Patent ID: 7328665

Claim:
Embroidery module ( 1 ) for a free-arm household sewing machine ( 27 ) comprising a main body ( 3 ) with a work surface used as a work piece support, the main body ( 3 ) is constructed as a housing for embroidery hoop drive elements and as a connection element for connecting the embroidery module ( 1 ) to the sewing machine ( 27 ), an embroidery hoop support ( 13 ) mounted for movement on the embroidery module ( 1 ) on guides in slots ( 11 ) in an X-direction so that the embroidery hoop support can be driven by a first drive, an embroidery hoop adapter ( 21 ) connected to the embroidery hoop support for movement in a Y-direction and that can be driven by a second drive, the work surface is provided on the main body ( 3 ), such that edges of the work surface that are located adjacent to the free arm ( 31 ) are spaced apart from three side surfaces of the free arm ( 31 ) after the embroidery module ( 1 ) is fixed to a base plate ( 29 ) of the sewing machine ( 27 ), and the slots ( 11 ) and the drive in the main body ( 3 ) are constructed, such that the embroidery hoop support ( 13 ) is disengagable from the slots ( 11 ) in the embroidery module ( 1 ) and can be removed completely from the first drive and from the embroidery module ( 1 ).