement of work-carrier to obtain particular configuration of seam D05B21/00; in general A41H15/00)
- D05B 41/00 Work-collecting devices
- D05B 43/00 Spool-pin assemblies incorporated in sewing machines
- D05B 45/00 Applications of measuring devices for determining the length of threads used in sewing machines (measuring devices in embroidery machines D05C, in general G01B)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class D05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JACK SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 670
- JUKI CORPORATION 427
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES 299
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 255
- JANOME SEWING MACHINE COMPANY JP 224
- BULLMER ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 184
- GUANGDONG ESQUEL TEXTILES COMPANY 168
- JUKI CORPORATION JP 159
- COLOREEL GROUP SE 139
- GUILIN ESQUEL TEXTILES COMPANY 132