Patent ID: 7314013

Claim:
A sewing machine comprising: a vertically reciprocable needle bar; a vertically oscillatable thread take-up; a thread source supplying a needle thread to a sewing needle attached to the needle bar; an automatic threading device that automatically threads at least one of a plurality of threading portions including the thread take-up with the needle thread drawn from the thread source; a first thread guide path for a first threading route that enables threading of the needle thread drawn from the thread source by the automatic threading device; a second thread guide path for a second threading route that enables manual threading of the plurality of threading portions with the needle thread drawn from the thread source; a movable member that forms a movable thread guide path switchable between a first position and a second position, the first position defining the movable thread guide path for a part of the first threading route that enables threading of the thread take-up and the second position defining the movable thread guide path for a part of the second threading route that disables threading of the thread take-up; and a switch mechanism that switches the movable member so as to switch the movable thread guide path between the first position and the second position.