US1249057A

US1249057A - Embroidery-hoop.

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Publication number: US1249057A
Application number: US87297814A
Authority: US
Inventors: Walter Arthur Finley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-11-19
Filing date: 1914-11-19
Publication date: 1917-12-04
Anticipated expiration: 1934-12-04

Description

w. A. FIINLEY.

EMBROIDERY HOOP. 7 APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19. 1914.

Patented Dec. 4, 1917.

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WALTER ARTHUR FINLEY, OF FAIRMO NT, WESTVIRGINIA.

EMBROIDERY-HOOP.

Specification of Letters IPatent.

Application filed November 19, 1914. Serial No. 872,978.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER A. FINLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairmont, in the county of Marion and State "of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidery- Hoops, ofwhich the following is a specification. This invention relates to an improvement in embroidery hoops, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide an 1 improved means for compressing the outer ring of "the hoop upon the inner ring, whereby to secure and maintain the cloth upon the hoo 1 compressing the outer split ring upon the inner one, includiiigmeans for adjusting the throw of the lever whereby the range of adjustment of the outer ring may be varied.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described which will be extremely simple, durable, efficient in operation and inexpensive to manufac- -With these and other objects in view which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accomi of an embroidery hoop constructed according to my invention, the lever being shown in open position. Fig. 2 represents a view similar to Fig. 1, thelever being shown in locked or closed position.

Fig- 3 represents a view similar to Fig. 1,

showing a modified form of the outer hoop and operating mechanism.

Fig. 4 represents a view of the same showing the lever in closed or locked position.

partially in section of the adjusting sleeve and trunnion towhich it is swiveled.

The form of hoop shown in Figs. 1 and 2 includes an IIIIIGP'COHUIIUOUS ring 5 and aniouter split ring 6. One end 7 of the outer ring overhangs the opposite end 8 thereof and lsofi -set from the body portion of the outer ring so as to be spaced a distance from the inner ring 5 substantially equal to or slightly greater than the thickness of end 8 of the other ring. This off-set end 7 may Patented Dec. 4, 191?.

thus overhang theend 8 in the manner indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

A pair of ears 9 extend outwardly from the outer or free end of off-set sections 7,

and a pair of ears 10 eXten d outwardly from the free terminal of end'8 of the outer ring,

the said ears 10 beingp'ositioned on both S1ClGS of off-set sections 7, so as to embrace and guide the same between them. Pivoted Another ob ect of the invention 18 to provide an improved lever operable means for at one end between ears 10, is a lever 11.

T he latter issubstantially of an inverted U-shape in cross section; A threaded bolt or pin 12 is at one end pivotally connected to lever 11 between its sides and adjacent the point 13 at which saidlever is pivoted to ears 10. Bolt 12 at its pivot end is provided with an eye 14 through which a pin 15, carried by the walls of lever llextends.

The outer or opposite end of bolt 12 is threaded and has turned thereupon a hollow knurled sleeve or swivel nut 16. SleevelG atits outer end is rotatably carried by a trunnion 17 which is pivoted by IIlQflllSOf its arms 18 between the ears9 carried by oif-setend 7 of the outer. hoop ring. The structure of the sleeve and trunnion is indicated in Fig. 6. It will be noted that sleeve 16 carries a stud or pin 19 which extends through trunnion 17 and has a head 20 counter sunk in the trunnion. This structure allows of the sleeve being rotated relatively to the trunnionwithout danger of its being lost therefrom;

Lever 11 is indicated in open position in Fig. 1, and by forcing said lever downwardly into theposition shown inFig. 2 the outer ring will betightened upon the inner ring of the hoop. so as tobind the cloth, which has previously been disposed between the rings, securely upon the inner ring. It will be noted that the lever 11 is of' a curvature substantially equal to the curvature of the rings. and that by reason of its being of a channel or inverted U shape. the bolt 12 The embodiment indicated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, provides a continuous inner ring 5 and a. split outer ring 6 The ends of the latter do not overlap, but on thecontrary are spaced slightly-aparq'so that order to tighten this outer ring 6 it will be necessary to draw the ends of the ring together rather than to press them apart as occurred in the operation'of the outer ring shown-in Figs. 1 and 2. I employ a lever operated mechanism to, obtain this result, substantially similarinprincipal of operation'to the mechanism l have .described, the main difference being that the lever is operated in an'opposite directionl'rom that shown in Figsiil and. 2.

