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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sewing machine having a tape feeder capable of reducing the risk of causing fractures in a timing belt by preventing any fluffy dust generated by cutting off fabric edges from attaching to or accumulating on the timing belt or a tooth part of a driving roller shaft. SOLUTION: This sewing machine having a tape feeder comprises: a bed; a cloth cutter located nearby capable of working in conjunction with the sewing machine; a driving roller, including a first toothed pulley, which holds a belt-like tape itself between and a driven roller; a second tooth pulley which is connected with the first toothed pulley via a timing belt; a motor which turns the second toothed pulley at a prescribed rotation speed as the sewing machine is driven; and a tape feeder which is disposed between the bed and the driving roller, including a movable knife for cutting the belt-like tape in cooperation with a fixed knife, and the sewing machine is provided with a blower outlet facing the inner circle of the timing belt and an air blower for blowing air through the blower outlet in conjunction with the movement of the movable knife. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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