D05B SEWING
Introduced: September 1968
Classification Context
- Section:
- TEXTILES; PAPER
- Class:
- SEWING; EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
- Subclass:
- SEWING
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.
Related Keywords
49 direct subcodes
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
- D05B 11/00 Machines for sewing quilts or mattresses
- D05B 13/00 Machines for sewing sacks
- D05B 15/00 Machines for sewing leather goods
- D05B 17/00 Sewing machines for concurrently making thread and welded seams
- D05B 19/00 Program-controlled sewing machines
- 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
- D05B 25/00 Sewing units consisting of combinations of several sewing machines
- D05B 27/00 Work-feeding means for sewing machines
- D05B 29/00 Pressers or presser feet for sewing machines
- 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
- 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 work-handling elements for sewing machines, not otherwise provided for
- D05B 37/00 Devices incorporated in sewing machines for slitting, grooving, or cutting
- D05B 39/00 Workpiece carriers for sewing machines
- D05B 41/00 Work-collecting devices for sewing machines
- 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
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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