US42403A - Improvement in band-ruffles - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

THOMAS ROBJOHN, OF MOT'I HAVEN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAN D-RU FFLES.

Speeiiicatiou forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,403, dated April 19, 1864 antcdated i February 19, 1864.

.T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS ROBJOI-IN, of Mott Haven, in the county of Vestchester and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ruflling; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which` Figure l is a side view of the rnftling without the lace. Fig. 2 is an end view or section. Fig. 3 is an oblique view showing the formation of the ruffliug more distinctly. Fig. et is a twisted view ofthe rui-fling with the lace attached. Fig. 5 is an edge view. Fig. 6 is a top View ofthe instrument used in attaching the lace to the rufiling. Fig. 7 is a side View ot the same, taken from the upper side of Fig. 6. Fig. S isa top view of the'instrument from which the rufiling is fed to the crimpingmachine. Fig. 9 is a'vertical longitudinal section ofthe same.

My invention and improvement consists in ruftiing made double, either with or without lace or edging attached to the upper edge, and with either a single or double band, as may be required.

a is therufie, made of a single piece of cloth doubled over and the edges secured or stitched to the band b, as represented iu Figs. l, 2, and 3.

c is the lace or edging sewed or stitched to the upper edge of the rnfing, as represented in Figs. 4, 6, 7, and 8, when required.

b is the band sewed or stitched to the folded edges of the ruffle in the ordinary Way, and may be either single or double, as the uses for which the ru'fiiing is required may render necessary. I i

In making this rufing I feedthe material of which therufe is to be formed through the part d of the feeding-instrument, Figs. 6 and 7, by which it is folded over into proper form,

` and I feed the lace through the part e of the same instrument, by which said parts cl and e the rufe and lace are brought into proper form and position for being sewed or stitched together, as represented at the point f, Fig. 6, after which I feed the ru'fe and `lace sewed or stitched together, as described, through the instrument represented in Figs. 8 and 9, into a crimping-machine, 0r I feed it directly from the instrument, Figs. 6 and 7, into a ruftling-machine; or it may be made by running a draw-string in and shirring it, according to the quality of the ruffiiing or the purpose to which itis to be applied. Then I attach a single or double band, as required, by running the ruffle and band through a Douglas binder and gage, or through any other suitable instrument.

Vhen I wish to make ruftling without lace attached, I feed the rufe through the part d of the ins'rumcnt represented in Figs. 6 and 7, to fold it into proper form and then feed it through the instrument represented in Figs. 8 and 9 into the crimping-machine. Then the band is attached, as before described.

I know that rufiling has been made of a single thickness of cloth, both with and without the attachmentof lace, and with a single or double band, but never before to my knowledge has rufliing been made of cloth folded and arranged a-s herein described.

By this arrangement greater firmness and a higher nish is given to the rufin g, causing it to maintain its form longer after being prepared for use, making it capable of being used for a greater variety ofpnrposes than ordinary ruftling, and giving it a heavier, liner, and richer appearance, thus constituting it a new and useful article of manufacture.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A banded rutile, whether crimped, iuted, ruffled, or shirred, when said ruftle is made ot' two thicknesses of goods, substantially as herein described.

` THOS. ROBJOHN.

Witnesses:

L. A. ROBERTS, J AMEs T. GRAHAM,

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