US1083020A - Lighting attachment for sewing and other machines. - Google Patents

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J. W. LOVE & G. 0. WEBSTER. LIGHTING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING AND OTHER MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1912.

1,083,020, Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

BY WW COLUMBIA PLANOIJRAPH CO.,WASNINGTON, n. c.

ITED sTAT "i JACOB W. LOVE AND GLENN G.

WEBSTER, or WARREN, OHIO.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAooB W. LOVE and GLENN C. lVEnsTnR, citizens of the United States, residing at Warren, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lighting Attachments for Sewing and other Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a lighting attachment for sewing and other machines, and may be employed in connection with any machine wherein concentration of light is desirable and the operators attention is necessarily centered upon a small area, as in the case of stitching, eyeleting, vamping, embossing and skiving machines in shoe and other factories, all substantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sewing machine arm and table with our new and original attachment aflixed to the arm of the machine in working relations. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the attachment complete in itself and with the reflector partially in section. Fig. 3 is a cross section of the supporting tube constituting the body of the attachment and showing one form of means by which the respective clamping loops or straps are secured upon said tube.

The attachment or fixture as thus shown is a complete article of manufacture and sale in itself and apart from the arm A of the sewing or other machine to which it may be attached, and comprises a comparatively light brass tube B which is bent to the required shape according to the place and position of its use and is provided with one or more clamps or clamping loops or straps substantially as shown by G and D respectively and whereby the device is fixed.

in using position. The said tube has a reverse bend 2 at its front end which is of substantially goose neck shape, in order to bring the lamp 3 into right working relations to or with the needle point or where the light is wanted, while the opposite end of the said tube is bent downward at right angles or any other desirable angle which shall conform to the size and shape of the arm A or other part to which it is usually closely clamped by the means shown, or its equivalent. The bend 2 may be modified to suit varying conditions and needs in dif Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Application filed. July 8, 1912.

Patented Dec. 30,1913.

Serial No. 708,127.

ferent types of machines. The said tube constitutes a conduit for the insulated wire strand or cord 4 for the electric current.

The respective loops C and D are constructed of suitable metal or material preferably flexible or easily bent, and are each rigidly and permanently afiiXed to the said tube by wrapping the same thereon or by means of straps 5 or their mechanical equivalent, precaution in some instances being taken by means of solder or the like to prevent possible turning of the tube in said straps and in other instances leaving the same free to turn and also slide to facilitate proper attachment and to avoid obstructing parts. The said loops have free ends except as they are united by bolts or screws 6 and by which said loops are securely clamped upon the said arm as shown, one near the middle thereof and the other about the base of the arm in this instance. The arm A is simply illustrative of one place to which the straps may be applied.

An especially designed reflector socket 8 is made a permanent portion of the attachment so that it is impossible to jar the same loose, and the lamp socket 10 therein is a permanent fixture in said reflector socket, thus making the complete device as seen in Fig. 2 a unitary article adapted to be handled and sold as such, less the lamp 3. A bendable tube B is used but said tube is of such strength and firmness that it is practically rigid and will hold any shape to which it may be bent, as indicated in full and dotted lines respectively in Fig. 2. The reflector socket 8 being brought within about six inches of the needle point by the arrangement shown, the light is thrown directly where the work is being performed, thus not only eliminating all shadows but also protecting the eye from glare and preventing strain and fatigue to the vision. This also enables us to use an incandescent electric lamp, preferably of a style which can be operated with a minimum of current and of heat generated, which are material considerations from the view points of economy and comfort.

In Fig. l the tube is shown as bent somewhat laterally or away from the arm at 2 and more or less as shown in Fig. 2 so as to get the required projection beneath the arm and over the place of work, but the tube should be rigid enough not to easily bend by hand after it is shaped in the factory for the particular machine for Which it is designed. Specifically the rear end of the tube is indicated by 12 and the body portion by 14.

hat We claim is:

1. The attachment described consisting of a tube adapted to bend to the desired shape and having its ends extending at an angle to the body thereof, a combined lamp and reflector socket permanently affixed to the front end of said tube, clamping straps rigidly afiiXed to said tube and electric Wires through said tube terminating in said reflector socket.

2. A fixture adapted to be attached to the arm of a machine and comprising a tubular bendable conduit adapted to conform to the shape of said arm and provided with a goose neck at its front end having a socket therein and means in said socket to support an electric lamp, Wires leading to said lamp through said conduit and means adapted to clamp the said conduit on the said arm.

3. An attachment adapted to be applied to a sewing or other machine to concentrate light Within a given area therein, comprising a bendable conduit and a reflector and a lamp socketed in the front end thereof and the opposite end bent at substantially right angles to the body of said conduit, and clamping means on said conduit adapted to secure the same to the machine.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures in presence of tWo Witnesses.

JACOB LOVE. GLENN O. WEBSTER.

"Witnesses E. M. FISHER, F. C. MUssUN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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