US109384A - Improvement in sheet-metal covers for sewing-machines - Google Patents

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RIOHRD- H. OHINN AND JOHN FRANKLIN REIGART, OF WASHNGTON,

`DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Letters Patent No. 109,384, dated November 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT lN SHEET-METAL COVERS FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the s ame.

To all whom 'it may concern: Be it known that we, RICHARD H. CHINN and JOHN FRANKLIN REIGART, of the cit-y of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Sheet-metal Oever for Sen'ingl\achines; and we do hereby declare the following to be an exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of refereucemarked tliereou making apart of this specification, in which- Figure l represents the sheet-metal cover.

Figure 2 shows how the same may be ornamented on the outside, and adapted to useful purposes, as a work-box or satchel to contain the sewing materials, spools of thread, scissors, &c., most convenient tor the operator.

The 4nature of our invention consists in a close cover, made of sheet-hpa, sheet-zinc, or sheet-tin or brass, of a suitable size and shape iu height, length, and width, to cover and protect all se\ vinginachines,

lo n the top of their stands or tables.

The object is to produce a light and complete close cover at the least expense, that may be painted of any colorand used plain, or that may, if desired, be highly ornamented with raised, stamped, orpressed ornaments.

of any style 01; pattern, or with a satchel or work-bag on the outside, so asr to be' most convenientand use- 'fiil for the operator,

This invention has many advantages over the large andcumbersonie wooden tops now in use, especially as a.' cheap cover, and more easily handled and removed when required, and not liable to' be broken, but will last longer than any other covelt made of wood orcast metals.- v

To stand lrrnly safe upon thetable, itA has a at flange surrounding its base, but it can be made without the flange, and easily attached to the top of the table by a lock, spring, or any other proper fastenmg.

When used with pockets at the sides as a Satchel, made of any flexible material, it not only dispenses with the use of a drawer, as now attached to the stands of sowing-machines, but it occupies the least space upon the top of the table, and allows the table to be used as' a book-stand or writing-table, and as a neat and useful ornamental piece of furniture in a parlor, at all times.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use pur invention, we 4will `proceed to describe it, as folows:

A represents a sheet-metal cover, (sce iig. 1,) made slightly roundingat t-he top, oblong or square at the base, with a flange, B, for the cover to rest upon the table of the sewing-machine, and having a catch or fastening, O, of any form, attached as a hinge or pin, to securepthe cover safely to the table.

lVe do not wish to be limited to the shape or construction of the cover, although the shape, as shown at iig. l, will answer for covering some sewingmachines: but we intend to make the covers oblong, square, or round, and of various sizes, to suite-he shapes oflall sewing-machines.

Vhat We claim as our invention, and' desire to secure byLett-ers Patent,` is- -A plain or ornamented sheet-metal cover, of any size or form, whenv constructed and used to protect and cover a sewing-machine.

' RICHARD H. OHINN.

J OHbl FRANKLN REGART.

Witnesses EDM. F. BROWN, H. S. MlLLER.

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