Patent ID: 7832346

Claim:
A multi-needle type embroidery sewing machine, comprising: a machine head, comprising: an arm unit; a needle bar support supported on a front face of the arm unit to be movable in a transverse direction; a plurality of needle bars supported by the needle bar support to be movable in a vertical direction, a needle bar of the plurality of needle bars being indexed to a sewing position by a movement of the needle bar support; and a plurality of needles individually attached to the plurality of needle bars; and a laser marker for irradiating a needle drop point of a needle of the plurality of needles attached to the needle bar being indexed to the sewing position with a laser beam, wherein the laser marker is attached to the arm unit to be arranged just behind of the needle bar indexed to the sewing position, and wherein an angle of inclination of the laser beam irradiating the needle drop point with respect to an axis of the needle bar indexed to the sewing position is in a range of 5 degrees to 25 degrees.