Patent ID: 7178473
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
1. A sewing machine comprising: a needle bar reciprocally movable up and down, the needle bar capable of carrying a sewing needle attached thereto; a thread take-up lever reciprocally swingable up and down; a thread supply which supplies a needle thread to the needle bar carrying the sewing needle; a plurality of thread guides including the thread take-up lever; an automatic threading apparatus automatically carrying the needle thread extending from the thread supply and passing the needle thread through the thread guides including the thread take-up lever; wherein the plurality of thread guides define a first preparatory path provided for threading so that the needle thread extending from the thread supply can be passed through the thread guides by the automatic threading apparatus; and wherein the plurality of thread guides define a second preparatory path provided for threading so that the needle thread extending from the thread supply can manually be passed through the thread guides, wherein the thread take-up lever is displaced within a range of reciprocal swing so that threading is possible for at least one of the first and second preparatory paths.