CPC Definition - Subclass D05C
This place covers:
The embroidering and tufting machines, the embroidered or tufted products, and the base fabrics and inserts.
This place does not cover:
Details of garments or of their making |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Embroidering and tufting | D05C 5/00 , D05C 17/00 FI classes 4L044 |
Sewing | |
Sewing machines and manufacture of sewn products | F-Term 3B150 |
The classification in D05C is desirably complemented by a classification in the indexing scheme relating to sewing, embroidering and tufting D05D
selection of machines, accessories or parts of the same kind D05D 2203/00
interface between the operator and the machine D05D 2205/00
use of special elements D05D 2207/00
use of special materials D05D 2209/00
applied objects or articles D05D 2303/00
operations on the work before or after sewing D05D 2305/00
Disclosures of general nature which are both applicable to D05B and D05C are preferably classified in D05B if the classification for the subject-matter concerned is more detailed (e.g. D05B 85/00).
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Embroidering | is forming decorative designs with hand or machine needleworks |
Tufting | is projecting yarns drawn through a fabric or making up a fabric so as to produce a surface of raised loops or cut pile |
This place does not cover:
Decorating textiles by transferring fibres to the textile |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Tools, implements, accessories, processes, apparatuses etc. for hand sewing |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Hoops or frames for hand sewing |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Holders | are means for supporting, storing and organizing needles and threads. |
This place covers:
Multi-needles and multi-head embroidery machines.
This place covers:
All kinds of embroidery machines with arrangements for automatic control of a series of individual steps.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Programme-controlled sewing machines (with embroidering capability) | |
Sewing machines with devices for automatically controlling movement of work-carrier relative to stitch-forming mechanism in order to obtain particular configuration of seam |
This place covers:
The embroidering machines where specific applications, e.g. for attaching decorative elements or for boring, can be carried out.
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Boring | is making a hole in the product |
Jogging | is giving a slight push to a product in order to deform the product surface (e.g. embossing) |
In patent documents, the following words/expressions are often used as synonyms:
- "pierce" and "nudge"
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Festoons | are decorative chains or strips hanging between two points. |
In patent documents the following expression "scalloping machine" is often used.
This place covers:
Machines for attaching cords, tapes, bands and sequins.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Work-feeding or -handling elements for attaching bands, ribbons, strips, or tapes or for binding in a sewing machine |
The classification is desirably complemented with the Indexing Codes D05D 2303/00 for identifying the applied objects or articles.
This place does not cover:
Producing embroidered textiles by chemical means and transferring embroidered products to textiles |
This place covers:
Work holders or carriers, feeding arrangements, and systems for holding, stretching, suspending and balancing therefor.
This place covers:
Devices acting directly or indirectly on the thread material used for embroidery.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Guides for filamentary materials | |
Moistening, sizing, oiling, waxing, colouring or drying filamentary material as additional measures during package formation | |
Sewing machine elements for supplying, handling or treating thread material | |
Needles for sewing |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Needles for sewing |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Devices for fastening needles to needle bars in sewing | |
Devices for inserting needles |
The classification is desirably complemented with the Indexing Codes D05D 2203/00.
This place covers:
Thread-tensioning arrangements in embroidering machines.
This place does not cover:
Thread-tensioning arrangements incorporated inside the shuttle |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material, e.g. for preventing snarling, application of tension indicators | |
Needle-thread tensioning devices in sewing |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Warning or safety devices, e.g. stop-motions, responsive to reduction in material tension, failure of supply, or breakage of material |
This place covers:
Shuttles, shuttle holders, shuttle driving arrangements, and systems for the preparation of the thread and the bobbin.
This place does not cover:
Shearing embroidery, e.g. cutting loose threads | |
Removing floats |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Devices for severing the needle or lower thread in sewing |
This place does not cover:
Tufting by inserting loops of different colour |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Printing on textile | |
Moistening, sizing, oiling, waxing, colouring or drying filamentary material as additional measures during package formation | |
Devices incorporated in sewing machines for lubricating, waxing, or colouring the threads | |
Partial dyeing of textile materials | |
Dyeing or printing textiles |
This place covers:
Auxiliary devices incorporated in embroidering machines, not otherwise provided for, and ancillary apparatus for use with embroidering machines e.g. apparatuses for framing fabric in embroidery hoops, shuttle inserters, holding devices, apparatuses for needle threading, apparatuses for projecting sample designs.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Applications of devices for metering predetermined lengths of running material | B54H61/00 |
Applications of measuring devices for determining the length of threads used in sewing machines |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Lubricating or cooling devices in sewing machines |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Needle or looper threading devices in sewing |
This place covers:
Machines and methods for insertion of loops, which can be cut, into a base material.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Layered products forming non-woven pile fabrics | |
Woven pile fabrics | |
Pile-fabric looms | |
Non-woven pile fabrics |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Tufting | is forming projections of yarns drawn through a fabric so as to produce a surface of raised loops or cut pile |
This place covers:
Arrangements or devices for manipulating threads, e.g. yarn adjusters to control length in proximity of the needle.
This place covers:
Thread feeding or tensioning arrangements, e.g. control of thread feeding.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Forwarding filamentary material | |
Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material, e.g. for preventing snarling, application of tension indicators |
The classification is desirably complemented with the Indexing Codes D05D 2207/00 for identifying the use of special elements, i.e. pneumatic, hydraulic or magnetic devices.
This place covers:
Products obtained by means of machines and methods of D05C 1/00 - D05C 15/00, the base fabrics and the inserts adapted for embroidered work.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Wearing apparel |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Artificial grass | |
Floor fabrics | |
Non-slip mats for baths | |
Mats or gratings combined with brushes | |
Mats or the like for absorbing shocks for jumping, gymnastics or the like | |
Mats or carpets for courts | |
Flocking | |
Producing floor coverings from plastics | |
Layered products | |
Vehicle passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for | |
Fabrics, e.g. felts, non-woven fabrics, cotton-wool, wadding | |
Wall, floor or like covering materials | |
Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds | |
Flexible ohmic-resistance heating, e.g. heating nets or webs | |
Floors or floor coverings specially adapted for discharging static charges |