Patent ID: 7949421

Claim:
A multi-needle type embroidery sewing machine comprising: a plurality of needle bars; a needle bar thread information storage device that stores needle bar thread information about threads which are set to the needle bars; a needle bar selection device that selects at least one suite of two needle bars including a first needle bar and a second needle bar selected from the plurality of needle bars; and a control device that: stores in the needle bar thread information storage device needle bar thread information that corresponds to the first needle bar selected by the needle bar selection device as needle bar thread information that corresponds to the second needle bar, thereby changing at least the needle bar thread information that corresponds to the second needle bar; stores the needle bar thread information corresponding to the first needle bar as the needle bar thread information corresponding to the second needle bar in the needle bar thread information storage device at the time of being selected by the needle bar selection device; stores the needle bar thread information corresponding to the second needle bar as the needle bar thread information corresponding to the first needle bar in the needle bar thread information storage device at the time of being selected by the needle bar selection device; and changes the needle bar thread information corresponding to the first needle bar and changes the needle bar thread information corresponding to the second needle bar.