US294499A

US294499A - Embroidery-machine

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Publication number: US294499A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-03-04
Anticipated expiration: 1901-03-04

Description

' UNITED" STATES vPATENT "OFFICE JosErHL. rARxs, or" wAosEoN, oHro.

EMBROIDERY-MACHINE.'

' srncrFIcATroN 'forming part ,orv Letters Patent No. 294,499, dated Maren 4, .1884, Application ined December 3.1983. (No model.)

The objects of the improvements under consideration are to simplify the construction and to dispense with unnecessary parts in the manufact-ure of the machines.

My improvements consist in the combination of two parts provided with coupling means, `as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

My improvements further consist in the combination of the two parts provided with adj usting means, whereby the needle attached to one part and the spring attached to the other part can be relatively adjusted to each other for increasing or decreasing the length of the loop during the process of embroidering.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofl my improved device.

Fig. 2represents a perspective view of the part or member carrying the needle; and Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the part or membercarrying the flat spring.

In the annexed drawings, A B' represent two sections or members, formed with suitable handles, by which they are manipulated. The bars G C of these sections are preferably made of malleable iron, while the extensions D D', forming the handles or grip portions, are preferably made of wood or other soft material. The section-bar G is formed near its upper end with an elongated slot, b, terminating at the upper end with an enlargement or button-opening, c, and the lower end is formed with a recess or groove, d, into which is tted,

the flat spring e, adjustably secured by means of the set-screw j', working in the slot f near the upper end of the spring e, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The section bar C is formedat a suitable point from its upper end Vwith thev headed stud h, to engage with the opening c and slot b'of the section-bar C for-a connection or union. This bar C is also formed with an elongated slot, t', and recess or groove It, inwhich latter (k) the flat needle m is adjustably secured by means of a set-screw, n,

working in a slot, n', near the upper end of the fiat needle m, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This bar C is further provided on its outer side with an eye, g, for receiving and guiding the embroidery-yarn to the needle. The needle and iiat spring are substantially of an old construction, except the slots and setscrews for rendering them adjustable. The handles or grips of the sections are connected to their respective bars in any suitable man- 11er. The sections or members A and B, being constructed and arranged as described, are brought together by adjusting the headed stud of the section A i'nto the elongated slot b of the section B, and connecting the lower ends ofthe bars by means of a screw passed through the slot t' and into one of the holes t" of the lbar C. The recesses d and It in the inner faces of the bars C and G prevent any lateral. motion of the iiat spring e or the at needle m.

The necessary adjustments of `the needle and flat spring having been made for either a short or long embroidery loop, the parts are ready for operation.` As the operation of this machine is substantially the same as that set out in Patent No. 251,381, hereinbefore referred to, a repetition is not deemed necessary.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isg- 1. As an improvement in embroideringmachines, the section A, provided with the bar C, formed with an elongated slot, b, and buttonopening c and adjustable flat spring e, 'the section B, provided with bar C', having headed stud h, elongated slot t', and adjust'- able flat needle m, and a connecting-screw for coupling the lower ends of the bars O and C', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In an embroidery-machine, the combination, with the needle-bar C', provided with a anged recess, k, in its inner face, at its lower end, in which the needle isseeul'ed, said nnges In testimony that I claim the foregoing as projecting above the needle, of the ba1C,hnv my own have hereto aixed my signature in ing the dat spring e, curved inwardly, so that presence of two Witnesses..

it enters between the flanges 7;, whereby the JOSEPH L. PARKS. flat spring will beguided and lateral move- Vitnesses:

nient of the same prevented, substantially as NV. C. KELLEY,

specified. GEO. W. SHICK.