US271690A

US271690A - Quilting attachment for sewing-machines

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Publication number: US271690A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-02-06
Anticipated expiration: 1900-02-06

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H. T. DAVIS-. QUILTING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES. No, 271,690, Patented Feb. 6,1883.

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HENRY T. DAVIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

QUILTING A TTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,690, dated February 6, 1883,

Application filed August 16, 1882. (No model.) l r To all whom "it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY T. DAVIS, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Quilting-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View; Fig. 2, a detail top view oi'the track; Fig. 3, a detail side view of the track and strip; and Figs. 4 and 5,

tron verse sections, showing the rollers ['or keeping the frame from rocking.

My invention relates to a frame to be used on a sewingmachine; and it consists in the combination and construction of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed. I

A represents a sewing-machine head and art of the table. To the table is clamped, by suitable means, a strip, B, with a plain groove, 0, and a wavy or serpentine groove, D.

E represents a rectangular quilting-frame, consisting of side bars, 6 e, jonrnaled in end pieces, 6 e, and fabric -depressing rod 6'. To the lower or under side of the frame is secured a rail, F, to which are secured rollers G by their stems H, which can turn in the rail. These rollers are of such a size that they fit snugly either of the grooves G or D, according to which they are placed in. Thus, if they are placed in the. plain groove, a plain seam will b produced on the quilt, and if placed in the wavy groove a wavy seam will be made.

I claim nothing in the construction of the frame proper.

To keep the frame from rocking while at work, I secure a second strip,.l, to the bottom of the frame and provide it with rollers J, which travel on the edge of the strip B. The rollersnpport being located centrally of the frame, instead of at each corner, adapts the frame to a narrow table or support and permits the sides of the quilter to extend over the strip toward the machine in more desirable position. A continuous track or strip can also be employed in the place of a divided one extending from each side of the bed frame or plate of the machine.

I claim- The longitudinal rails F and I, having rollers GJ, and secured to the end pieces ota quilting-frame intermediately of a side rail and fabric-depressing rod, to permit the sides of the frame to project beyond its supportingstrip over the machine-table, as set forth.

HENRY T. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, AUG. WEBER.