Kenmore 117-95 - Bobbin Case and Shuttle Operations; Threading the Bobbin Case; Placing and Removing Bobbin Case in Shuttle

PIN
Fi gure 6
THREADING THE BOBBIN CASE
(See Fig. 6)
BOBBIN
To thread the bobbin case , hold it in the left hand with
the first finger and thumb at the point marked "screw" on the
bobbin case illustration, fig. 6, then place the bobbin in the
bobbin case so that the thread comes from bobbin straight
through slotted eyelet No. 1 and continuing on up the slot to
point No. 2, then through slot No. 3 and downward holding
the thread and the bobbin in the case taut , then pull the
thread upward so that the thread hooks under point in lower
part of slot No. 3, continuing to pull thread upward and out
Six
between the lip of spring No.4. Le ave between one and two
inches
of thread projecting.
Caution-Read the instructions on the small envelope in-
cluded
in the box of accessories that contains the bobbin
case-threaded as it should be. Note carefully the way the
bobbin
case is threaded before re moving bobbin or un·
threading .
TO PLACE AND REMOVE THE
BOBBIN CASE IN SHUTTLE
Turn the hand wheel until
PRESSURE
ADJUSTING
SCR EW
Fi gure 7
Ser~en
the take-up (Fig. 3) is
at its highest point, then
remove the
hand hole
cover
plate (Fig. 1) by
lifting it up.
With the thumb
and first
finger
of the left hand
clasp the bobbin case as
shown in fig. 7, then with
the second finger
lift the
latch
" X" and the bobbin
ca se can be readily re-
moved.
This same operation is
the method used for either
placing the bobbin case
in the shuttle or removing
it from the shuttle.
The
center spindle on
the inside
of the bobbin
ca se fits over center pin
of the shuttle as shown
in fig. 6.