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US PATENTS
The below list of American patents may not be so accurate, some patents may not belong to the company. Patents that actually belong to the company I highlighted them in red
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Button-Hole Sewing Machine Two Threads
My invention consists in certain mechanism, described hereinafter, for making a button hole stitch from two threads. I claim as my invention and desire to secure as Letters Patent the combination of the reciprocating eye-pointed needle F, the looper N and loop-holder R, the whole being arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Assignor to:
C. S. Patterson, E. Pincus, A. Hart, M. Moore, A. Mitchell and H. H. Reed
October 13, 1863
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USRE 1.616 E. A. Goodes & E. L. Miller
Button-Hole Sewing Machine One Thread or Two Thread
The invention of the said Goodes and Miller consists, first, of a needle or loop-catcher so constructed, so arranged on a sewing machine and having such a movement that it will hold a loop of thread and convey the same from the under side of the fabric and upward across the edge of the same; secondly, in the combination of the said needle or loop-catcher with an eye-pointed needle and a hook or its equivalent; thirdly, in the combination of the said eye-pointed needle, the said loop-catcher or needle, the hook and an elastic tongue.
The above devices, which are fully described hereinafter, have been designed for forming a stitch over the edge of a fabric, or a buttonhole stitch, with one or two threads, substantially in the manner described hereinafter.
In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification before two subscribed witnesses.
Assignors to:
C. S. Patterson, E. Pincus, A. Hart, M. Moore, A. Mitchell and H. H. Reed
February 9, 1864
Specification forming part of Letters Patent
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Button-Hole Sewing Machine Two Threads
My invention consists of certain improvements, fully described hereinafter, in the button-hole sewing machine for which Letters Patent US 40.311 were granted to my assignees, C. S. Patterson, E. Pincus, A. Hart, M. Moore, A. Mitchell and H. H. Reed, on October 13, 1863, my present improvements being such that an expert operator can readily convert the machine from a button-hole sewing machine to a lock-stitch sewing machine and vice versa.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Sewing Machine Company
In The Evening Telegraph dated May 1871, from a Legal Notice it is acknowledged that the American Button-Hole Machine Company and the American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Co. are the same company.
August 2, 1864
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Button-Hole Sewing Machine Two Threads
My invention consists of certain mechanism, fully described hereinafter, for forming stitches on the edges of fabrics, such, for instance, as the edges of button-holes.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Sewing Machine Company
In The Evening Telegraph dated May 1871, from a Legal Notice it is acknowledged that the American Button-Hole Machine Company and the American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Co. are the same company.
May 23, 1865
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Button-Hole Sewing Machine Two Threads
My invention consists of devices fully described hereinafter, designed with the view of readily changing a sewing machine for forming a button-hole stitch into a machine for making the ordinary lock-stitch.
November 21, 1865
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Feed-Regulating Device for Sewing Machine
My invention consists of an eccentric disk which may be adjusted to regulate the movement of the feed-plate and which is constructed, as fully described hereinafter, so that it may be readily adjusted to any desired position and retained in its position after adjustment.
Assignor to himself and
C. S. Patterson, E. Pincus, A. Hart, M. Moore and H. H. Reed
February 27, 1866
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Work Carrier for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to mechanism for facilitating the movement, in front of a sewing machine, of carpets, sails and other heavy fabrics to be sewed and my invention, consists of a truck for supporting and retaining the fabric and for traversing in front of a sewing machine in the manner described hereafter, the truck-wheels being adapted to inclined rails, so that its movement during the operation of the feeding device is facilitated...
...I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent the combination of a stationary sewing machine and two or more inclined rails, which are traversed by a truck or carrier adapted for the reception and retention of a fabric to be sewed; when the required traversing motion is imparted to the said truck by the operation of the feed device of the machine, substantially as described.
Assignor to
American Button-Hole, Cording, Braiding and Machine Company
January 8, 1867
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Sewing Machine
My invention consists of certain mechanism, fully described hereafter, for making stitches over and across the edges of a fabric, (or an edge binding) also in devices, described hereafter, whereby the said mechanism can be readily so arranged as to make the ordinary looped stitch; also of a device for imparting tension to the needle-thread and regulating that tension.
