Ornamental stitch sewing machine

Claim 1

AN ORNAMENTAL STITCH SEWING MACHINE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME; A NEEDLE MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR TRANSVERSE MOVEMENT; DRIVE MEANS; TURNABLE CAM MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND DRIVEN BY SAID DRIVE MEANS, SAID CAM MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CAMS HAVING DIFFERENT CAM TRACK PATTERNS; TRANSMISSION MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID NEEDLE; A PLURALITY OF CAM FOLLOWER MEANS RESPECTIVELY LOCATED OPPOSITE SAID CAMS AND CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS SO THAT MOVEMENT OF ANY ONE CAM FOLLOWER MEANS ACTUATES SAID NEEDLE THROUGH SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS, EACH CAM FOLLOWER MEANS HAVING FIRST ABUTMENT MEANS; OPERATOR INFLUENCED MEANS HAVING SECOND ABUTMENT MEANS, ONE OF SAID ABUTMENT MEANS HAVING A RECESS AND THE OTHER ABUTMENT MEANS HAVING A PROJECTION ADAPTED TO FIT INTO SAID RECESS, SAID OPERATOR INFLUENCED MEANS BEING SELECTIVELY MOVABLE BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF ACTUATED POSITIONS IN WHICH SAID PROJECTION IS LOCATED IN SAID RECESS FOR SUPPORTING AT LEAST ONE CAM FOLLOWER MEANS FOR ANGULAR MOVEMENT ONLY ABOUT A SINGLE AXIS IN A SENSING POSITION IN WHICH THE SELECTED CAM FOLLOWER MEANS ENGAGES THE RESPECTIVE CAM AND IS ROCKED BY THE SAME ABOUT SAID AXIS AND ON A FULCRUM PROVIDED BY SAID OPERATOR INFLUENCED MEANS IN SAID ACTUATED POSITION; AND MEANS FOR RIGIDLY HOLDING SAID OPERATOR INFLUENCED MEANS IN EACH OF SAID ACTUATING POSITIONS WHEREBY SAID NEEDLE IS TRANSVERSELY SHIFTED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PATTERN SENSED BY SAID CAM FOLLOWER MEANS PIVOTING ABOUT SAID FULCRUM WHILE SAID OPERATOR INFLUENCED MEANS IS RIGIDLY HELD AND MOTIONLESS.