A kit for adding or replacing an automated upper walking foot stepping height adjustment to a sewing machine, the kit includes a mounting assembly including an actuator bracket, an actuator coupled to the actuator bracket, a drive assembly, and a needle drive assembly. The actuator includes an actuator shaft that extends and retracts. The drive assembly includes a drive shaft, a drive arm coupled to the drive shaft and the actuator shaft, and a guide coupled to the drive shaft. The needle drive assembly includes a variable drive crank coupled to the guide and configured to couple to a needle drive shaft of a sewing machine. Selectively extending and retracting the actuator shaft selectively adjusts a stepping height of an upper walking foot.

A sewing machine according to the present invention includes: an upper shaft that drives a needle and a balance; a lower shaft that drives a hook and a feed dog; an upper and lower shaft belt that synchronizes rotation of the upper shaft with rotation of the lower shaft; and an idler unit that pushes an idler into the upper and lower shaft belt to change a tension side belt length, in which the idler unit includes a transmission mechanism connected to the upper shaft or the lower shaft, and a rotating body mechanism provided with the idler and having a rotating body that rotates in synchronization with the upper shaft or the lower shaft by the transmission mechanism, and a pushing amount of the idler into the upper and lower shaft belt is changed according to rotation of the rotating body.

A sewing machine for sewing a stitch into an article is provided. The sewing machine includes a support structure, a first head and a second head. The first head is coupled to the support structure and includes a coupler contained within a second actuator assembly and 360° rotatable relative to the support structure and a first stitching element rotatable with the coupler and translatable via a first actuator assembly relative to the coupler. The second head is coupled to the support structure and includes a coupler contained within the second actuator assembly and 360° degree rotatable relative to the support structure and a second stitching element rotatable with the coupler via the first actuator assembly.

A sewing machine for sewing a stitch into an article is provided. The sewing machine includes a support structure, a first head and a second head. The first head is coupled to the support structure and includes a coupler contained within a second actuator assembly and 360° rotatable relative to the support structure and a first stitching element rotatable with the coupler and translatable via a first actuator assembly relative to the coupler. The second head is coupled to the support structure and includes a coupler contained within the second actuator assembly and 360° degree rotatable relative to the support structure and a second stitching element rotatable with the coupler via the first actuator assembly.

A sewing apparatus includes a driving source, a second driven shaft, and an eccentric member of an eccentric mechanism. The second driven shaft is connected to a drive shaft of the driving source and rotates. The eccentric member is connected to the second driven shaft. The eccentric member is capable of converting the rotational motion of the second driven shaft into the up and down motion of sewing machine needles. A cushion member is disposed between the eccentric member and the second driven shaft.

A needle bar stud having a break away region to induce part failure in the needle bar stud and not in the reciprocating slide block in an embroidery machine. The improved needle bar stud with the break away region features a replaceable insert to allow quick and easy repair of the embroidery machine when a jam occurs and the needle bar stud is damaged.

A needle bar stud having a break away region to induce part failure in the needle bar stud and not in the reciprocating slide block in an embroidery machine. The improved needle bar stud with the break away region features a replaceable insert to allow quick and easy repair of the embroidery machine when a jam occurs and the needle bar stud is damaged.

A multi-needle sewing machine includes a plurality of needle bars, a needle plate, a needle bar case, a needle bar drive mechanism, a needle bar case movement mechanism, a mounting portion, a frame movement mechanism, a processor, and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform processes. The processes include identification processing of identifying a position of the needle bar case in the arrangement direction, in accordance with detection of a retraction command causing the mounting portion to be moved to a retracted position, setting processing of setting the retracted position of the mounting portion on the basis of the identified position of the needle bar case in the arrangement direction, and movement processing of controlling the frame movement mechanism to move the mounting portion to the set retracted position.

A multi-needle sewing machine includes a plurality of needle bars, a needle plate, a needle bar case, a needle bar drive mechanism, a needle bar case movement mechanism, a mounting portion, a frame movement mechanism, a processor, and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform processes. The processes include identification processing of identifying a position of the needle bar case in the arrangement direction, in accordance with detection of a retraction command causing the mounting portion to be moved to a retracted position, setting processing of setting the retracted position of the mounting portion on the basis of the identified position of the needle bar case in the arrangement direction, and movement processing of controlling the frame movement mechanism to move the mounting portion to the set retracted position.

A needle bar 4 is supported by a needle bar supporter in a manner freely movable up and down relative to a frame. A crank 2 is fixed to an upper shaft 1, rotates with the upper shaft 1, and an output end thereof moves circularly. A crank rod 3 is connected to the crank 2 in a freely rotatable manner. A connection rod 8 is connected to an intermediate portion of the crank rod 3 in a freely rotatable manner, and is connected to the needle bar 4 in a freely rotatable manner. A length of the needle bar 4 and a length from a connecting position of the connection rod 8 and the crank rod 3 to a slider 7 differ. When the crank 2 circularly moves, the connecting position of the connection rod 8 and the crank rod 3 draws a trajectory of an ellipse.