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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Takafumi Naka, Ama, JP;
Takafumi Naka, Ama, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sewing machine includes a bed, a sewing machine motor, a drive shaft, a needle bar moved up and down by the rotation of the drive shaft, a first feed mechanism can move the sewing object by making contact from below, a maximum value of the unit feed amount for the first feed mechanism being less than a specified length that is the length of a basting stitch, a second feed mechanism can move the sewing object by making contact from above, a maximum value of the unit feed amount for the second feed mechanism being not less than the specified length, and a control device controls the first feed mechanism such that the first feed mechanism does not move the sewing object and controls the second feed mechanism such that the second feed mechanism moves the sewing object with the specified length being defined as the unit feed amount.