Identity verified · evidence for each owner answer
Identity verified · evidence for each answer
Using and maintaining this machine
Check the conditions alongside each answer. Foot attachment, shank type and adapter requirements are separate; one does not establish universal accessory fit.
Needles and threading
Threader
conditional
The catalog lists a semi-automatic needle threader for this model.
Retained English OEM catalog specification for this exact row. Models, availability and equipment can vary by country/revision; this is not a maintenance procedure.; The exact semi-automatic column is checked. This does not establish needle system, size or threading instructions; automatic and semi-automatic columns are not interchangeable.
The hook system is BERNINA Hook: the row gives code B and the catalog legend defines B as BERNINA Hook.
Retained English OEM catalog specification for this exact row. Models, availability and equipment can vary by country/revision; this is not a maintenance procedure.; Hook naming does not establish a bobbin class, dimensions, material, case or interchangeable item.
Space to the right of the needle is listed as 7 inches.
Retained English OEM catalog specification for this exact row. Models, availability and equipment can vary by country/revision; this is not a maintenance procedure.; Space measurement only; not an embroidery area, hoop size or accessory-fit claim. Source inches retained.
The centrally located colour touch screen is listed as 4.3 inches.
Retained English OEM catalog specification for this exact row. Models, availability and equipment can vary by country/revision; this is not a maintenance procedure.; Source decimal comma4,3 normalized to4.3; no resolution, diagonal convention or interface compatibility inferred.
Retained English OEM catalog specification for this exact row. Models, availability and equipment can vary by country/revision; this is not a maintenance procedure.; Count of manual cutters only; this does not establish automatic-cutter availability, placement or operating procedure.
Identity families, physical traits, and OEM accessory groups stay separate. A group badge applies only to its named program and domains.
OEM group · accessory, presser footBERNINA Accessory Category: BERNINA Category E / Subgroup Ec3OEM group · accessory, presser footBERNINA Accessory Category: BERNINA Category Ec3
Detailed specifications, compatible parts, and source library
Evidence coverage
Core answers and cited items
Machine category: Not yet established
Core domains answered: None yet
Domains with cited compatible items: presser foot (4)
Unknown is not incompatible. A missing answer means the current official evidence does not support one yet.
Parts & accessories
4 documented relationships
A two-hop result joins the machine’s official accessory-group membership to the OEM part matrix. Open the evidence to inspect both hops.
4 relationships shown
presser foot · 4
Free-motion Couching Foot #43 031 779 73 00
compatibletwo-hop OEM matrix
Why this fits
Two cited hops: this machine is in BERNINA Accessory Category · BERNINA Category E / Subgroup Ec3, and the OEM matrix lists this part for that group. Region global_en. Applies to presser foot only.
Two cited hops: this machine is in BERNINA Accessory Category · BERNINA Category E / Subgroup Ec3, and the OEM matrix lists this part for that group. Region global_en. Applies to presser foot only.
Two cited hops: this machine is in BERNINA Accessory Category · BERNINA Category E / Subgroup Ec3, and the OEM matrix lists this part for that group. Region global_en. Applies to presser foot only.
Two cited hops: this machine is in BERNINA Accessory Category · BERNINA Category E / Subgroup Ec3, and the OEM matrix lists this part for that group. Region global_en. Applies to presser foot only.
Group codes are namespaced to the issuing OEM program and apply only to the cited domains. They are not machine series and do not prove compatibility outside those domains.
Open the exact OEM PDF page or captured HTML edition when a safe destination exists; otherwise SewGraph labels the OEM support-page fallback honestly.
BERNINA machine catalog
machine catalog
Open official source destination · 1 unique proof passage:Proof E2
BERNINA Accessories Catalog
accessory catalog
Open official source destination · 1 unique proof passage:Proof E1
Evidence library
9 exact proof passages from 2 OEM documents
Every passage below says exactly what visible fact it proves. Repeated references to the same locator are counted once; identity evidence never counts as compatibility evidence.
Open exact proof passages · 9 unique proof passages
Official OEM PDF
What this passage proves
Identity — preferred display name: B 480
Identity — model code: B 480
Category E 7 Series 5 Series 4 Series
Ea1 B 700 Eb1 B 500 Ec1 B 435
B 700 PRO
Ea2 B 720 Eb2 B 535 Ec2 B 475 QE
B 735 B 485
B 735 PRO B 495 LE
Ea3 B 740 Eb3 B 540 Ec3 B 480
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Category E 7 Series 5 Series 4 Series
Ea1 B 700 Eb1 B 500 Ec1 B 435
B 700 PRO
Ea2 B 720 Eb2 B 535 Ec2 B 475 QE
B 735 B 485
B 735 PRO B 495 LE
Ea3 B 740 Eb3 B 540 Ec3 B 480
OEM program membership — BERNINA Accessory Category: BERNINA Category E / Subgroup Ec3
Item fitment path — this machine's OEM group membership for Free-motion Couching Foot #43
Item fitment path — this machine's OEM group membership for Embroidery Foot #15
Item fitment path — this machine's OEM group membership for Echo Quilting and CutWork Foot #44C
Item fitment path — this machine's OEM group membership for Embroidery Foot #26/26L
Category E 7 Series 5 Series 4 Series
Ea1 B 700 Eb1 B 500 Ec1 B 435
B 700 PRO
Ea2 B 720 Eb2 B 535 Ec2 B 475 QE
B 735 B 485
B 735 PRO B 495 LE
Ea3 B 740 Eb3 B 540 Ec3 B 480
OEM program membership — BERNINA Accessory Category: BERNINA Category Ec3
Category E 7 Series 5 Series 4 Series
Ea1 B 700 Eb1 B 500 Ec1 B 435
B 700 PRO
Ea2 B 720 Eb2 B 535 Ec2 B 475 QE
B 735 B 485
B 735 PRO B 495 LE
Ea3 B 740 Eb3 B 540 Ec3 B 480
0 supported answers and 5 answers with conditions or remaining limits. Evidence coverage is not a probability of accuracy.
Unresolved owner questions (3)
System and sizes: Not established — Not yet verified: Needle system, size range, orientation and replacement procedure are not established by the threader feature.
System: Not established — Not yet verified: Bobbin system, dimensions, material and interchangeable cases are not established.
Standardized fit: Not established — Not yet verified: No standardized foot mount, adapter, holder or universal accessory fit is established by these five fields.