Patent ID: 6814016
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
A sewing machine comprising:a sewing needle moved up and down and having an eye; a threading hook passed through the eye of the needle; an urging member for urging the threading hook upward; an actuating member for moving the threading hook downward against an urging force of the urging member so that the threading hook is passed through the needle eye; a transmitting member moved between a transmission position where an operation of the actuating member is transmitted to the threading hook and a non-transmission position where an operation of the actuating member is not transmitted to the threading hook: a thread holding member for holding the thread; a moving mechanism for moving the thread holding member near to a position where the thread held by the thread holding member is located near the threading hook having been passed through the eye of the needle; and an abutting member abutting the transmitting member when the thread holding member has been moved to the position where the thread held by the thread holding member is located near the threading hook having been passed through the eye of the needle, in order to move the transmitting member from the transmission position to the non-transmission position.