US599127A

US599127A - Embroidery-ring

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Publication number: US599127A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-02-15
Anticipated expiration: 1915-02-15

Description

(No Model.) I L. GIBBS.

EMBROIDERY RING.

No. 599,127. Patented Feb. 15, 1898.

Win 28.928

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS GIBBS, OF CANTON, OHIO.

EMBROIDERY-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,127, dated February 15, 1898. Application filed January 8, 1897. Serial No. 618,475. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, LEWIS GIBBS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Embroidery-Rings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in embroidery-rings; and it consists of certain features of construction and combination of parts by which the fabric to be operated upon is not only held in position, but may be stretched or tightened without injury to the fabric while in position and without removal from the rings, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Figure l is a perspective view showing the fabric to be operated upon in position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the inner ring with a portion thereof cut away, showing the. method of attaching the resistance or friction band. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the relation of the rings to each other.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a ring, which may be made of either hard rubber or wood, having upon its outer surface an annular groove 0, into which there is partially sunk a band B, of felt. The outer ring D is made of the same material as the inner ring A, but all sides thereof are smoothly finished.

Inv operation the fabric E to be embroidered or worked upon is placed over the inner ring A, and the outer ring D is then pressed down over the fabric, and the rings then being lightly grasped the fabric can be pulled through the rings until the same is properly stretched, and it will be held in said position by the resistance-band B and the pressure of the outer ring D.

Heretofore embroidery rings have been made with the inner ring of metal, having a flanged edge, over which the fabric was stretched and held in position by an elastic band of spiral form. In this form of construction the fabric was not only liable to be injured by the strain across the flanged edge of the inner ring, but the spiral outer ring in passing over the flange of the inner ring became distended and in time would lose its power to hold the fabric in position. In some instances the inner ring has been formed of wood and the outer ring of an elastic spiral form covered or having wound therein some fabric; but in this form of construction the constant stretching of the elastic spring has destroyed its elasticity and worn out the fabric wound about or through it, and the exposed edges of the metallic spiral ring becomin g moistened from the hands of the operator have rusted and marred the fabric. My invention overcomes all these difficulties and objections and provides at the same time a light, neat, and indestructible article for the purpose described.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is An embroidery-holder comprising two concentric rings, the inner one of which is provided with a flexible fibrous band partially countersunk upon its outer surface, and the other providedwith a smooth face to engage and clamp the goods thereto, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of January, A. D. 1897.

LEWIS GIBBS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. R. MILLER, CHAS. M. BALL.