Patent ID: 6470813
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
An embroidery sewing machine having a stitch forming device including a needle vertically reciprocated to form stitches on a work to be stitched, a moving member including a member for holding the work and being moved relative to the needle in synchronism with the needle, a memory for storing stitch data therein for deciding the positions to which the moving member is moved in accordance with a shape of a pattern to be embroidered, said embroidery sewing machine comprising:a) means for providing information regarding said moving member, b) means for controlling the speed of stitching operation of said stitch forming device by use of said information regarding said moving member as a parameter, wherein said speed control means controls the stitching speed of said stitch forming device by reducing the stitching speed of said stitch forming device as said moving member is partly moved away from the body of said sewing machine.