Electronic control arrangement for sewing machines

In a sewing machine having a frame with access opening at the top and bottom thereof and an auxiliary opening in the front thereof, functional mechanical, electromechanical and electrical components supported within said frame, said functional components including a work feeding system, a needle carrying needle bar, a needle bar gate supporting said needle bar for lateral oscillation and endwise reciprocation, drive means, means connected with said drive means for endwise reciprocating said needle carrying needle bar and for actuating said work feeding system, sewing instrumentalities cooperating with said needle in the formation of stitches, and means for selectively oscillating said needle bar gate and regulating said work feeding system in the formation of decorative and functional stitch patterns;

• wherein the improvement comprises:
• a unitary electronic control module removable insertable through an access opening, said module having means attachable to said frame in a position accessible from said access openings, said module having electronic means and control components thereon for regulating said functional electromechanical and electrical components, said control components being in a position to extend through said auxiliary opening when said attachable means is attached to said frame, a control panel means associated with said module and providing with said control components extending through said auxiliary opening operator access to said electronic means, means supporting said control panel means on said module disposed over a portion of said top access opening when said attachable means is attached to said panel;
• and, means connecting said electronic control arrangement to said functional electromechanical and electrical components.