Assignor to
American Button-Hole, Cording, Braiding and Machine Company
January 8, 1867
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Sewing Machine
My invention consists in certain mechanism, fully described hereafter, for sewing together carpets and other heavy fabrics.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Sewing Machine Company
In The Evening Telegraph dated May 1871, from a Legal Notice it is acknowledged that the American Button-Hole Machine Company and the American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Co. are the same company.
January 8, 1867
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US 61.533 E. A. Goodes & E. L. Miller
Button-Hole Sewing Machine Two Threads
Our invention consists in the arrangement and combination, described hereafter, of an inclined vibrating needle-arm, eye-pointed needle and a vibrating loop-holder or carrier for making a button-hole stitch over the edges of fabrics. ...
... It will now be seen that the loop-carrier will convey loops of thread from the under side and upwards across the edge of the fabric to be locked to the same by the needle-thread and that the stitch produced is precisely the same as the double-threaded stitch described in our patent of July 26, 1859, reissued February 9, 1864.
Assignors to the
American Button-Hole Machine Company
Assignors to the
American Button-Hole, Cording, Braiding and Embroidering Machine Co.
In The Evening Telegraph dated May 1871, from a Legal Notice it is acknowledged that the American Button-Hole Machine Company and the American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Co. are the same company.
January 29, 1867
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Feller for Sewing Machine
The needles are arranged to form an embroidery or button-hole stitch. The thread of the upper needle is conducted through an eye in the needle arm, to the eye at the needle point. The thread of the lower needle is passed through an eye near to its lower end and in a spiral groove to the eye at the point. The upper needle has a regular and the lower needle an irregular reciprocation, the slide being operated by the lever; a vibrating motion is thus imparted to the lower needle shaft.
Claim:
The combination of the upper and lower eye-pointed needles, when the movements herein described are imparted to the two needles, so that by their joint action they may produce, with two threads,
the stitch herein described, in the body or on the edge of a fabric.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Cording, Braiding and Embroidering Machine Company
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January 7, 1868
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Hemming-Devices for Sewing Machine
My invention consists of a device, fully described hereafter, to be applied to a presser-bar of a sewing machine, for turning over the edge of a fabric and forming the same into a hem, before it reaches the needle.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
July 21, 1868
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Work Plate for Sewing Machine
My invention consists in so attaching the circular detachable work-plate to the permanent work-plate of a sewing machine, as fully described hereafter, that the upper surfaces of the two plates, as well as of the fastening-devices, shall be in the same plane, there being, consequently, no impediment to the free movement of the fabric over the whole, while every facility is afforded for gaining access to the shuttle beneath the detachable plate, all of which is fully described hereafter.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
June 15, 1869
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Feed for Sewing Machine
My invention consists principally of a combination feed for sewing machines, composed of a feed-bar of ordinary construction and of one or more plates or sections attached to and rendered adjustable upon the said feed-bar, so that, by their use, the extent of serrated feeding-surface may be increased or diminished as hereafter described, this enabling the character of the feed to be changed according to the nature of the work to be performed by the machine, it being, for in stance, caused to act as a side-feed only, when the machine is to be used for circular or embroidering work and as a combined side and back feed or back feed only, for hemming or other straight sewing. My invention also consists of a peculiar retaining and locking device to be used in connection with the said adjustable sections of the feed-bar and, finally, of a tension-spindle arranged within the shuttle and rendered self-retaining in any position to which it is adjusted, as hereafter described.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
May 3, 1870
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Sewing Machine
My invention consists of a segmental shuttle-race composed of a fixed plate and a plate rendered movable thereon, all substantially as described hereafter, so that the movable plate may be adjusted on the fixed plate when the shuttle-race has to be dispensed with and the machine has to be used for making a looped or button-hole stitch. My invention also consists of a shuttle driver and the above-mentioned movable plate, the two being constructed and arranged with respect to each other, substantially as described hereafter, so that both may be moved to one side when not required for use. My invention further consists of the said movable segmental plate, constructed to support and guide the shuttle, with a spring for directing the point of the shuttle toward the needle and causing its point to enter the loop of needle.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
April 25, 1871
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Sewing Machine
My invention relates to improvements in the sewing machine for which Letters Patent US 51.086 were granted to my assignees November 21, 1865, (antedated November 11, 1865,) and Letters Patent US 114.197, granted April 25, 1871 and my improvements, which are too fully explained hereafter to need preliminary description, have for their object the ready conversion of the machine from a condition adapted to the making of a lock-stitch to a condition for making a button-hole stitch. My improvements are also directed to the attainment of other useful purposes, which are minutely described hereafter.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
December 12, 1871
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Table for Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to retain the extension flap of a sewing machine table in an elevated as well as a depressed position.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
November 26, 1872
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Sewing Machine
January 28, 1873
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January 28, 1873
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March 18, 1873
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May 27, 1873
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Journal for Sewing Machine Fly-Wheel
