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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 6 6 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 1 1 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
on-hole Sewing-machine. In working button-holes by machinery, it is common for the perforating-needle to descend first through the material back from the slit, and then through the slit, or else a thread may be carried from the under side up over the edge of the material, and be locked by the needle in its next descent. The needle may be made to descend through the material and through the slit, by moving the material laterally, as well as forward by the feed, as in patent to Miller, March 7, 1854; or the needle-carrying box may be moved laterally after each stitch, by means of a cam, as in patent to Humphrey, October 7, 1862. The needlethread is locked at each descent by a second thread carried by either a looper or a shuttle. In patent to Sleiner, June 19, 1860, the needle and shuttle operate as in an ordinary machine, but after the shuttle has passed through the loop of needle-thread, a hook catches its thread and passes it in the form of a loop up through the button-hole sli
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
-Thread Carrier. 6,439BatchelderMay 8, 1849. 7,931Grover et al.Feb. 11, 1851. 10,597JohnsonMar. 7, 1854. 10,622HodgkinsMar. 7, 1854. 10,842SingerMay 2, 1854. 11,284LeightonJuly 11, 1854. 12,074Mar. 7, 1854. 10,842SingerMay 2, 1854. 11,284LeightonJuly 11, 1854. 12,074StedmanDec. 12, 1854. 12,146WardJan. 2, 1855. (Reissue.)355JohnsonFeb. 26, 1856. 16,237JenningsDec. 16, 1856. 17,049Nettleton et al.Apr. 14, 1857. 18,793FetterDec. 1, 1857. 19,732ClarkMar. 2ewing leather. 1. Machines. No.Name.Date. 9,679WickershamApr. 19, 1853. 10,615WickershamMar. 7, 1854. 11,240ButterfieldJuly 4, 1854. 11,507SwingleAug. 8, 1854. 11,571ShawAug. 22, 1854. 11,58872. 139,745TobeyJune 10, 1873. 139,770CleminshawJune 10, 1873 2. Two Thread. 10,609MillerMar. 7, 1854. 13,353HarrisonJuly 31, 1855. 25,692VogelOct. 4, 1859. 28,788SteinerJune 19, 1860. 28,814or Awl. A reciprocating needle or awl. vibrated when in the material (see patent to Johnson, March 7, 1854), or moved horizontally through a horizontal movement of the block or head in which the need