Patent ID: 8276532

Claim:
A sewing machine comprising: a sewing machine bed; a holder configured to hold either one of an embroidery frame that is configured to hold a workpiece cloth or a striking holder that is configured to hold an engraving workpiece that is configured to be engraved by striking; a transfer mechanism which is detachably attached to the embroidery frame or the striking holder to transfer the embroidery frame or the striking holder freely in a predetermined direction on the sewing machine bed; a striking needle that is configured to strike against the engraving workpiece thereby to engrave the engraving workpiece when the holder holds the striking holder; a drive mechanism which reciprocally drives the striking needle upward and downward, from below, toward region where the engraving workpiece is held by the striking holder; and a control device which controls execution of an embroidery sewing operation onto the workpiece cloth or execution of an engraving operation in which the striking needle is moved upward and downward by the drive mechanism so that the striking needle is struck against the engraving workpiece held by the striking holder, from below, while the striking holder is moved by the transfer mechanism.