provided on their underside with the presser feet 13 necessary for the embroidering process as well as with the needle bars 14 to hold the thread carrying needles 15 and are coupled for joint drive by the main shaft 12 on the longitudinal strut 6 bearing blocks 16 for the suspension of loop taker arbors 17 are attached at one end the loop taker arbors 17 serve to receive rotating lockstitch loop takers 18 while the other end is connected with a helical gear 19 for each a bearing point 20 for receiving a loop taker drive shaft 21 is part of each of the bearing blocks 16 ring gears 22 arranged non rotational on the loop taker drive shaft 21 are in continuous engagement with the helical gears 19 for the drive of the loop taker arbors 17 and hence of the loop takers 18 the following parts are needed for lubrication of the individual lubricating points on the main shaft 12 of the multi head embroidering machine a counting disk 23 with a slit like opening 24 is fastened pulse generator means including a scanning device 25 with a transmitter 26 and a receiver 27 records e g optoelectrically or electromagnetically the number of revolutions of the main shaft 12 and sends the signal let through the opening 24 per revolution and received by the receiver 27 via the connecting line 28.