Patent ID: 7448336

Claim:
A drive arrangement for drive elements for threading an upper thread into an eye ( 19 ) of a needle ( 17 ) of a sewing machine ( 1 ), comprising a needle rod ( 21 ) carrying the needle ( 17 ), a needle rod actuator ( 47 ), which can be coupled to and decoupled from the needle rod ( 21 ), a presser foot ( 25 ) on a presser foot rod ( 23 ), the presser foot ( 25 ) is movable from a resting into an operating position via a lifter lever and has an additional pressure device driven by an electric motor, a lifting drive for a threader ( 11 ) arranged to be vertically displaceable, and a threading hook ( 55 ) arranged at a lower end of a threader ( 31 ) and pivotable around a vertical axis, the threader ( 11 ) is lowerable for the threading process by a connection to the needle rod actuator ( 47 ) when the needle rod actuator is decoupled from the needle rod ( 21 ).