Patent ID: 7444949
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
1. A needle threading machine of putting a thread through an eye of a needle provided in a sewing machine, the needle treading machine comprising: a thread supplying unit supplying the thread along a predetermined thread guiding path; a thread catcher comprising a hook to hook the thread, and a hook supporter extended from the hook and supporting the hook; a thread catcher driver driving the thread catcher to reciprocate allowing the hook to be inserted in and return from the eye of the needle; a thread guiding unit hooking the thread supplied from the thread supplying unit on the hook passed through the eye of the needle; a needle bar to which the needle is mounted, a lifting unit to lift up the needle bar from a sewing work section to a needle threading section for putting the thread through the eye of the needle, and a lifting driver to drive the lifting unit to be lifted up and down, wherein the thread catcher driver drives the hook to pass through the eye of the needle and the thread guiding unit hooks the thread on the hook passed through the eye of the needle as the lifting unit is lifted up within the needle threading section.