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Abstract

A needle clamping mechanism capable of preventing tip end positions of a pair of needles from being set back or forth and right or left, thereby obtaining excellent sewing performance. The needle clamping mechanism comprises a needle bar comprising a needle bar body, a protrusion protruding downward from a lower surface of the needle bar body and being semicircular in cross section, and having a flat surface portion at a chord thereof, a needle clamp member which the needle bar is engaged in a fixed to, the needle clamp member having a recess for receiving the needle bar body, a needle containing hole being opened at a lower end surface of the needle clamp member, the needle containing hole comprising a semicircular cross sectional portion for receiving the protrusion of the needle bar and a pair of circular arc grooves for receiving needle circular portions provided at upper ends of a pair of needles individually, wherein the needles respectively received in the pair of circular arc grooves are respectively pressed by tip ends o0: set screws which are respectively screwed into the needle clamp member, and each of the needle circular portions is pressed against each of side walls of the needle containing hole, a needle flat surface portion at the upper end of each of the needles is pressed against and fixed to a flat surface portion of the protrusion.

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