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' K. ZALLUD.

QUILTING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 17, 1888.

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KARL ZALLUD, on New YORK, N. Y., AssieNon To yLouis scHULrz AND JOHN B. HAGENBUCHLE, on sAMn PLACE.

MACHINE.

QB'ADEGIFICATEON forming part of Letters Patent No. 3756.621. dated January 17. 1888- A pplication filed March 20, 1856.

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KARL ZALLUD, of New York, i'n thecounty and State of New York', have invented .a certain new and useful Im- 5 provement in Quilting-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to machines for quilting patterns upon fabric.

Iwilldescribeaquilting-machine embodying 1o my improvement,and then point out-the novel featuresin the claims. Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation ofa quilting-machine embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same. Fig.3 is a transverse section taken on the plane of theline x x, Fig. 2, and looking in the direction of the'arrow b,

the same being drawn to a larger scale than that of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4C is an elevation 2o ofa portion of certain reversing mechanism employed in the machine. Fig. 5 is an end view of the same. Fig` 6 is a horizontal section of a portion 0f the mechanism for actuating the sh uttles`,taken on the plane ofthe dotted lineyy, Fig. 3. Fig. 7is asec'tional elevation of the same taken on the plane of the dotted line c z, Fig. 6. Fig. 3 is a detail view of mechanism I employ for quilting various patterns on the goods. Fig. 9 isa section thereof c taken on the plane of theV dotted line c c, Fig. S. Fig. 10 is a diagraiin showing the pattern formed by the useof such device. Fig. 11 is a diagram showing another pattern quilted by thel machine. Figs. 12 and 13 illustrate modified means for imparting motion to certain carriages employed on the machine, a portion of cach being broken away to save space. Fig. 1-1 is a side elevation looking from the right of Fig. 1. Fig. 15 is a side elevation looking 4o from the left of Fig. 1. Fig. 16 is a horizontal section taken just above the needle-plates. Fig. 17 is a perspective View, on an enlarged scale,ofa portion of one of the shuttle-races and the complementary mechanism. Fig. 18

is a transverse section,on an enlarged scale,of

similar parts to those shown in Fig. 17.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A.' A. designate the side portions of the frame B is the main driving-shaft,

located at the rear of the machine and having Serial No. 195,931. (Nomcdel.)

needle-bars and gangs ofneedles with coacting parts. I may, however, use two, or any desired number more than one. Each of these 6o needle-bars has a traverse from side to side of the machine. Certain of the needle-bars move in one direction while certain of the other needlebars are moving in the opposite direction. In other words, certain of the needlesare sewing from right to left at the same time that others are sewing from left to right. The goods have a forward feed beneath and at right angles to the lengthsof the needle-bars. When this feed is practically continuous, the 7o needles of each row will sew diagonal lines of stitching across the goods,and as certain needlcs move in one direction while others move in the oppositedirection the result is diagonal lines of stitching crossing each other at angles, A whereby a diamond-shaped pattern is produced upon the goods. Other patterns may, however, be produced, which will be explained more fully hereinafter. I prefer to use live needle-bars, because by so doing I am enabled to 8( use fewer needles in eacligang than would be the case if a fewer number of needle-bars were employed.

y Cl2 designates the needlesbars. C C2 C3 CL C5 designate rock-shafts for imparting an upanddown motion to the needle-bars and the needles. (See particularly Figs. l, 2, 14, and 15.) These rock-shafts are arranged, one behind the other, near the top of the machine and are in the same horizontal plane. They are journaled in the side portions, A A, of the frame. A rocking motion is imparted to them by means of abar, .06, extending fore and aft of the machine outside the portion A of the frame. (See more particularly Figs. 2, 3, and 14.) Connection is Vmade as shown between said rock-shaft and the bar C6 by means of levers (I, rigidly keyed to the outer ends ofthe shafts. One of these levers is a bellcrank lever having one of its arms pivotally connected to a rod, GS, which extends downwardly at an angle and is connected to a crank or ecapertures in the bifurcations, through which` cent-ric, C, on the driving-shaft B. (See particularly Fig. let.) Vhen the driving-shaft is rotated, the rod Cs impartsa to-and-fro motion to the bar C,which opcrates,through the levers Ci, to impart a rocking motion to all the rockshafts C', Jvc., in unison. Motion is trans initted from the rock-shafts to the needle-bars hy means of crank C1, (see particularly Figs. 2 and 3,) mounted upon the rocleshafts C', Sac. The hubs of each of these cranks is provided with a rib or feather, e, (shown more clearly in Fig, )extending through the apertures therein in the direction of the axes of thehuhs. These ribs extend into longitudinal grooves in the rock-shafts and extending throughout their lengths. The cranks may therefore he slid along upon the rock-shafts. Motion is transmitted from the cranks by links C, pivotally connected near one of their ends to said cranks and at the other oftheir ends to collars c, rigidly secured to sliding rods c', which slide up and down in suitable slideways arranged in carriages D D`l D D* D5. The needle-bars (QVl extend between the rods e', near the lower ends of the latter, and are secured thereto by screws or otherwise.

