IPC Subgroup
D05C 11/08 Thread-tensioning arrangements
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Devices for guiding, feeding, handling, or treating the threads in embroidering machines; Machine needles; Operating or control mechanisms therefor > Thread-tensioning arrangements
Classification Context
- Section:
- TEXTILES; PAPER
- Class:
- SEWING; EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
- Subclass:
- EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
Related Keywords
thread tensioning arrangements in embroidery machines
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- D05C 11/1 Guides, e.g. resilient
- D05C 11/12 Rollers
- D05C 11/14 Stop motions responsive to thread tension or breakage
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