. Annual report of the American Institute, of the City of New York. Science. Although the stitch and mode of laying it were successfully perfected, the inventors now experienced the greatest difficulty in the way of final success. Many machines for stiching button holes had theretofore been attempted. Years and fortunes had been expended in inventions, but although several ingenious machines were produced, the^' were of no practical value, as all inventors seemed to start with the idea that, as in other sewing machines, the needle or needles must remain stationary, and the garment in which the
. Annual report of the American Institute, of the City of New York. Science. Although the stitch and mode of laying it were successfully perfected, the inventors now experienced the greatest difficulty in the way of final success. Many machines for stiching button holes had theretofore been attempted. Years and fortunes had been expended in inventions, but although several ingenious machines were produced, the^' were of no practical value, as all inventors seemed to start with the idea that, as in other sewing machines, the needle or needles must remain stationary, and the garment in which the hole was to he worked, moved around it. This effectually prevented complete success, as it was found impossible to turn the cloth with suffi- cient accuracy and rapidity to insure a straight-sewed edge and perfect eyelet at the end of the hole. Aware of these failures, the Messrs. House determined, if possible, to re- verse this njotion and hold the cloth still while the needles moved around the edge of the button hole. After several attempts they succeeded in producing the present machine, which was first patented on the Ilth of November, 1862, and afterward became the property of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Manufac- turing Company. The movements by which the result is obtained are beautifully exact. They consist of a screw and gripe-wheel, the former of which, attached by a nut to a bracket in the lower case, drives the stitching mechanism along the straight side or edge of the button hole, and the latter enclosed in a wheel turns the same ar(.)und the eyelet or rounded end of the hole. (See figure I.) The needles, threads, &c., are mounted on a travelling rotating disk, and both work from below through a slot or opening in a cloth plate. Upon this plate the garment in which button holes are to be stitched is fastened by a clamp, the needles projecting through a button hole. In working the straight side of a hole, the screw carries the disk upon which the sti
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