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 188 FEDERAL REPORTER. �(2) In combination, a sewing-machine needle, a roller or its equivalent around which braid can be bent, aad a needle- guide, the three being arranged and aoting in combination substantially as specified; a vibrating sewing-machine needle, or a sewing-machine needle caused to vibrate by proper mech- anism substantially as specified, in combination with a roller around which braid can be bent or turned, and any appropriate feed apparatus; themodeof operation of the combination being substantially such as set forth." �It is contended, for the plaintiff, that the defendant's ma- chine infringes the first three claims of No, 7,985. In No. 7,985 the fresh piece of braid which is to be sewed to the partially-completed work passes to it at its upper side, while in the defendant's machine the fresh piece of braid passes to the needle at the under side of the partially-completed work. In No. 7,985 the needle is vertical, at right angles to the table, while in the defendant's machine the needle is horizon- tal and parallel with the table. In No. 7,985 the stock of the roller over which the braid is bent has its plane parallel with the table, while the corresponding device over which the braid is bent in the defendant's machine has the plane of its stock perpendicular to the table. Nevertheleas, it is claimed that the defendant's machine has in combination ail the elements of the first three claims of No. 7,985. �It is apparent, from the original specification, that Bos- worth had two separate arrangements in connection with a needle-guide. He had a guide to guide the needle above the ma- terial to be sewed at every stroke of the needle, the needle being set so that it would not, but for the needle-guide, pierce the upper piece of braid at ail, and the needle-guide being so ar- ranged as to deflect, or bend, or spring the needle over, in its de- scent, towards the roller, and cause it to pierce the braid. The description and the drawings show that the needle could not pierce the braid at ail unless pressed over by the needle-guide. The second arrangement in connection with the needle-guide was the polygonal plate and its connections, to vibrate the needle-guide and the needle laterally, and cause the needle to pierce nearer to or further from the roller; the needle being. ��� �