Each of the carriages D', &e., comprises a main portion, d, and upright portions d', arA ranged near the ends of the main portion d. (See Fig. 3.) rEhe upright portions d are bii'urcated ncar their upper ends, (see partienlarly Fig. 3,) and are provided with suitable one of the rock-shafts, C', Soc., extends. rIhe hubs of the cranks Cw are arranged between the bifurcated ends ofthe upright portions d of the carriages. The main portions d of the carriages extend into V shaped slideways in portions A2 of the frame of the machine extending between the side portions, A A. A traverse from side to side of the machine is imparted to the carriages by means of screwshafts DG DT Ds D" Dm, jonrnaled in suitable bearings in the side portions, A A', of the frame and extending approximately parallel with the rock-shafts G, &c. The screw-shafts D, &c., extend through scrcwthreaded nuts d, forming parts ofthe carriages D', 85e. (See particularly Figs. 2 and 3.) \Vhenthescrew shafts are rotated, the carriages will be moved along. rIlhe screw-shafts rotate in unison and atthe same rates of speed. I accomplish this, as shown, by imparting motion directly from the main shaft B to one of the screw-shafts, and from the screw-shaft, by means of intermediate gearing and shafting, tothe other screw-shafts. rlhe mechanism I employ for this purpose is as follows:

E designates an eccentric or crank on the main shaft B. (Sec particularly Figs. 5 and 15.) A crank-rod, F, extends from said eccentric or crank to a bell-crank lever, G, loosely mounted upon a portion of the serew shaft D6, which extends beyond the portion A of the frame. Said portion of the screw-shaft is not screw-threaded. The crank-rod is pivotally connected to one of the arms of said bellcrank lever. The other arm of said bellcrank lever bears two pawls, e e, arranged upon opposite sides of said arm of the lever. These pawls are adapted to be engaged with ratehetwheels H I-I, rigidly mounted upon said screw-shaft, and between which the lever G is arranged. (See particularly Figs. Lt and 5.) rIhe teeth upon one ratchetwheel are arranged in a reverse direction to those upon the other ratchetwvheel, and the pawls e e extend in reverse directions. When one of the other pawls is engaging with its ratchetwheel, the other pawl is moved into such a position that it will not engage its corresponding ratchet wheel. One of the pawls operates to rotate the screw-shaft in one direction. The other pawl operates to rotate the shaft in the re verse direction. It is essential that the direction of rotation of the shafts should he rcversed, because when the carriages D', Sec., have made a complete traverse from side to side of the machine it is necessary to return them to their former position, and this may be accomplished, as will be readily seen, hy changing the direction of rota-tion ofthe screwshafts. For the purpose of effecting the change in direction of rotation of the screw-shaft D,

and through the intermediate mechanism of the other screw-shafts, I employ a device more clearly illustrated in Fig. 4.

I I designate dogs extending loosely about ends to a rod, l2, comprised in the reversing mechanism. 'The dogs are arranged at opposite sides of the ratchet-wheels H H. VAt their upper ends said dogs are provided with toes t', extending toward each other and toward the ratchetwheels. The rod ll may be moved lengthwise. Vhcn so moved it carries the dogs I I with it. XVhen so moved, the toe on one of the dogs passes under the pawl to which it is adjacent and lifts it out of engagement with its ratchet-wheel, while the toe upon the other dog moves away from under its adj accnt pawl and allows the same to engage with its ratchet-wheel. By moving the dogs first in one direction and then in the other the pawls are alternately in and ont of engagement with their respective ratchet-wheels, and thesercwshaft is therefore rotated first in one direction and then in the other'. rlhe dogs are shifted automatically when the carriages reach the end of their traverse. This I eifect as follows:

