D05B SEWING (appliances for the tailoring trade A41H; sewing tables A47B29/00; sewing in bookbinding B42B2/00; sewing machines modified for knitting D04B39/08)
Introduced: September 1968
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.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: SEWING
CPC: SEWING (appliances for the tailoring trade A41H; sewing tables A47B29/00; sewing in bookbinding B42B2/00; sewing machines modified for knitting D04B39/08)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
SEWING
SEWING (appliances for the tailoring trade A41H; sewing tables A47B29/00; sewing in bookbinding B42B2/00; sewing machines modified for knitting D04B39/08)
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 49 subcodes exist in both systems.
33 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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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 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D05B 15/00 Machines for sewing leather goods (making pseudo-lock-stitch seams D05B1/16) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D05B 17/00 Sewing machines for concurrently making thread and welded seams (for making non-welded fluid-tight seams D05B1/26) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D05B 23/00 Sewing apparatus or machines not otherwise provided for (for making zip closures A44B19/00) +7 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D05B 25/00 Sewing units consisting of combinations of several sewing machines IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D05B 31/00 Workpiece holders or hold-downs in machines for sewing leather IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D05B 33/00 Devices incorporated in sewing machines for supplying or removing the work +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D05B 35/00 Work-feeding or -handling elements not otherwise provided for IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D05B 37/00 Devices incorporated in sewing machines for slitting, grooving, or cutting (severing sewing-threads D05B65/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D05B 39/00 Workpiece carriers (for automatically controlling movement of work-carrier to obtain particular configuration of seam D05B21/00; in general A41H15/00) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class D05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JACK SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 1,314
- JUKI CORPORATION 537
- ZHEJIANG MAQI SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 534
- GUANGDONG ESQUEL TEXTILES COMPANY 526
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES 481
- BULLMER ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 466
- ZHEJIANG ZOJE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 406
- GUILIN ESQUEL TEXTILES COMPANY 402
- TIANJIN RICHPEACE COMPUTERIZED MACHINERY COMPANY 352
- JACK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 298
Top Applicants (CPC)
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