US134759A - Improvement in sewing-machine tables - Google Patents

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.|. B. McLURE.

Sewing-Machine Thles.

N0. 134,759. Patentedlan.14,1873.

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JOHN B. MGLURE, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-MACHiNE TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,759, dated January 14, 1873.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, JOHN B. MCLURE, of the'cit-y of Wheeling, in the State of West Virginia, have made the invention hereinafter described, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference thereon.

The invention relates to a sewing-machine table and cover and consists of suchV a table with a cover or box, (to cover the machine on the table,) all the parts or pieces of which, when off the machine, can be compactly folded together, the one piece upon or against the others, upon the top of the table or Within a recess within it, constructed and operating substantially as hereinafter more fully described; and has for its object the furnishing of a table possessing all the qualities desirable, such as a top with an even and firm surface, with a sufficient breadth at the place most needed; a box or case to cover the machine attached to the table that can be easily and quickly removed and disposed of out of the way where itcannot be broken apart; and all this with durability and cheapness.

To enable others to make and-use my invention, I will now by the aid of the drawing more particularly describe it.

In the drawing on Sheet l, Figure l is a perspective view of a table with a box inclosing the machine; and Fig. 2 is a like view of the former, with box oft' of the machine and all `of its live parts compactly folded together within the recess shown in Fig. l, so that the top piece of the box becomes a part of the top of the table, and also showing how the box is put togethergand attached to the table to admit of such folding and disposition; both of which figures together represent one mode of applying the invention.

0n Sheet 2, Figs. 3 and 4 are also perspectives of a table similar to the one in Figs. 1 and 2, but differing from it in showing all of the iive parts of the box folded together in the recess, so that the back part of the box becomes a part of the top ofthe table. They also further represent how the box is put together and attached to the table to admit of such folding and disposition; both of which figures also represent another manner of applying the invention; but the difference between this mode and the one before described consists only in inverting the hinges which connect the top part of the box with the back part, and attaching the one to the base of the recess, and the other to the top edge-a difference so slight that the one would naturally suggest the other.

The tables shown in the above figures `are mainly intended for that class of machines which do their sewing quite on a plane with the top surface of the table, such as the Singer and Weed machines.

On Sheet 1, Figs. 5 and 6 are perspectives of a table mainly intended for that other class of machines which do their sewing several inches above the surface of the table, such as the Wheeler & Wilson machine-the former figure showing the box over the machine, and the latter one `With it off and folded up, as hereinbefore described, upon the top of the table, and, in this instance, so as to raise that part of thetable even with the sewing apparatus ofthe machine, although it may as well be attached to any admissible part of the table. These figures `show another application of the invention, but one altogether mechanical.

Figs. 7 and 8 on Sheet 2 are, respectively, perspectives of the boxes as shown folded together in the former figures, but detached from the tables to better show the way it is done.

Fig. 9 represents the hinge used to connect the top part of the box to the back, and by the use of which all of the ive parts of the box can be folded together, as before described.

In the figures, A represents the table; B,

boxes or cases; C, recesses within the tables and e f g 7L z', the pieces composing the boxes.

The box is put together byhinging the ends and front pieces to the top piece, so that the end pieces will turn in upon it, and the frontV in upon the ends, when the top part is hinged to the back part by the L-shaped hinge shown in Fig. 9, and in the one case this hinge is screwed to the back piece and pivoted to the top7 and in the other case the reverse. It is evident from the nature of this hinge and the object intended by its use that the pivotal part of this hinge in one application of the invention must be of a length equal to the i full thickness of the box when folded. together,

and in the other application to a portion of the thicknesses of the top and back pieces of the box. The box When so hinged together is attached to the table in the rst application by hinging its back part to the inside base of the recess in the table; in the second, to the top edge of the recess; and in the third to the top surface of the table. These I consider the best places of attaching it, but others, doubtless, can be used.

Having now described the principle of the invention, its object, applications, and the manner vof making and using it, What I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is- 1. A sewing-machine table, A, with a box or cover, B, all the parts composing which box fold compactly together, as described, upon the top of the table or Within a recess made Within it, as described.

2. The box or cover B, folding together as described, in combination with the L-shaped hinge.

Witnesses: JOHN B. MCLURE.

EZRA E. WORTHEN, JN0. BROWN, S. B. MoCoLLocH.

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