US1754162A - Extension-cord retainer for sewing machines - Google Patents

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April 1930. c. E. COLEGROVE 1,754,162

EXTENSION CORD RETAINER FOR SEWING MACHINES Filed May 21, 192B INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 8, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES E. COLEGBOVE, 0F LAKEWOOD, QHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 WHITE SEWING MACHINE CORPORATION, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATIGN OF DELAWARE EXTENSION-CORD RETAINER FOR SEWING MACHINES Application filed May 21, 1928. Serial No. 279,458.

This invention relates to a retainer for the extension cord of an electrically-operated device, such as an electric sewing machine.

Heretofore, electrical sewing machines have not been provided with any means upon which the extension cord for connecting the machine to a power circuit may be wound when the machine is not in use, and it has been necessary to simply dispose of such cord in a drawer or pocket of the machine cabinet or in any other place that might be con venient. This has resulted in such cord being often misplaced and has, furthermore, proved to be a matter of inconvenience to the user of the machine.

An object of the present invention is to provide a retaining means for the extension cord of an electrically-operated sewing machine whereby such cord may be conveniently disposed of during non-use of the machine and wherein the construction of the retaining means is such that operation of the machine will not be interfered with.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent as the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing where- 1n:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of an electrically-operated sewing machine;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the cabinet panel which supports the sewing machine head;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken approximately on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section taken approximately on line 4:l of Fig. 2.

The sewing machine cabinet, indicated generally at 1, may be of any preferred type as, for example, it may comprise a cabinet of the Martha Washington type such as illustrated in the drawing, although, of course, the invention may be used with a console or other type of cabinet. The details of the cabinet construction will not be set forth herein since the same does not form a part of the present invention, it being merely sufficient to state that the sewing machine head 2 is suitably supported upon a panel 3 in the present illustration, or which is adapted to swing into the cabinet when the machine is not in use it may. be supported upon the top of other types of cabinets in any well-known and customary manner.

A pair of plug sockets l and 5 are shown in the panel 3, one of which sockets is connected by a cord to the operating motor and the other of which sockets is connected by the extension cord to a suitable connecting socket in the power circuit, it being understood that suitable wiring is arranged in the cabinet so as to connect the plug sockets 4 and 5. In order to provide a convenient and simple retaining means for the extension cord, not numbered but shown in Fig. 1, a pair of cordreceiving members 6 and 7 are arranged adjacent to the edge of the panel 3 at the rear ofthe sewing machine, although these members could be arranged in other locations upon either the machine or the cabinet. In order that the retaining member which is located at the left-hand side of the machine will not interfere with the operation thereof, or with the passage of the cloth under the machine needles, this member is arranged to lie flush in the plane of the panel 3 during the operation of the machine. This is accomplished by forming the panel 3 with a recess 8 and securing a casing member 9 to the panel around the periphery of such recess so that a portion of said casing will overlie the panel, while another portion thereof will extend downwardly into the recess. The member 6 is adapted to fit within said recess and is pivoted therein upon a pivot 10 carried by the casing member and extending transversely of the recess and through side flanges 11 of the member 6 which extend downwardly into the recess. These flanges are notched at 12 to form a cord-receiving and retaining portion.

A spring 13 has one end operatively retained by the casing and its other end underlying and in engagement with the pivoted end of the member 6 so that such member will be held in its elevated position or in its depressed position by the spring. In order to facilitate the raising of the member 6 a space 14 is provided between the free end of such member and the casing, whereby a finger may be easily placed in such space and the member raised. The cord-retaining member 7 comprises a substantially Z-sha-ped cleat, one arm of which forms the attaching portion and is adapted to be secured to the cabinet, while the other arm and the intermediate portio'thofthe 2 form the actual cord-receiving and retaining parts of the member. Qt

course, the member 7 may be constructed in the same manner as the member 6 without departing from the invention.

It is now obvious'that whenever it is (le sired to disconnect the machine it is simply necessary to raise the members to it's uppermost position and to Wind the extension cord about themembers-eand'fias shown in Fi" .4. the fnachine is to be used the "cor is unwoun'd "from these members and the member 6 is depressed so that it'wil'l lie flush with the 11'ppe1 surface oft-he pane'1'3 and, therefore, notinterfe'ie with the operation of the machine or are passage *of the cloth beneath the needles.

Althd-(igh *ajpreferred embodiment of the invention has "been ilh s'trated and described, itshouldbe'understood that the same includes such modifications and adaptations as fall within the scope of theapp'en'd'ed claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

'1. In combination with an "electricallyoperated sewing machine adapted to be con iie'c'tedt'o a power'cir'cui't byan extension cord, a retaining means for "said cord when the 1 same is not in use, said means "comprising 'a pivoted member memaed in a recess formed in a portion of said sewing machine and adapted 'to'lie flush therein in one position, means 'for niain'tainingsaid member in either its raised dr lowered position, and a fixed member secured to the sewingmachine in substantial alignment to said pivoted memher but spaced therefrom.

'2. In combination with-the cabinet of an electrically dperated sewing machine adapted to be connected to a power circuit by an ektensioncorma retaining means upon which said cerrma be wound when not i'n use, said meanscoin'prising a inemberpivotally mounted in a recess formed in said cabinet and adapted to he fl'u'sh with a surface of said Cabinet in one position "and "to extend 011tward'l'y therefrom in another position, and means formainta-ining said'member in either of said positions.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature. 4 v

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