Movement 348

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348. Mode of obtaining two reciprocating movements of a rod by one revolution of a shaft, patented in 1836 by B. F. Snyder, has been used for operating the needle of a sewing machine, by J. S. McCurdy, also for driving a gang of saws. The disk, A, on the central rotating shaft has two slots, a, a, crossing each other at a right angle in the center, and the connecting-rod, B, has attached to it two pivoted slides, c, c, one working in each slot.