Patent ID: 8590468

Claim:
A presser device for a sewing machine, comprising: a presser bar that is supported by a sewing machine head so as to be movable up and down; a presser foot that is provided at a lower end of the presser bar; a presser spring that elastically biases the presser foot downward; a presser-foot lifting lever that is moved between a lifted position and a lowered position for lifting/lowering of the presser foot; a speed restraining element that produces resistance capable of slowing down the movement of the presser-foot lifting lever; and a speed-restraint switch mechanism that slows down the movement of the presser-foot lifting lever by allowing the speed restraining element to produce the resistance when the presser-foot lifting lever is moved from the lifted position to the lowered position, and that does not slow down the movement of the presser-foot lifting lever by not allowing the speed restraining element to produce the resistance when the presser-foot lifting lever is moved from the lowered position to the lifted position.