I3 designates a rod extending parallel with the rod l2 and above the same. The rod I extends through suitable apertures in uprights I" upon projections on one of the portions A of thcframe. Rigidly affixed to the rod l are tappets I5 I, provided with wedge-like surfaces Upon the carriage D are projections IT I8, which are detachabl y secured to said carriage and travel to and fro with the carriage. Vhen the carriage is nearing the end of its traverse in one direction, the arm IT comes in Contact with the tappet 15. The rod I is thereby moved lengthwise in one direction. As the tappet moves along its wedge-like surface it `the shaftvl)G and rigidly affixed at one oftheir Y ico moves over a wedge-like surface upon a catch,

I,which is pivotally connected to one of they uprights 1*. This catch is provided at its other end with a hook, i", which, as shown more the other end extends loosely about therod I2.

Coiled about the rod I3, between the retaining device I1 andthe upright I4,to which itis adjacent, is aspx-ing, Ill. When the tappet I has moved sufficiently far over the end of the catch I9, the catch is tripped in such manner as to lift the hook i* thereon out of engagement with the retaining devicelw. Thespring I11 will then operate to throw the barsI2 Pand the retaining device Il in the direction of the arrow x, Fig. 4, thereby shiftingthe dogs I I in one direction and occasioning a reversal in the direction of rotation of theV screw, as described. A pin, i6, extending through the rod I3 and a collar, i7, rigidly affixed tothe rod I2, prevents the retaining device 11 from moving off from said rods.

The device just described is in duplicate, one being arranged near one end of the rod I3, and the other near the opposite end of said rod. When the operation thus described has been completed, the parts referred to are lett in the position shown as occupied by the. corresponding parts I6 IS Il2 I13 I, and the parts 1 Is I12 I13 I14 are left in the position shown as occu pied by the parts I5 l7 I Il0 In. The direction of rotation of the screw having been reversed, the carriage then movesin the direction ofthe arrow i, Fig. 4, the previous ,operation is yrepeated at the opposite end of the rod I, the screw again reversed, and so on. By adjusting the arms IT I8 into different positions the length of traverse of the carriagermay be varied. I prefer to provide the tops of the retaining devices Il0 I13 with ratchet-teeth with .which the hooks/i* on the catches I9 l12 will engage successively as the retaining devices are drawn beneath them by the movement of the rod I3.

It will readily be seen that the rotation of the screw-shaft Dis intermittent. This in` termittent motion is transmitted from the shaft D.through a bevel gear-wheeLf, monnted on said shaft, to the shaft DS, (see particularly Fig. 14,) and alsoto the shaft D10 by means of bevel gear-wheelsf, mounted upon a shaft, J, extending at right angles to the screwshafts outside the portion A of the frame, and meshing with bevel gear-wheels]02 on the ends of said screw-shafts. It will. therefore be seen that the screw-shafts D6 Da D10 rotate in the same direct-ion. The screwshaft D8 bears upon its end which extends beyond the portion A of thev frame a gear-wheel, j", (see particularly Figs. 1 and 15,) which gear-wheel meshes with another gear-wheel, f5, mounted on the screw-shaft D7, the screwshaft D7 being arranged directly above the screw-shaft DS. Upon the other end ofthe screwshaft D7 (see Fig. 14) is arranged a bevel V2 and 3.)

gear-wheel, f, which wheel meshes with another vbevel gear-wheehf, mounted upon a shaft, J', journaled in suitable bearing outside the portion A of the frame and arranged above the shaft J. Upon the shaft J is'another bevel gear-wheel, fs, which meshes with another bevel gear-wheehf9, upon the outer end of the screw'shaft D9. It will therefore be seen that the screw-shafts D7 and D9 rotate in re` v-erse directions to the screw-shafts DG D D1. I have shown the carriages D D:i D5, which are operated by the screw-shafts D6 D8 D, arranged upon oue side of the machine, and the carriages D'Z D", which are operated by the screw-shafts DT D", arranged upon the other side of the machine. (See particularly Figs. The carriages D2 D4 are therefore moved in an opposite direction to the direction of movement of the carriages D D3 D5 when the machine isin operation. I have shown more clearly the resulting lines of stitching produced by this means combined with a continuons forward feed of the goods in Fig. 11. Instead of employing screws for imparting the to-and-fro motion to the carriages, racks and pinions or cords or chains passing over pulleys may be employed. The former arrangement I have illustrated in Fig. 12, in which R designates racks rigidlymounted on the carriages above the same, and It pinions mounted on shafts Itl R3, extending fore and aft the machine, the shaft R2 receiving motion from a pinion, R4, on a shaft. It,

corresponding to the shaft D, and receiving motion from the main shaftin manner similar to the shaft DG.

