US150167A - Improvement in needle-setters - Google Patents

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H. H. v. LILLEY.

Needle-Settrle'fs.

Patented A'pril 28,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFIGE.

HUGH H. v. LILLnr, or Turroni), inissncHUsnTTs.

lMPROVEMENT iN lJEDLE-SETTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. ,.,.{,.datcd April 29, 18744. applentlonliled January 23, 1874.

Figure l of said drawings represents a frontA view of my improved needle-setter so arranged as to act in combination with a transverse notch in the needle near the end of the shank. Fig. 2 is a front view, showing the setter reversed from its position in Fig. l, and Lcting in combina-tion with a notch in or near )he taper of the needle. Fie. 3 is another iront view, showing said setter so arranged as :o act as an adjustable stop for the end of thel needle 'to abut against, as hereinafter described. Fig. 4 is aside view ot' the setter. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are detail views of the same.

This invention has relation to means for setting the needles of sewing-machines;` and it consists in the construction andlnovel arrange ment of an adjustable spring setter or stop, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the needle-bar of a ela-ss ot' inachines differing from that of the Howe machine, to which my application and drawings tiled October 18, 1873, were represented to apply, as will be seen on further explanation. B indicates the needle, 011e view of which is shown with a transverse notch out across said needle near the end of the shank, Fig. 7. Another view, Fig. 8, shows the notch in the tapering part of the needle between the shank and the blade. Fig. 9 shows the needle without notch.l C represents the head of the bolt or clamp that secures the needle at'ter it is properly set and adjusted by the setter. D shows the spring gage or stop. This is made of steel wire, of proper size for the shank a of the setter. The arm b is formed into proper shape by being placed between dies in a droppress, and then bent at right angles with the shank, as shown in Fig. 6; afterward reversel y bent at c, then properly tempered. rFhe arm I; is provided with a lug or projection, d, which serves, when used in combination with a notch in the needle, an adjustable setter, as shown in Figs. 1,2, and i, also, as an adjustable stop, when used with a needle having no notch, as in Fig. 3. The arm b is also provided with an cxtensiolnf, which serves as a handle. 'lhe shank u. ot' the setter lits into a socket in the needle-fastening bolt or clamp c, or some other part ot' the needle-carrier, and is secured in its proper place after it is adjusted to the ina- 'ehine hy means' ot' aslnall set-screw, g, or its equi-valent, the side oi' said shank being ilat tened next to the set-screw.

'Ihe setter is very easily adjusted to its proper place by loosening the setscrcw g, the shank moving` up and down in the socket,'as required; and being always parallel with the needle, the lng or stop constantly kep-t in position to act in combination with a notch in the needle, or on the end ot' a needle without a notch. (See Fig. This setter is also easily reversed, as shown in Fig` 2, thus bring'- ingl the lugl d in combination with a notch near the taper of the needle, as will be neces sary in the case of some machines to which it is ap1p licable, as herein specified.

NVhen a. notched needle is to be taken from the bar, the nut on the fnsteningbolt or clamp U is loosened, and the arm b, carrying the lug d, is retracted by means of the handle f. al-

lowing the needle to drop or to be easily withdrawn. XVhen the needle hasno notch, loosen the nutj, as usual.

NV hat l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters latent., is

The spring needle-setter, constructed as described, titted to the needle-fastening bolt or clamp, or other projecting portion of thc needlebar, and adjustable parallel with the needle, so that the stop d may engage the notch in, or act as a stop for, the end of the needle.

In testimony that I claim the above I have.

hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

HUGH HENRY VINCENT LILLEY.

Witnesses:

Lewis FALES, W. A. RANKINS.

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