US270558A

US270558A - Ruffling attachment for sewing-machines

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Publication number: US270558A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-01-09
Anticipated expiration: 1900-01-09

Description

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J. S. SAGKETT.

RUFPLING ATTAGHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

Patented Jan. 9,1883.

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JOSEPH s. SAGKETT, or PLA'rrsBURo, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,558, dated January 9, 1883.

Application filed July 27,1 82. (No model.)

To all urhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. SAOKETT, a

I citizen of the United States, residing at Plattsburg, in the county of Clinton and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Com bined Ruffling, Plaiting, Double-Piping, and Binding Attachments for Sewing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a combined rufiiing, plaiting, binding, and donble-piping attachment to sewing-machines; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to obtain a more durable, simple, and easily adjusted ruffiing and plaiting attachment; second, to obtain a ruffiing and plaiting device to which can be readily adjusted a binder and doublepiper, making the device a combined ruffier, plaiter, binder, and double-piper. I att til] these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device adapted to be attached to a sewing-machine. Fig. 2 is a detailed perspective view of the platform, to which isattached the separatingplate, and through which the wires of the frame to which the ruffiing-blade is attached move. Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view of the adjustable arm, which operates the lever moving the ruffiing-blade frame. Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of the double-piping device. Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of the binding device.

Tothe presser-foot A is attached at the lower end a platform, B, having on the under side thereof a thin plate, 0, one end of which is attached to the platform B, the other end left unattached, so as to permit it to pass readily between and separate the two pieces of cloth when inserted. The platform B has two 1ongitndinal orifices, d d, through which the wires K K of the frame M, carrying the rufflingblade D, move readily, and also the longitudinal orifice j, to admit the wire attached to the binder and double-piper attachments; also a vertical orifice, c, for the passage of the nre-' dle.

The frame M, that carries the ruffling-b adewires K K are bent toward the presser-foot,

and are brought together, so as to form a slot, 0, into which the end of the lever F moves.

The presser-foot A has an extension, 0, running back, to which the lever F is attached by means of the pin 1). At the upper end of the lever F is attached, by a pivoted joint, g, an adjustable arm, composed of three sections, L, J, and H. The section L, connected with the lever F, is a. short threaded rod, which screws into the end of section J. The section J is a cylinder, having a thread out on the inside of one end, into which section L is screwed, and at the other end an orifice into which the threaded rod H moves, and is provided with a shoulder, against. which the nutfon the end of the rod ll comes in contact to prevent separation. Section H of the adjustable arm is a threaded red, one endof which plays in the cylinder J, said rod being provided with a, nut, as above stated, and a screw thumb-piece, I, to regulate the length of the motion, and terminating in an eye, G, by which it is attached to the needle-bar.

The double-piping device P is constructed as follows: On the end of a piece of wire fitted to enter the orifice j of the platform B is a. double plate, m and n, one above the other. The plate at or upper plate is bent and curved in upon itself on the under side sufiiciently close to hold the goods, while the lower plate,

a, has the end bent and curved in upon itself on the upper side sufficiently close to press the goods placed in it. The device is so constructed as to bring one end of each plate above and below the ruffiing-blade D.

The binding device R is constructed as fol-- lows: Attached to a short wire fitting into the orifice j ofthe platform B are two plates, p and 1', bent into the shape of two elongated horseshoesone inside the other. The ends of the outer plate, p, are bent inward and join the inner plate, 1", the ends of which pass thejunction and are rounded so as to present a smooth surface to the goods. The curved portion of the double plates 19 and r when attached to the platform B is outside of the rufiling-blade I), the two ends of the double plates 12 and r passing under and over the ruftiing-blade, respectively, and in line with the orifice e of the platform B.

The manner of operating the mechanism herein described is as follows: The rut'fiingattachment is adjusted to the presser-foot bar by means of the thumb-screw a, with the ruftlcr toward the operator. The adjustable arm is attached to the needle-bar by means'ot' the eye G, by which motion is imparted as the neodle-bar rises and falls to the lever \Vheu the needle-bar moves down it pushes the upper end of the lever F back by bringing the cylinder section J of the arm against the thumb-piece I, thereby causing the lower end of the lever in the slotted end of the frame M to move forward, carrying the rufliling-blade l) away from the needle, and when the needlebar passes upit draws the nntf of the section H against the shoulder of the cylinder J, cans ing the lower end of the leverF to move back, carrying the ruftlingrack back, which brings the ruftling-bladetoward the needle, and with its serrated blade pushes the goods to be rutfled at a more rapid rate than the goods under the separatingplate. Thelength of the stroke ofthe ru'fflingbladeis regulated by the th um bpiece I, which moves upon the threaded section H, lengthening or shortening the arm as the upward motion of the needlebar brings the cylinder section J in contact with the thumb-piece l as the rod H slides into the cylinder part. To lengthen or shorten the stroke when the needle-bar passes down, the adjustable arm is shortened or lengthened by turn ing the cylinder section upon the threaded section L.

The double-piping device P is adjusted by means of the wire fitting into the orilicej of the platform B. The strip of cloth for the upper piping is inserted in the curved portion of the upper plate, 111, of the piping device 1 so that the edge of the strip is folded under and passes under the platform B and over the separatingplate G and the goods upon which it is to be sewed. The piping is carried along under the needle with the goods upon which the ruft'le and piping are to be sewed, thus enabling the operator to lay the ruftle and piping at the same time. The strip of cloth for the other piping is inserted in the curved portion of the lower plate, a, of the piping device P, so that the edge of the strip folded and passes under the platform B and under the separatingblade 0, and under the goods upon which itis to be sewed, and is carried alongwith the goods under the needle.

The binding device R is attached to the platform B by means of wire t, inserted into the orifice j, bringing the rounded portion of the plates 1) and r outside the ruffling blade I), bringing the two ends of the double plates 7) and 'r on a line with the orifice c of the platform B.

The piece of goods for binding is inserted between the two plates 19 and 0', with each edge folded around the rounded ends .5 s of the inner plate. The edge of the goods to be bound passes in between the two arms of the device holding the binding and passes with it under the action of the needle.

.Vhat 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the presser-foot, having the extension 0, of the platform B, the wire-frame M, constructed to form a slot, 0, at its rear end, the plate E, carrying rufilingblade l), the lever F, and the adjustable arm, composed of the sections 11, J, and L, substantially as set forth.

2. The frame M, having wires K K, and plate E, carrying a ruffling-blade, in combination with the platform B, having the orifices d (I for the passage of the wires K K, and orifice j for the insertion of the binding and piping devices, substantially as described.

The adjustable arm, composed of three sections, H, J, and L, t-huu'ib-piece I, and nutf, substantially as shown, and for the purposes specified.

4. The combination of the adjustable arm of three sections, H, J, and L, operating a lever, F, with the frame M, carrying a rutflingblade. substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of theplatform B, frame M, carrying rattling-blade l), with doublepiper 1, having the double plates m and a, substantially as described and set forth.

(5. The combination of the platform B, flame M, carrying a ruftling-blade, 1), with the binder 1t, having the double horseshoe-plates p and 1', substantially as described, and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony whereofl atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH S. SAUKETT.

Witnesses:

1;. A. DUTTON, IRVING J. ll'lORRIS.

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