In Fig. 13 is illustrated a means for driving the carriages by means of cords or chains, the

cords or chains passing around pulleys R7 onthe shafts Itl R,and also around pulleys Its on the portions A A' of the frame, the ends of the cords or chains being attached to the carriages, as shown.

The shuttles in this machine, in addition to their usual reciprocating motion, havea bodily movement from side to side of the machine, which is in unison with the sidewise motion of the needle-bars bearing the needles with which they respectively operate. The shuttleraces L, in which work shuttlecarriers T, which may be of the usual form, are rigidly secured to slider-bars L', which are arranged in pairs. (See particularly Figs. 16, 17, and 18.) Theslider-bars L are adapted to be slid to and fro in grooved slideways Z, formed in `castings L2,extending between the side frames ofthe machine. Metal plates lprovided with suitable perforations through wh ich the needles may pass, are rigidly secured to the tops of .the blocks L,in which are formed the shuttleraces. Sidewise motion is transmitted toeach pair of sliding bars, and consequently the shuttleraces and shuttles, by means of screwshafts Du DI2 D DH D15, deriving motion, respectively, from the screwshafts DG DT D8 D'J D19, by means of intermediate gear-wheels, D, mounted on the shafts D", &c., and D, e.,

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outside the portions A A of the frame. It will readily be seen that the gear-wheel DIG will cause the shafts D, &c., to rotate in reverse direction to the shafts D, &c., with which they respectively act. As, therefore, the shuttles and needles are to move in unison from side to side of the machine, I screwthread the shafts D, CYC., in a reverse direction to the screw-shafts D, &e. (See Figs. 14 and 15.) The screwshafts D, &c., engage with nuts DT upon one of each of the pair of slidebars L', whereby the slider bars are moved along. (See particularly Fig. 1S.)

As shown in thc drawings, the needles and shuttles have reached the extreme limit of their sidewise movements, and by referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the needles and shuttles are wholly beyond the edge of the goods. the latter being shown in dotted lines in said figure. This is theposition the needles and shuttles assume at the end ot' each traverse, and it is a feature of my invention that the needles and shuttles each pass entirely beyond the goods each time they move from side to side of the machine.

In order to insure theproper working of the machine and obviate the possible entanglement of the needle and shuttle threads when not sewing the goods, I deem it expedient that the usual reciprocating motion of each of the shuttles shall commence exactly at the time when its correspondingneedle enters the goods, and shall cease the instant such needle leaves the goods upon the opposite edge. For this purpose I employ shuttle-drivers O, so formed that they act in conjunction with the shuttle-carriers to successively pick up and drop off the shuttle-carriers as they are moved along. These shuttle-drivers are arranged directly beneath the goods and at right angles to the direction ot' feed thereof, and one of them acts in conjunction with each gang of shuttles. (See particularly Figs. (i, 7, l7,and 1S.)V They are each rigidly secured to arms O', mounted upon slider-rods O2, extending fore and aft the machine and sliding in slideways o upon the under side of the castings L2.

A to-and-fro motion is imparted to the slider-rods O by means of an eccentric, O, on the main shaft B, from which extends an eccentric-rod, O, pivotally connected at one end to an arm, O5, rigidly mounted on a shaft, O, iournftled in bearings o2 in brackets o, extending downwardly from one of the castings Lt. (See Figs. 1 and 3.)

Near opposite ends of the shaft OG are rigidly mounted arms OT, which latter have pivotally connected to them near their free ends links O, which latter are in turn pivotally connected to downwardly-extending portions on two of the arms O. It will therefore be seen that when the main shaft is rotated a toandfro motion will be imparted to all the shuttle-drivers simultaneously.

The ends of the shuttle-drivers are beveled both upon the top and upon the sides and are resilient. (See Figs. 6, 7, 17, and 18.) Each of the shuttleearriers is provided with two downwardly-extending lugs, p, the space between which is only sufficient to admit of the shut-tledrivers O springing in between them. As the sl'nittle-carriers are moved from side to side of the machine each is in turn brought in contact with one of the ends of the shuttledrivers. The end of the shuttle-driver being beveled and resilient, as described, rides under one of the lugs p, and is sprung up between the pair of lugs. I have shown springs p acting as buffers, against which the shuttlecarriers will be thrown, and which will assist in causing the'ends of the drivers O to enter between the lugs p. The shuttle-carrier is then in engagement with the shuttle-driver, and the usual reeiprocati ng motion is imparted to the shuttles. The shuttle-carriers are constantly crowded on at one end of the shuttledrivers and oft at the other end. It will therefore be seen that they have no reciprocating motion except when in engagement with the Shuttle-drivers.

