is suited together with a corresponding shuttle processing machine for automatic emptying cleaning filling with a fresh bobbin threading and setting the thread tension application_number US 60871590 A description the terminology in this specification has been intentionally changed in contrast to the known embroidery machine shuttles thus such terminology alteration is also intended to make clear the completely different design of the shuttle the embroidery machines which have remained essentially the same for more than 100 years customarily have a shuttle body which receives a bobbin and a cover which is pivotal in the shuttle body around an axis extending crosswise to the longitudinal axis by means of which the bobbin is retained in the shuttle body in this case the edge of the shuttle body represents the glide face the pivotal cover is offset towards the interior with respect to this glide face it has a thread tensioning spring on its exterior for example directed towards the slide face on which a tensioning clip acts by which the thread tension can be set the thread is pulled off the bobbin run to the outside through the cover under the tensioning spring back inside through the cover and then laterally outside through the hole in the shuttle body reference is made to austrian patent at a 61077 purely by means of example presently all embroidery machine shuttles have this design in connection with the embroidery machine shuttle according to the present invention the part which has so far been called 34 shuttle body 34 will now be called the housing the part formerly called 34 cover 34 will now be called base plate 2 this for the.