in Figs. 3.t 5 inclusive theleveris indicated at 11" and is pivoted at its inner end at 13 between a pair ofielongated ears provided on one endof split ring" 6. One end of=a threaded bolt or pin l2 is pivoted at between .-the Walls of lever 11 in the manner similar-to the manner in Whichthe bolt 12 ispivoted to lever 11, and

the opposite end 013 a bolt 12 carries a r '-sleeve 16 'si1nilar tossleeve 16 and like the latter is swiveledtoatrunnion17 pivoted betweena pairof ears 9 carried by the opfipositeendofthe split ring- G The structure of the last mentioned sleeve-and trunnion is exactly similar to that shown in Fig. 6. The bolt 12* adjacent lever 11 is bowed upwardly as at 2l, soas not to engage against the pin 13 on which lever 11 is pivoted, whenfsaid'lever is in closed position as'indicated in Fig.4. The-back oflever 11 is slotted or i'ecessedas at 22 to allow room for *.the adjacent portion of bolt 12 to play.

"Inithe modified form just described, the router ring is indicatediin'open" position as inlFig. 3 and in closed or compressed posiation in igwl, andit will benoted that in 40 iclosingtorflocking the ringdever 11 is f'forced' downwardlyto the left or away from the opposite free end of the outer ring. This'movement of the leverwhile being oppositsto the'movelnent of the lever indicated *"in Figshlandfi obtains the'same result, in that it? draws the outer ring tightly upon the inner ring. The lugs 10 are isubs'tantially equal to or slightly 'rgr eater' in Y dimensions than the lever Il -iFSOLt'hat when "said lever. is in closed 1 position it will "be :substantially "housed between the l-ugs IO.

Iniboth forms shown vin the drawing, the "-jthrow of'the =lever, and "consequently the range of adjustmentfof theroutenrin-g, may :be varied 'by' the operation 'of the same ele- Jment; namely; the threaded" sleeve or swivel 'in'ut 16 sln the first "GIIIlJOfllIIIEIliZ'ZSllOWD the seisleeve'may be turned insu'ch A direction as to 'riincrease the distance between i the pivot po'ints'13 and :18.in orderrtoi'obtain 'an increased tightness of ther outerliring when the lever'2is in locked-2pcsitionrasindicated in] Elgar. Q""Il1(l inether'embodimentimdlcated in 1 wifF igs; ,A" andl'5 the 'sleeveslftisamay heztnrned to decrease the distance between the pivot "points l3 and 18 in order to secure an increased. tightness of .t'heiouter ring when the lever is in locked position.

' lt-wi ll be noted that in both embodiments the point of connection of the lever and bolt is out ofalinement with a straightllineaednnecting the pivot points of the lever and sleeve or trunnion, and is between said straight line and. ithev.ho op, wvhengthe -lever is in closed Or lockedpostion, o that the tension of the outer hoop operatesto maintain thelever in tlRLt POSlti'ODp rather than to tend to raise the leve ifrom itsglocked position. In this manner V the operation .is similar to that ofa togglefllever, and the lever once having been locked is notlikely to become accidentally :unlocked but must be V forced 'into openpo sition in order to unbind 0r1l00S811 the outer ring upon theinner one. It will be'noted in both embodlments, that i there are fno projecting or =1 sharp pointsor obstructions which might tend to catch: the

thread during the process of embroider-mg cloth uponthe iihoop. In I both "instances quick. adjustment ofthe outer hoop may be had by simply turning the sleeve or}

nut

16 or 16 as the case may ibeinthedirection desired in orderithat various thicknesses of cloth maybeaccommodated. A 7

Although I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention l may-desire .to make: such" changes in-the-construction,

combination and arrangement of-partsthereof as do not depart'from the spirit of'theinvention and thescopeof the appended claims. I V

I claim:'

a 1. An embroideryrhoopincludinganinner wner ring, an outer splitringa leverrpivot ally connected to one terminal r of :the :split ring, a .trunnion-pivotally connected to the other terminal of the split ring, arholt; pivotally' connected I Wlth" the ,;.lever,?,andaa nut threaded on the sboltsafidstswineledriinuthe -trunnion.

. 3. An; embroidery 'rhoopiaincludingtanlinne ring, an outer? sp'litiring; ai-leverisub'stan- 'tially U shaped tin transversear eetioni pivotally:connected 'withioneiterminalriportion aoftzthe split ringfiandimovableatowarditthe ring in attaining closed position'having its 10 free extremity offset and projecting over the other extremity, a lever pivotally connected to one terminal of the split ring, a trunnion pivotally connected to the other terminal of the split ring, a bolt pivotally connected with the lever, and a nut threaded on the bolt and 1 swiveled in the trunnion.

WALTER ARTHUR FINLEY. Witnesses:

WARD M. Downs, F. M. DONHAM.

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' Washington, D. 0.