A forward intermittent feed is imparted to the goods by means of a ratchet-wheel, S, mounted upon the journal of one of a pair of feedi'ollers, S Si, journaled in suitable bearings, s, at the rear of the machine. (See particularly Figs. 3, S, and 9.) The ratchet-wheel S is actuated by a pawl, S, mounted upon a swinging arm, S, upon the shaft of the feedroller upon which the ratchet wheel is mounted. Motion is imparted to the arm S4 by means of an eccentric-rod, S", actuated from an eccentric, S, upon the shaft B.

In Figs. 8 and 9 I have shown means for varying the pattern sewed upon the goods, and inFig. 1() I have illustrated the pattern made by such mechanism.

Upon the hub of the ratchctwheel S is loosely mounted another ratchet wheel, Si. This ratchet-wheel is segmental, or, in other words, segments S2 only of the wheel are provided with ratchet-teeth. The teeth upon the toothed segmental portions extend beyond the teeth upon the ratchet-wheel S, but the spaces between such toothed segmental p0rtions are inward of the teeth upon the wheel S. The wheel S7 receives motion from another ratchet-wheel, C, rigidly mounted upon the hub of the wheel S. A pawl, S', on the wheel S7 engages the teeth upon the ratchet-wheel S, whereby the wheel ST is rotated when the wheel S rotates.

It will be seen that motion is imparted to the wheel S only when the pawl S is operating opposite the spacesl between the toothed segmental portions of the wheel Si, or in conjunction with the teeth 011 the wheel S, for when. by the movement of the wheel S, the wheel ST is carried around far enough so that the pawl i will ride up onto the toothed segmental portions ofthe wheel S7 and engage the teeth thereon the wheel S7 will thereby be caused to rotate loosely about the hub of the ICO rollers.

wheel S, and no motion will be imparted to the latter wheel, and consequently to the feed- When the pawl has moved the wheel S7.around far enough, the pawl will again drop down into one of the spaces of the wheel S7 and into engagement with the teeth upon the wheel S, again operating to rotate the latter wheel, and so on. lVhen the wheel S is rotating, thegoods are receiving a forward feed, and the needles are therefore sewing diagonal lines of stitching; but when said wheel is stationary the goods are not being fed, and the needles sew lines of stitching at right angles to the length of the goods, the result being a pattern such as is shown in Fig. 10, in which the arrow indicates the direction of feed of the goods.

On the wheel S7 is a circumferential rim or liange, S9, about which extends a band-brake, S10, rigidly affixed at one end to a portion of the frame of the machine, and being provided at the other end With a screw-threaded portion, S12, extending vthrouggh an eye, sa, on a bracket, s", rigidly secured to the frame. A nut, 85, engaging the screw-threaded portion s3 and bearing against the bracket si, provides for tightening or loosening the band-brake. This brake steadies the wheel S7 and causes it to maintain a position for properly operating with the pawl S3. Upon a bracket, s", extendk ing downwardly from the frame of the ,ma-

chine, I have shown a pin, 87, extending into the path of the pawl Si. This pin is so placed that when the pawl is moved backwardly it will. strike the pin and be rocked into such position that it. will readily engage the teeth upon the two other segmental portions of the wheel S when necessary. I have shown it in such position in Fig. 8. Plates u tend to support the goods when moving through the machine. l

I have shown presser-bars for th/el goods in Fig. 4l. Such presser-bars may be ot' the ordinary orany desired construction. As shown, they consist of bars N, for pressing the goods, rigidly affixed to upright rods a, extending through guides a on the carriages, and operated by toes on the hubs of the cranks C1", and adapted to come in contact with projections n2 on theupper ends of the rods o1.. When the said cranks are rocked, springs a", surrounding the rods n, operate to return the presserbars quickly after they have been raised. It will be observed that the ends of the presserbars are curved upwardly to facilitate their passage over the goods when the carriages are moving laterally. In a similar manner and for asimilar purpose the metal plates ZZ are curved downwardly at the ends.

