Brother International BES-100E BE-100 Workbook - English - Page 108

q Jump stitch Movement of the frame without stitching but with take-up lever and hook movement. q Lock stitch machine Machine which forms a stitch using a hook and needle. Includes home sewing, as well as computerized, embroidery machines. q Memory The amount of stitches that the machine can store internally. q Needle bar Holds the needle in the machine; moves in an up and down motion. q Needle plate The metal plate located above the hook assembly of an embroidery machine. This plate has a hole in the center through which the needle travels to reach the hook and form a stitch. Also known as a throat plate. q Origin The starting point of the design. q Pantograph A bar, rack or holder that frames or holding fixtures are attached to. The pantograph moves in x and y directions to form the embroidery design, controlled electronically or mechanically depending on the machine. q Paper tape One punching format. Continuous reel of paper or Mylar® tape containing x-y coordinate information in binary, Fortran or other numeric code to control pantograph movement. Becoming less-favored and replaced by computer disks. q Presser foot Metal device that touches the goods being embroidered while the needle is in the goods. The main function of the presser foot is to hold the material being embroidered until the hook point catches the thread loop formed by the needle rise. q Pre-tensioner Thread tension assemblies that are before the main tension assembly in the thread path. The function of the pre-tensioner is to apply a light amount of tension in order to make the main tensioner work. See Tensioner. q Repeat Layout used for making emblems or designs on a fabric span that are repeated at regular intervals. q Take-up spring See Check spring. q Tape reader A device attached to an embroidery machine that enables the machine to read embroidery designs from 8-channel paper computer tapes. q Tensioner Device used to adjust the tautness of thread when forming stitches. q Thread clippers Small cutting utensil with a spring action that is operated by the thumb in a hole on the top blade and the fingers cupped around the bottom blade. Useful for quick thread cutting, but unsuitable for detailed trimming or the removal of backing. q Trimmers Built into an embroidery machine to automatically trim or cut remaining thread when the design jumps from one area to another or performs a color change. q Tubular embroidery Embroidery produced on an embroidery machine, which allows tubular fabric or pre-assembled garments to be placed around the hook assembly. Allows sewing of the front of a garment without sewing through the front and back of it. 105