US326133A

US326133A - Qujlting-frame

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Publication number: US326133A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-09-15
Anticipated expiration: 1902-09-15

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UNITED ISTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. MCGEE, OF EUREKATON, TENNESSEE.

QUlLTlNG-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,133, dated September 15, 1885.

Application filed September 27, 1884. (No model.) l

.To all whom. it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, JOHN H. MCGEE, ofEurekaton, Haywood county, Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting-Frames, of which the following is a specification.v

The object of my invention is to produce a quilting-frame which shall b e very simple in structure, and yet possess the lcapability of being readily put together, taken apart, and adj usted according to the requirementsof the work to be done. y

I am aware that quilting-frames capable of being adjusted vertically and extended laterally or transversely have been known before my invention. My frame. however, involves certain improvements in structure result-ing in greater simplicity and convenience of operation.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my frame, and Fig 2 a detail view of one corner thereof.

The standards or legs A of the frame are preferably provided with casters, and are tied together near their lower ends by a brace, a. Their upper ends are forked or bifurcated, as clearly shown in the drawings, for `the reception of the tenoned ends of the cross-bars B. The bifurcated ends of the standards are provided with a vertical series of holes, b, for the insertion of thumb-bolts b, which pass through the cross-bars B, and firmly secure the crossbars and standards together.

The rollers C, carrying the material being` worked upon, as clearly shown in the drawings, have their bearings at c c' inthe crossbars B. They may be secured in the crossbars in any suitable Way to prevent them from being drawn out of place. In Fig. l they are held in place by washers or plates c, fastened by screws on the ends, which project through the crosspieces.

Each roller is provided at one end with a ratchet, D, in which a suitable gravity-pawl, d, engages. When these pawls are in engagement with the ratchets, the rollers are held against revolution, so that the material between the rollers may freely be worked upon. The pawls may readily be thrown out of engagement with the ratehets and the rollers rotated to carry the material from one roller to the other.

The frame thus described may be adj usted vertically, as is plain, by means of the series of holes b and bolts b. The manner Vof con neeting it together is so simple that the frame may without any difficulty Whatever be taken apart and put together by any one whenever desired. p

In Fig.2 l have shown a somewhat different construction of part of the frame-that is to say, instead of having any means of securing the rollers C in the cross-pieces B, they are mounted loosely therein, and the parts are held against separation by braces E, which are secured to the standards at any suitable point,

.and are connected to annular collars E,whieh embrace the rollers C, and are provided with setpins f, which enter apertures inthe rollers.

lt is obvious that with this construction the ends of theframe will be prevented from drawing apart; and when the machine is'so made the ratchets and pawls may be dispensed with, if desired, because a suitable number of holes can be providedin the rolls,

so that they can be held against rotation by the pins f. l

In order to hold the material taut and smooth, l provide my framewith elastic strain devices G,which consist of elastic cords ortapcs or coiled springs suitably secured to the crossbars in any convenient way.' These tapes are provided with spring clamping-jaws g-sneh, for instance, as are used in ordinary sleevesupporters, which grasp the material and hold it tirmly.

l claim as my invention- 1. The combination, substantially` as set forth, of the bifurcated standards having a series of apertures through their bifurcated ends. the tenoned cross-bars, the thumb-bolts, and the cloth-rollers journaled in the crossbars. y

2. vThe combination of thebifurcated standards, the cross-bars, the rollers, the collars which embrace the rollers, the braces which extend from said collars to the standards, and

the collar-pin locking the rollers and collars together.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

J. H. MGGEE.

Witnesses: i W. H. CHRIsTIE, Z..G. NoLEN.

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