Patent ID: 8903535
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
1. A sewing machine, comprising: a bed; a sewing machine motor; a drive shaft that is configured to be rotated by the sewing machine motor; a needle bar that is configured to be moved up and down by the rotation of the drive shaft and on a lower end of which a sewing needle is able to be mounted; a first feed mechanism that, by making contact from below with a sewing object that has been placed on the bed, is able to move the sewing object, a second feed mechanism that, by making contact from above with the sewing object that has been placed on the bed, is able to move the sewing object, a control device that is configured to acquire a command to form a basting stitch, and when the control device acquires the command, the control device controls the first feed mechanism such that the first feed mechanism does not perform moving of the sewing object and controls the second feed mechanism such that the second feed mechanism performs moving of the sewing object in synchronization with the rotation of the drive shaft, with the specified length being defined as the unit feed amount.