Abstract: An electronic sewing machine comprises two tables of ideograms corresponding to the patterns capable of being sewn by the machine. One of these tables is carried by the front face of the casing of the machine and the other by the bottom of a pivoting cover capable of occupying two end positions. One of these end positions is a raised end position, in which the user may view the ideograms of the cover, and the other is a lowered end position, in which the cover is closed over on the casing of the machine and covers up the first of the tables of ideograms, the second also being likewise out of sight.

Abstract: An information device for an electronic sewing machine includes a substrate carrying two rows of ideograms representative of some of the sewing patterns capable of being carried out by the sewing machine, and a flap hinged between these rows and carrying, on each face, a row of ideograms concerning others of these sewing patterns. The flap is pivotable into two end positions, for covering up one or the other row of ideograms of the substrate. The flap has, for each ideogram, a window allowing viewing of a diode associated with each ideogram of the substrate. Keys allow selection of each desired sewing pattern whose identity is signalled by the lighting-up of the diode associated with the corresponding ideogram, or the diode visible through the window of the flap adjacent to that ideogram.