Embroidering station with schiffli-shuttles

An apparatus for selectively driving schiffli-shuttles in embroidering stations of an embroidering machine, comprising:

• at least one schiffli-shuttle guideway fixed to a frame member of the embroidering machine to extend in a predetermined direction of extent;
• a schiffli-shuttle guided in each said at least one schiffli-shuttle guideway;
• stationary longitudinal guide means fixed to said frame member and extending substantially parallel to said predetermined direction of extent of said schiffli-shuttle guideway;
• a shuttle driver translatably guided by said stationary longitudinal guide means and provided with coupling means;
• barrier means mounted at said shuttle driver and extending substantially transversely into said at least one schiffli-shuttle guideway for entraining and restraining said schiffli-shuttle in said schiffli-shuttle guideway;
• rotatable longitudinal guide means journaled in said frame member;
• an entrainment coupling translatably guided by said rotatable longitudinal guide means and provided with at least one entrainment means;
• means for preventing rotation of said entrainment coupling in relation to said rotatable longitudinal guide means;
• said rotatable longitudinal guide means having a first angular orientation in which said coupling means engages said at least one entrainment means and a second angular orientation in which said coupling means disengages from said at least one entrainment means;
• a reciprocating drive member engaging said at least one entrainment means for transmitting drive motion through said entrainment coupling and said shuttle driver to said schiffli-shuttle;
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• control means for selectively rotating said rotatable longitudinal guide means between said first angular orientation and said second angular orientation.