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GROUP XXII. 65 11. Johnson, Clark, & Co., New York, N. Y., U. S. “HOME” HAND-SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE.—-A HAND-OPERATED SHUTTLE SEWING MA CHINE, EMPLOYING A STRAIGHT NEEDLE-BAR, OPERATED BY A ROTATING SHAFT AND HEART-CAM, A HORIZONTALLY-VIBRATING SHUTTLE-CARRYING ARM MOVED BY AN ECCENTRIC ON A HORIZONTAL SHAFT, AND A FOUR-MOTIONED FEED. Report.—A hand shuttle machine possessing simplicity of parts and motions. 12. R. M. Wanzer & Co., Hamilton, Canada. LOCK-STITCH SEWING MACHINES.—A SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE EMPLOYING A ROTATING SHAFT IN THE OVERHANGING ARM AND DRIVING THE NEEDLE-BAR THROUGH A LINK AND TRAMMEL MOVEMENT PLACED ECCENTRICALLY TO THE DISK AT THE END OF THE SHAFT, A SHUTTLE MOVED PARALLEL WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE FEED BY A CRANK ON A ROCKING SHAFT, AND A FOUR-MOTIONED FEED. Report.—Commended for quality of work performed, and for workmanship. 13. American Button-hole, Overseaming, and Sewing Machine Co., Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. SEWING MACHINE.—A COMBINED SEWING AND BUTTON-HOLE MACHINE, EMPLOYING A STRAIGHT NEEDLE ACTUATED THROUGH A VIBRATING ARM AND CAM-GROOVED HUB, A CURVED SHUTTLE RECIPROCATED IN A PLANE PARALLEL WITH THE FEED AND ON A CURVED RACE-WAY. FOR BUTTON-HOLE STITCHING THE SHUTTLE-RACE IS TURNED ASIDE, A VIBRATING ARM, PROVIDED WITH A CURVED THREAD-CARRYING LOOPER, IS MOVED INTO WORKING POSITION, SO AS TO CARRY ITS THREAD THROUGH THE LOOP OF NEEDLE-THREAD AND ABOVE THE EDGE OF THE MATERIAL TO BE ACTED UPON BY A LOOP-SPREADER; ALSO A TRAVELING CARPET-SEWING MACHINE. Report.—A combined sewing, button-hole, and overseaming machine of simple construc tion. Also a carpet-sewing machine of original and simple construction. 14. Remington Sewing Machine Co., Ilion, N. Y., U. S. BUTTON-HOLE SEWING MACHINE FOR COTTON AND LINEN, EMPLOYING A SINGLE THREAD, AND FINISHING THE BUTTON-HOLF. AUTOMATICALLY. Report.—A button-hole sewing machine made under the Cleminshaw patents, and adapted to operate on cotton and linen goods. Commended for originality and good work. 15. Kimball & Morton, Glasgow and Dundee, Scotland. A LARGE SHUTTLE MACHINE FOR SEWING HEAVY SACKS, SAILS, AND TARPAULINS. THE HEAD IN WHICH THE NEEDLE-BAR RECIPROCATES IS MOVED LATERALLY AFTER EACH STITCH, SO AS TO MAKE THE HERRING-BONE STITCH; THE NEEDLE-BAR IS OPERATED BY A ROTATING SHAFT AND HEART-CAM; THE FEED SURFACE IS PLACED ABOVE THE MATERIAL, AND HAS FOUR MOTIONS; THE SHUTTLE IS MOVED TRANS VERSELY TO THE DIRECTION OF THE FEED. ALSO A SEWING MACHINE HAVING A PECULIAR THREAD-CARRYING LOOPER ATTACHED TO A SHUTTLE-DRI VER AND ADAPTED TO FORM AN OVERSEAMING STITCH. Report. Commended for quality and quantity of work done, simplicity of parts and motions, quality of workmanship and materials, and for originality. 16. Hamburg-American Sewing Machine Co., formerly Pollack, Schmidt, & Co., Hamburg, Germany. A BUTTON-HOLE SEWING MACHINE, EMPLOYING A VIBRATING NEEDLE AND A SHUTTLE. Report.—Commended for simplicity of construction and originality of detail. 5