摘要 |
A sewing machine includes a needle bar rocking mechanism for rocking a needle bar in a direction crossing a direction in which a workpiece cloth to be sewn is fed, a thread tension applying mechanism for applying tension to a needle thread supplied from a needle thread supply to a sewing needle mounted on the needle bar, a thread tension releasing mechanism operating the thread tension applying mechanism so that the needle thread is released from the tension applied to it by the thread tension applying mechanism, and a single rotary actuator for driving both of the needle bar rocking mechanism and the thread tension releasing mechanism.
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