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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2017
Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
JANOME SEWING MACHINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sewing machine capable of replacing a feed dog in accordance with a type of sewing, the sewing machine including a feed bar performing a horizontal motion and a vertical motion by interlocking with a feeding mechanism, a feed dog detachably mounted on the feed bar, and a control unit that identifies the feed dog mounted on the feed bar. In the sewing machine, the feed dog includes an identification member that corresponds to a type of the feed dog, the feed bar includes a sensor that detects the identification member and outputs an identification signal, and the control unit includes a feed dog identifying means that, based on the identification signal from the sensor member, identifies the type of the feed dog mounted on the feed bar.