US325994A - Plaiting-board - Google Patents

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No. 325,994. Patented'Sapin8.1885;`

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n Application tiled February 19, 18185. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, P; T. VANNICE, a cilizen of the United States, residing at Clarinda, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plaiting-Machines; and Ido declare sewing case.

the following to be Va 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 had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedv thereon, which form a part of this specification,

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the plaiting-tool. Fig. 4 is a detail. Fig. 5 shows a top view of the box, the cover being raised.

This invention relates to improvements in plaiting-machines, its essential object being to provide `means whereby the requisite tension of the ribbons or bands which hold the cloth in place may be produced; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, all as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the box, which forms the base for the plaiting attachments hereinafter described, and A the hinged lid of the same.

The interior of the box is divided into several compartments, X X and Y, the latter of which runs the entire length of the box and is adapted to contain the plaiting attachments when disconnected from the lid. The lid is kept closed, when necessary, by means of a staple on its edge engaging a hook pivoted to the side ofthe box, or by other suitable means. The lid may have its outer surface covered with cloth, and may be used as a writing or The compartments X then serve to contain the writing or sewing materials.

B B, &c., are four similar levers, ofwood, attached to th'e front and rear edges of the lid, each by two screws, b b. The two levers B on each side have .their adjacent inner ends rounded, so that when the outer Vscrew b of one lever is removed the lever can be turned on the inner screw as a pivot-point without its' inner end'i'mpinging onthe adjacent end of the other lever. As the lid and box are of equal width, the levers B when attached to -theformer lie outside of the front and rear sides of the same.

G C, &c., are four metallic brackets or holders, each of which has its lower part, c, so bent as to fit snugly upon the outer end of one ofthe levers B. rlhe upper part of the bracket is bent iirst upward to a sufficient distance above the lid,then inward parallel to the lever B,then vertically upward, and, lastly, outward parallel to the lever B, thus forminga hook, c, into which fits one end of the holding-bar D, of which the other end is held by the bracket on the strip attached to the opposite edge of the lid. A similar holding-bar is similarly retained in place at the opposite end of the box, as shown. These bars, which may be either of metal or wood, hold the ribbons or bands E forming the web in place and give them the proper tension in the following manner: Each bar D is composed of two similar strips, dd, lying edge to edge, and having their ends and centers connected by the transverse rivets or screws d. The ends of the bands E are in` serted between the strips and secured partially by the pressure of the edges of the same. The bars D are then turned so as to roll the bands in them and give the latter the proper length to produce sufficient tension when the bars D are in place. The brackets C are then placed on the ends of the levers B, and a bar D placed in position therein at one end of the box. The levers B at the opposite end of the box have then their outer screws b removed, and are turne'd upward on their inner screws as pivots. The other bar D is then inserted in its brackets C, and the levers are turned down and secured to the edges of the lid by their outer screws. The rolling of the bands on the bars D, besides causing the tension, also aids in securing the ends of the former to the latter.

F is the plaitingtool, made of one `strip of metal bent on itself, the bend being widened and rounded to form a handle, as shown, and f is a sliding metallic loop between the handle and the two blades adapted to slide toward the point of the tool and closethe blades on theintervening cloth. To render the loop effective, the blades at their beginning incline outward from each other, as at f To insert the cloth, the levers B at one side and the connected brackets and bar D are turned upward, as described, and the same is done to remove the cloth after being plaited and pressed.

In plaiting, the cloth is passed between the blades of the tool F and folded over in the usual manner, and different styles of plaitng are produced by using different-sized tools or by using the same tool in different ways.

Having describedV this invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a plaiting-machine, the combination, with the base-plate A and levers B, secured to the edges thereof by the screws b, of the brackets C, end bars, D, composed of the simipresence of two witnesses.

P. T. VANNICE. Witnesses:

'.T. L. STRONG,

MARIAN E. VANNICE.

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