Patent ID: 7460925
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
1. An embroidery sewing machine comprising: an embroidery frame holding workpiece cloth to be sewn; a carriage transferring the embroidery frame detachably attached to the carriage; a drive unit which moves the carriage; a sewing machine motor; a control unit which controls the drive unit and the sewing machine motor so that an embroidery sewing mode is executed in which an embroidery pattern is sewn or a manual-feed sewing mode is executed in which a sewing operation is carried out with manual cloth feed while the carriage is moved to and held at a predetermined evacuative position; a foot controller; a connecting part connecting the foot controller to the control unit so that the foot controller is detachable from the connecting part; and a mode switching unit which selectively switches between the embroidery sewing mode and the manual-feed sewing mode, wherein the mode switching unit switches to the embroidery sewing mode when the foot controller is non-connected to the connecting part and to the manual-feed sewing mode when the foot controller is connected to the connecting part.