Patent ID: 7293515

Claim:
An embroidery sewing machine for stitching embroidery patterns by moving a holder holding a work to be stitched in X-direction that is in the width direction of the machine body and in Y-direction that is in the depth direction of the machine body, the embroidery sewing machine comprising; a base provided on the lower side of the bed, an X-direction drive mechanism arranged in the base to move the work holder in the X-direction, a connecting means arranged on the rear side of the bed and connected to the X-direction drive mechanism and being movable in the X-direction, a Y-direction drive mechanism for carrying the work holder and moving the same in the Y-direction connected to the connecting means and being movable in the X-direction, said Y-direction drive mechanism being turnable between a position where the Y-direction drive mechanism extends along the rear side of the bed in the X-direction and a position where the Y-direction drive mechanism protrudes out of the rear side of the bed in the Y-direction, and said Y-direction drive mechanism having an upper side extending in a same plane with the upper side of the bed when the Y-direction drive mechanism is in said position where it extends along the rear side of the bed in the X-direction.