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

Filing statistics

IPC D05C 11/08 belongs to the parent subclass D05C, which recorded 10,660 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 449 in 2013 to 1,136 in 2023 (+153%), peaking at 1,312 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class D05 are JACK SEWING MACHINE COMPANY (1,314 applications), JUKI CORPORATION (537 applications) and ZHEJIANG MAQI SEWING MACHINE COMPANY (534 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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