I have shown a tension device in Fig. 3. I have only illustrated one, but it is to be un'- derstood that each needle is to be provided with a similar one. This device consists of a spring, r, rigidly mounted on a portion of the carriage and provided near one end with a loop. Through this loop extends a portion of another spring, r', also mounted on said portion of the carriage. The spring r is provided near one end with an eye, r2. Theneedle-thread is wound upon a spool mounted on a spindle upon an arm,k1f3, rigidly afxed to and extending upwardly from a rod,`r4,which is in turn rigidly afiixed to the carriage. The needle-thread, after passing two or three times around the rod r4, 4extends through the eye r2 in the Vspring 9", and thence to the needle. This tension device is of ordinary construction, but any suitable tension device may be used. All the tension devices travel to and fro with their respective carriages.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with feed-rollers for the goods, of `traveling carriages, needle-bars bearing needles mounted on said carriages, guides for the carriages, and mechanism, substantially such as described, for moving the needles wholly beyond the edge of the goods at each traverse of the carriages, substantially as specified.

2. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with feed-rollers forgthe goods, of traveling carriages, needle-bars bearing needles mounted on said carriages, ,guides for said carriages, mechanism, substantially such as described, for imparting a side-to-side motion to said carriages, slider-bars carrying shuttles acting in conjunction with said needles, said sliderbars being independent of said carriage, shuttle-races, and mechanism, substantially such as described, for imparting a side-to-side motion to said slide-bars, said carriages and shuttlc-races moving in unison, substantially as specified.

3. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with feed-rollers for the goods, of traveling carriages, needle bars bearing needles mounted on said carriages, guides for said carriages, screws for imparting a side-toside motion to said carriages, shuttlecarriers carrying shuttles acting in conjunction with said needles, shuttle-races, and screws for imparting a side-to-side motion to said shuttle-races,

the screws for actuating the carriages and the screws for actuating the shuttle-races being geared together, substantially as specied.

4. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with shuttles,of shuttle-carriers, shuttle-races, mechanism,substantiallysuch as described, for imparting a side-toside motion to the shuttleraces, and a reciprocating shuttle-driver with which the shuttle-carriersy are alternately engaged and disengaged when moving in either of two directions, substantially as specified.

5. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with shuttles, ofshuttle-carriers, a number of shuttle-races, mechanism, substantially such as described,for imparting a side-to-side motion to each of the shuttle-races, and a lshuttle-driver arranged at each of the shuttle-races, with which the shuttle-carriers are alternately engaged and disengaged when moving ineither IOO of two directions, all said shuttle-drivers operating in unison, substantially as specified.

G. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with ncedle-bars bearing` needles and having a movement from side to side ofthe machine and carrying the needles wholly beyond the edges ofthe goods, of shuttles operating in conjunction with said needles, and a shuttle-driver for reciprocating the shuttles, and mechanism, substantially as described, for operating the shuttles, whereby the shuttles will be reciprocatcd only when beneath the goods, substantially as specified.

7. rllhe combination, with a traveling carriage and sewing mechanism, of feed-rollers, a ratchet-wheel on the journal of one of said feed-rollers, another ratchetwheel arranged at the side of the ratchet-Wheel first-named, and having segmental portions provided with teeth, an arm, a pawl on said arm for imparting motion to said ratchet-Wheels, and a rod for iinparting motion to said arm, the teeth upon the segmental ratehetwheel extending beyond the teeth upon the ratchet-Wheel first named, and the spaces between the toothed segmental portions of said wheel being inward of the teeth upon the ratehetwheel first named, substantially as specilied.

8. The combinatiolnwith feed-rollers,a traveling carriage and sewing mechanism, of the ratchet-Wheel S, the segmental ratchet-wheel S7, provided with the ilange S, the ratchetwheel SB, the pawl S, the brake Sm, the arm S, the pawl S, and the rod S5, substantially as specified.

9. The combination, with laterally-moving shuttle-races, oi' slluttlc'earriers moving with said shuttle-races andl provided with legs,'as p, a reciprocating shuttle-driver provided with resilient beveled ends and bumpers for the shuttles, substantially as specified.

10. The combination of sewing mechanism, the rod F, the lever G, pawls c c', ratchet- Wheels H H', a screw-shaft, as D, dogs l', rods l2 l, tappets l l, catches l Il, retaining devices 11 l, and a traveling carriage, as D", provided with projections lT l, substantially as specied.

KARL ZALLUD.

Witnesses:

Jas. R. BOWEN, MAURICE Ronan.

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