Sewing machine with an automatic threader

A sewing machine having a main frame, an endwise reciprocable and laterally oscillatable needle bar mounted in said main frame, a needle carried at the lower end of said needle bar and having a thread eye, and a threading device including a threading member operative to catch a thread led near to said thread eye and then to pass the thread through said thread eye, said sewing machine comprising:

• an operating member mounted on said main frame and movable in an operating direction parallel to said needle bar;
• an actuating lever operatively connected with said operating member to move in said operating direction and pivotable about a shaft perpendicular to said needle bar;
• a thread holding device pivotally mounted at a free end of said actuating lever and adapted to releasably hold a thread;
• spring means for urging said thread holding device toward said needle to bring a thread held by said thread holding device into contact with said needle;
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• control cam means engageable with said actuating lever for controlling a pivoted posture of said actuating lever to said needle,
• whereby a thread may be transferred to said thread eye in association with the operation of said operating member.

A sewing machine having a main frame, an endwise reciprocable needle bar mounted in said main frame, a needle carried at the lower end of said needle bar and having a thread eye, a thread take-up lever, a take-up spring disposed at an extreme end of take-up motion of said thread take-up lever, and a threading device including a threading member operative to catch a thread led near to said eye and then to pass the thread through said thread eye, said sewing machine comprising:

• an operating member mounted on said main frame and movable in an operating direction parallel to said needle bar;
• an actuating lever pivotable about a shaft perpendicular to said needle bar,
• a thread holding device mounted at a free end of said actuating lever and adapted to releasably hold a thread;
• a thread carrying member for carrying a thread to said take-up spring, said thread carrying member being pivotable about a shaft perpendicular to a direction of take-up motion of said thread take-up lever;
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• means for operatively connecting said operating member with said actuating lever and said thread carrying member.