The object of my invention is to readily set up the balance-wheel pin of a sewing machine, when the hub of the wheel becomes loose on the said pin.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
April 6, 1875
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Cover for Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to make for sewing machines a cheap, simple and substantial cover, which can be readily taken apart and as readily put together.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
June 1, 1875
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1878
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Retainer for Sewing Machine Attachment
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
February 5, 1878
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Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to combine the driving-pulley of a sewing machine with a driving-shaft and with devices described hereinafter, whereby the driving-pulley can be secured to the said shaft, or allowed to run loose on the same, so that the driving-pulley and its fly-wheel may be used for winding purposes without turning the shaft and operating the moving parts of the sewing machine.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
July 9, 1878
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Tuck-Markers for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to an improvement in that class of tuck-markers in which the marking is effected by the action of a recessed block carried by the vibrating spring-arm, which is connected to the needle-bar of the machine; the object of my invention being to so construct a tucker of this class that the proper action of the creasing-block or marker will be insured in every case.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
October 15, 1878
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US 226.113 George S. Rominger
Retaining and Releasing Devices for Fly-Wheel
My invention consists of a clutching device, too fully described hereinafter to need Io preliminary explanation, whereby the fly wheel and pulley of a sewing machine may be unlocked from the driving-shaft when they have to be used for driving the spool-winder without driving the sewing machine and whereby the said fly-wheel and pulley may be locked to the shaft when the sewing machine has to be operated.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
March 30, 1880
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US 237.703 George S. Rominger
Mechanical Movement
My invention consists of a device, described. hereinafter, for converting a rotary motion into a vibrating or reciprocating motion, the to device being applicable to the operating of a shuttle from the driving-shaft of a sewing machine or to the actuating of the slide-valve of a steam-engine from a rotating shaft. In fact, the device may be adopted in many different machines where a vibrating motion has to be imparted to a shaft at right angles to a driving-shaft
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
February 15, 1881
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US 237.704 George S. Rominger
Mechanical Movement
The object of my invention is to construct a device for imparting a combined vertical and longitudinal reciprocating movement to any desired parts of machinery.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
February 15, 1881
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US 242.372 George S. Rominger
Needle-bar for a Sewing Machine
The main object of my invention is to insure the steadiness of the needle-bar of a sewing machine ...
... I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the presser-bar, the shaft G and its face-plate II with the needle-bar B, its cross-head I, adapted to bear against the face-plate and having wing e, constructed to partially embrace the said presser-bar, all substantially as specified. 2. The combination of the presser-bar and its forked plate K with the projection a1 of the stationary arm, the said projection having a slot n, adapted to receive the said bar and forked plate, as described.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
May 31, 1881
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US 243.625 George S. Rominger
Turn-Buckles
My invention consists of a simple and economical turn-buckle constructed for the retention of doors or drawers in the peculiar manner fully described hereinafter.
Witnesses: Armes F. McCormick, Harry Smith
Assignor to the
American Button Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
June 28, 1881
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US 251.294 George S. Rominger
Spool or Bobbin Winders for Sewing Machine
My invention consists of a device, fully described hereinafter, to be attached to a sewing machine for the purpose of winding thread on the spools of shuttles, the objects of my invention being the maintenance of the wheel of the winding-spindle in proper frictional contact with the fly-wheel or other driving-wheel of the machine and the ready removal of the friction-wheel from contact with the driver.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
December 20, 1881
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US 262.756 Franklin Foell
Sewing Machine
My invention relates to an improvement in that class of sewing machines in which two horizontal levers are pivoted to the under side of the base-plate, one lever for operating the shuttle and the other for actuating the feed-dog, the Patent US 246.753, granted to the assignees of George S. Rominger, April 18, 1882, affording an example of shuttle and feed levers of this class.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
August 15, 1882
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US 276,287 George S. Rominger
Compensating-Journal
The invention is designed more especially for stud journals for sewing machine fly wheels and similar light machinery, although I do not of course limit it to any special class of apparatus. In my organization the hub of the fly or balance wheel is journaled between cone-bearings, one of which is adjustable toward the other to compensate for wear. I am aware that broadly such cone-bearings are old and I do not therefore make any claim to such broad ground. My invention consists primarily in the means for adjusting the movable bearing-cone.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
April 24, 1883
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1884
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US 296.626 George S. Rominger
Button-Hole Sewing Machine
My invention relates to certain improvements in the “American Button-Hole Sewing Machine", my improvements comprising certain details in the construction of different parts of the machine, as described hereinafter.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
April 8, 1884
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US 301.456 John H. Palmer
Driving-Pulleys for Sewing Machine
This device in sewing machines may be used for the purpose of operating bobbin winders. ...
