Machine for sewing on designs including buttonholes

Claim 1

A SEWING MACHINE HAVING A DRIVING MECHANISM, A NEEDLE ACTUATED BY SAID DRIVING MECHANISM, MEANS OPERATED BY SAID DRIVING MECHANISM FOR MOVING SAID NEEDLE LATERALLY OF THE SEWING PATH, AND CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID NEEDLE LATERALLY TO VARY THE LATERAL MOVEMENT OF SAID NEEDLE, SAID CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A PROGRAM DEVICE ACTUATED BY SAID DRIVING MECHANISM HAVING SUCCESSIVE VARIABLE AND UNIFORM CONTROL CONDITIONS, SENSING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID PROGRAM DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SAID MEANS FOR MOVING SAID NEEDLE LATERALLY, SAID PROGRAM DEVICE IN SAID VARIABLE CONTROL CONDITION EFFECTING ACTION OF SAID SENSING MEANS TO CONTROL SAID LATERAL MOVEMENT IN ACCORD WITH A PATTERN INHERENT IN SAID CONTROL DEVICE, AND IN SAID UNIFORM CONDITION BEING INEFFECTIVE TO CHANGE SAID LATERAL MOVEMENT, AND MEANS OPERABLE TO CHANGE SAID PROGRAM DEVICE FROM ONE CONDITION TO THE OTHER, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO CHANGE SAID PROGRAM DEVICE FROM ONE CONDITION TO ANOTHER.