US1524732A - Fabric holder - Google Patents

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Feb. 3, 1925.

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Patented Feb. 3, 1925.

UNITED STA'l'E A 1,524,732 earner Erica.

HARVEY JAMES DE FOREST, OF TURNER, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO DE FOREST PRODUCTS i COMPANY, OF TURNER, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE. I

FABRIC HOLDER;-

Application filed February 26, 1924. Serial No. 695,356.

To all whom 272, may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY J. DE F ounsr, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Turner, in the county of-rindroscoggin and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fabric Holders, of which the following is a speci fication.

My present invention relates to a frame for holding an area of fabric while certain work is being performed thereon.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of such means whereby an area of fabric of any desired kind may be stretched to the required looseness or tight ness while work is performed thereon, such as sewing, embroidering, or the working of a design upon the fabric by any desired method. V I

Specifically the invention has been found to be of great value in the producing of rugs made according to the method of my Patent No. 1,487,318. r i

Another important objectof the inven tion is the provision of means, as above, to which the fabric may be readily and quickly attached, and from which it may be detaohed.

Still another object is the arranging of parts so that any portion of the fabric may be tightened or loosened without affecting the remainder.

To this end my invention includes a frame adapted to either be supported in spaced relation from the floor, a table, or the like, or to be hung from a wall or ceiling, as may be desired. Around the periphery of the frame are provided hooks or fastening means adapted to engage a toothed comb which directly engages the fabric. The books so cooperate with the comb that a pull on the comb by the fabrictowards the center of the frame, causes the hooks to lock in the frame, which holds the fabric stretched efficiently.

I have shown one embodiment of the invention in the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as illustrating the preferred form only.

In these drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of the device, partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3, 4;, '5 and 6, are details of the holdmg mean Referring now more particularly to the illustration, the frame is shown at 1, sup- Y ported upon legs 2. v On the inside of the frame parts 1 are sockets or guide ways 3 having longitudinal deformations 4 shghtlv larger than the dimensions of a hook hav} M mg a turned-over" end 5 and a straight shank 6. The longitudinal deformation. i is provided with a lateral cut, as shown at 7, the metal of the upper-portion of the deformation 4 being punched or pressed in. M as at 8, whlch is adapted to engage a cut a-wayportion 9 in the shank 6 when the hook is pulled toward the center of the frame. That is, as longas the shank 6 of the hook lies substantially. adjacent to the inner side of the frame parts, the'pres'sedin portion 8 doesinot engage the cut away portion 9 of the book, but. when pressure is exerted on the hooked end 5 toward the center ofthe frame, the pressed-in part 8 enters the cut away portion 9, which effectively prevents the hook from being withdrawn from the longitudinal deformation. A plurality of these hooks are located on the inside of the frame parts 1.

A. comb member 10, substantially eg shaped in cross section, is provided with teeth 11 along one edge, which teeth are adapted to engage the fabric shown at 12.

It will be readily seen that when the comb 10 is placed beneath the hooked ends 5 of the fastening members, the fabric, if se cured to the other side of the frame in the same manner, will tend to cause movement of the comb toward the other side of the frame. As above described, this causes the hooks to lock in their sockets. It will also be apparent that if the fabric passes between the top of the frame and the bottom of the comb 10, there is a tendency for the comb to rotate, which rotationceases when the teeth 11 engage the top of the frame 1. It will also be seen that this partial rotation of the comb 10 about the under side of the comb adjacent the teeth as a fulcrum,

' causes upward movement of the rear top securely retains comb and hook in lockedposition. A similar comb is provided for each sideof the frame.

When. it is desiredi to tighten certain portions of the fabric Without affecting the other parts, it is only necessary to take hold of that part of the fabric projecting beyond the frame at the point which it desired to tighten, and pull slightly in a horizontal plane, which will release thefabric from the teeth. at. this point. Further pull will tighten the fabric, and upon moving this. portion. upward-1yv above the top of the comb, the teeth will bev made to engage the fabricat a new point, and securely hold the fabric inv this tightened position.

Having, thus described my invention, what I claim isa- 1. A device of. the character described, including; a. frame, a. comb carried thereby, means for securing the comb to the frame, said comb being, egg-shaped. in. cross. sectionwhereby the comb is. wedged. against the. comb securing means by the partialr rotationofthe comb.

2.. Adevice of the character. described,.ineluding a. frame, a comb carried thereby, means for. securing the comb to the frame, said mean-sv including a hook, said hook being removably. held in a socket carried by the frame, said. socket including a member having a. longitudinal deformation adapted ,to engage the hook and holdi the same in position.

3 A. device; of thecharacter described, including a frame, a. comb carried. thereby, means for securing the comb to. the frame,

said means including a hook, said hook being removably held in a socket carried by the frame, said?- socket having an punched in portion engaging said hook and retaining the same in the socket.

4. A device oftliecharacter described, i;n clud ing aframe, a combcarried thereby, means for securing the comb to the frame, including a hook detachably socketed to theframe,.said hook having a straight shank partially cut away, said socket having a punched-in portion adapted to engage the shank. of the hook upon movement of the hook upward. and towa-rdthe center of the frame.

5. In combination, a frame, a fabric stretched thereover, a. combplaced on top of the, fabric, teeth on the outside longitudinal edge of the comb, said teeth engaging the fabric, and means to secure the comb, to the frame,.the tension of said fabric causing said. teeth to be depressed against said frame whereby the fabric is retained in itsstretched condition on, the frame.

6. In combination, a frame, a fabric stretched. thereover, a; comb placed on top of." the fabric, teeth on the outside longitudinal edge of the comb, said teethv engaging; the fabric, means tosecurethe comb to the frame, tension of the fabric on one sideof the frame causing the retention of the. fabric on the comb, and a wedging action. between the comb and. its securing means on the other side ofthe frame.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa- HARVEY JAMES'DE FOREST.

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