United States Patent and Trademark Office

Outline		Indent Level
Color		Curly Brackets (indicating CPC extensions to IPC)

Printable version [PDF]
	CPC	COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION

D05C

EMBROIDERING; TUFTING (making non-woven fabrics D04H; sewing D05B)

D05C 1/00

Apparatus, devices, or tools for hand embroidering

D05C 1/02

Work frames

D05C 1/04

. .

circular

D05C 1/06

Needles specially adapted for hand embroidering (sewing needles D05B 85/00); Holders for needles or threads

D05C 1/065

. .

{

Holders for needles or threads

}

D05C 1/08

Patterns for hand embroidering; Manufacture thereof

Guide Heading:

Embroidering machines (

{

embroidering attachments for sewing machines D05B 3/243

}

; programme-controlled sewing machines with embroidering capability D05B 19/00, D05B 21/00)

D05C 3/00

General types of embroidering machines

D05C 3/02

with vertical needles

D05C 3/04

with horizontal needles

D05C 5/00

Embroidering machines with arrangements for automatic control of a series of individual steps

D05C 5/02

by electrical or magnetic control devices

D05C 5/04

by input of recorded information, e.g. on perforated tape

D05C 5/06

. .

with means for recording the information

D05C 7/00

Special-purpose or automatic embroidering machines

D05C 7/02

with accessories for peculiar kinds of embroidery

D05C 7/04

for boring or jogging

D05C 7/06

for embroidering festoons

D05C 7/08

for attaching cords, tapes, bands, or the like

D05C 7/10

for separating and burning-off parts of the base fabric (making patterns or designs on fabrics by singeing or etching D06C 23/02)

D05C 7/12

for making cotton buttons

D05C 9/00

Appliances for holding or feeding the base fabric in embroidering machines

D05C 9/02

in machines with vertical needles

D05C 9/04

. .

Work holders, e.g. frames

D05C 9/06

. . .

Feeding arrangements therefor, e.g. influenced by patterns, operated by pantographs

D05C 9/08

in machines with horizontal needles

D05C 9/10

. .

Work holders or carriers

D05C 9/12

. . .

Holding or stretching arrangements for the base fabric in embroidery work holders

D05C 9/14

. . .

Suspension or balancing arrangements therefor

D05C 9/16

. . .

Feeding arrangements therefor

D05C 9/18

Movement of the base fabric in one of the two directions controlled by embroidering needles

D05C 9/20

Movement of the base fabric controlled by the presser feet; Driving arrangements therefor

D05C 9/22

Adjusting or registering devices for the base fabric, e.g. for alignment with respect to the needles

D05C 11/00

Devices for guiding, feeding, handling, or treating the threads in embroidering machines; Machine needles; Operating or control mechanisms therefor

D05C 11/02

Machine needles

D05C 11/04

. .

Arrangements for fastening or inserting in bars or carriers

D05C 11/06

. .

Needle-driving or control mechanisms

D05C 11/08

Thread-tensioning arrangements

{

(inside the shuttle D05C 11/18)

}

D05C 11/10

. .

Guides, e.g. resilient

D05C 11/12

. .

Rollers

D05C 11/14

. .

Stop motions responsive to thread tension or breakage

D05C 11/16

Arrangements for repeating thread patterns or for changing threads

D05C 11/18

Shuttles;

{

Shuttle holders; Shuttle driving arrangements

}

D05C 11/20

Arrangements for cutting the needle or lower threads

D05C 11/22

Arrangements for cutting-out broken threads

D05C 11/24

incorporating devices for dyeing or impregnating the threads

D05C 13/00

Auxiliary devices incorporated in embroidering machines, not otherwise provided for; Ancillary apparatus for use with embroidering machines

D05C 13/02

Counting, measuring, indicating, warning, or safety devices

D05C 13/04

Lubricating devices

D05C 13/06

Apparatus for filling or threading shuttles

D05C 15/00

Making pile fabrics or articles having similar surface features by inserting loops into a base material (layered products B32B; non-woven pile fabrics D04H 11/00)

D05C 15/02

Rooting of hair in doll heads or wigs (wigs A41G 3/00; hair or wigs for doll heads A63H 3/44)

D05C 15/04

Tufting

D05C 15/06

. .

Hand tufting needles

{

Hand-held tufting apparatus

}

D05C 15/08

. .

Tufting machines

{

(D05C 15/06 takes precedence)

}

D05C 15/10

. . .

operating with a plurality of needles, e.g. in one row

D05C 15/12

. . . .

in more than one row

D05C 15/14

. . .

Arrangements or devices for holding or feeding the base material (D05C 15/26 takes precedence)

D05C 15/145

. . . .

{

Needle plates

}

D05C 15/16

. . .

Arrangements or devices for manipulating threads (D05C 15/26 takes precedence)

D05C 15/18

. . . .

Thread feeding or tensioning arrangements

D05C 15/20

. . . .

Arrangements or devices, e.g. needles, for inserting loops; Driving mechanisms therefor

D05C 15/22

. . . .

Loop-catching arrangements, e.g. loopers; Driving mechanisms therefor

D05C 15/24

. . . .

Loop cutters; Driving mechanisms therefor

D05C 15/26

. . .

with provision for producing patterns

D05C 15/28

. . . .

by moving the base material laterally

D05C 15/30

. . . .

by moving the tufting tools laterally

D05C 15/32

. . . .

by altering the loop length

D05C 15/34

. . . .

by inserting loops of different nature or colour

D05C 15/36

. . . .

by selective cutting of loops

D05C 15/38

by passing thread material in zig-zag manner through spaced layers of base material and subsequently cutting along a central plane

D05C 17/00

Embroidered or tufted products; Base fabrics specially adapted for embroidered work; Inserts for producing surface irregularities in embroidered products (layered products B32B; non-woven pile fabrics D04H 11/00)

D05C 17/02

Tufted products

D05C 17/023

. .

{

characterised by the base fabric

}

D05C 17/026

. .

{

characterised by the tufted pile surface

}