Patent ID: 6973889

Claim:
An overlook sewing machine, comprising: a main body; a needle bar mounted to reciprocate in an axial direction; plural needles positioned at the needle bar; a main feeding mechanism adjusted to control a cloth feeding amount of a main feed dog; a differential feeding mechanism adjusted to control a cloth feeding amount of a differential feed dog; a memorizing device configured to memorize at least two sewing patterns, the memorizing device being provided at the main body; a pattern selecting device provided at the main body and configured to select one of the at least two sewing patterns memorized in the memorizing device; a control device provided at the main body, the control device being capable of changing the selected one of the at least two sewing patterns, while the selected one of the at least two sewing patterns is in use, to another of the at least two sewing patterns to be used; and a display device adjusted to display the selected at least one sewing pattern, the display device being provided at the overlock sewing machine main body, wherein the memorizing device, the pattern select device, the control device, and the display device are housed in the main body, wherein the at least one sewing pattern includes at least one of an over-edge chain stitch sewing pattern, a finishing pattern, and an intermittent gathering pattern, and wherein the pattern selecting device includes a first operating portion operated for initiating the intermittent gathering pattern, and a second operating portion operated for initiating the finishing pattern.