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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Shinya Fujihara, Nagoya, JP;
Noboru Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihisa Shoji, Okazaki, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sewing machine includes a needle bar holding a sewing needle having an eye hole, a needle threading mechanism including a threading hook passing a needle thread through the eye hole of the sewing needle, a presser bar with a presser foot attached to its lower end, a vertically moving mechanism vertically moving the presser bar, a drive mechanism driving the vertically moving mechanism, a threading operation unit operating the needle threading mechanism, and a drive mechanism controlling unit controlling the drive mechanism vertically moving the presser bar to a position where interference between the presser foot and threading hook is avoided when the needle threading operation unit is operated.