... A bobbin winder has been illustrated and described merely as showing a useful application of the fast-and-loose-pulley arrangement in sewing machines. The bobbin winder, however, forms no part of the subject-matter claimed in this application, but is covered by another application filed by me on March 8, 1884, No. 123.523, of which case this application constitutes a division. ...
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
July 1, 1884
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US 306.512 John H. Palmer
Sewing Machine
My invention relates to the needle-bar and its connections and the devices for driving it. The object of the invention is to render the machine more durable and to so organize the parts of the machine that they may be assembled in the most simple manner....
... The construction thus far described, however, is not claimed herein, as it forms the subject matter of a division of this application filed May 19, 1884 and numbered 132.102. ...
... No claim is made in this application to the particular drive-pulley "d" illustrated in the drawings, as that subject-matter is claimed in Letters Patent US 301.456, granted to me July 1, 1884. ...
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
October 14, 1884
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US 312.501 John H. Palmer
Bobbin-Winder for Sewing Machine
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
March 17, 1885
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US 313.933 Julius C. Goodwin
Means for Vertically Reciprocating Sewing Machine Presser-Feet
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
March 17, 1885
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US 317.418 Evan C. Reese
Tuck-Marker
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
May 5, 1885
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US 324.249 Julius C. Goodwin
Tension Device for Sewing Machine
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
August 11, 1885
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US 324.250 Julius C. Goodwin
Tension Release for Sewing Machine
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
August 11, 1885
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US 332.676 Erastus S. Pratt
Button-Hole Attachment for Sewing Machine
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
December 15, 1885
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1886
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US 339.693 Evan C. Reese
Combined Ruffler and Piping Attachment for Sewing Machine
My improved ruffling and piping attachment embodies several features that are old and well known to those familiar with this class of machines; but I have made certain additions and so modified the construction of the devices that the work may be done with greater facility and accuracy than heretofore.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
April 13, 1886
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US 343.774 Arthur L. Moore
Supports and Frames for Drawers
The object of my invention is to make the supports or brackets and the skeleton or frame Io work of drawers for sewing machines and similar articles where it is desirable to make the drawer strong in construction, neat in appearance and supported from one side and my invention consists in the features and details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
June 15, 1886
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US 362.457 Arthur L. Moore
Brackets for Drawers
The object of my invention is to make a cheap, simple and effectual bracket or attachment for holding drawers for sewing machines and other similar articles in position and my invention consists in the features and details of construction, hereinafter described and claimed.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
May 3, 1887
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US 369.519 John J. Grant
Frames or Rims for Drawers or Boxes
The object of my invention is to construct a strong, yet light strengthening and ornamenting frame or rim for the bottoms of drawers for sewing machine or other tables, or for boxes. In the patent US 343.774, granted to A. L. Moore, June 15, 1886, is illustrated a sewing machine drawer provided with a metal frame or rim for strengthening and ornamenting it, this frame or rim being of cast-iron. For this reason, however, the frame or rim is liable to get broken, especially at the point where the notch is made in the bottom edge of the rim or frame, as well as the drawer, to slide on the guiding flange or rib on the supporting-shelf shown in the later patent of Moore, US 362.457, May 3, 1887. To produce a frame which shall be light and at the same time strong and not liable to break, I make the frame or rim of sheet metal bent to the section of a grooved rib with one or more flanges, as hereinafter described.
Assignor to the
American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Company
September 6, 1887
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1896
