US729588A - Tufting-frame. - Google Patents

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No. 729,588. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903. J. H. HORSTMAN. TUFTING FRAME.

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' APATENTE) JUNE 2, 1903. J. H. HORSTMAN. TUPTING FRAME.

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' JOHN HENRY HORSTMAN, OE CINCINNATI, omo.

TUFTINGFRAME.

A SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,588, dated June 2, 1903. Application tiled Ortober 24, 1902. Serial No. 128,FZ8. (No model.)

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Be it known that l', J OHN HENRY IIoRsT- MAN, a citizen of the 'United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tufting-Frames, of which the following is a speciiication.

Theobject of my invention is a tuftingframe in which the prods for passing through the burlap and cover may be readily adjusted longitudinally and transversely for use with tufts of different styles and sizes and which has a novel means for securing the tuftin g-button in place. rihis Objectis attained by the means described in the specication and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a cutting-frame embodying my invention, the right-hand end of the frame being shown with a piece of burlap over it, the center of the frame showing the burlap removed to expose the transverse bars and the tufting-prods mounted thereon, and the left-hand end of the frame showing the swinging side pieces broken away. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same upon an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of one end of a transverse bar,

showing two of the tufting-prods mounted thereon, upon an enlarged scale, with the swinging arms journaled thereon. Fig. 4 is a. detail side elevation of the same, one of the tufting-prods and the swinging arm mounted thereon for bending.` prongs of the tuftingbutton being shown in elevation and the other being shown in section. Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of one of the tufting-prods and the swinging arm, taken at a right angle to the view shown in Fig. 4. Fig. (i is a detail view of the same, taken in the same position as that shown in Fig. 4, the [ull line showing the position of the swinging member before the prongs are bent and the dotted line showing its position in the course of the operation. Fig. 7 is a detail View showing the tutt, the button, and the washer in the positions they occupy when the operation vis complete.

Referring to the parts, the tufting-frame consists of end members a a' and side members o? a3. Members a2 and a3 have a series of longitudinal perforations a4 to receive pins ZJ b', which project downward from the ends of transverse bars B. These porforations are placed at distances apart such that the transverse bars may be secured iu place at any desired distance apart, according to the style and size of the .uft to be formed. Upon bars I3 are mounted a series of adjustable tuftingprods C. End members o!y a are scaled olf, so that the prods C may be adjusted to the positions upon the transverse bars B, desired for the particular form of tuft being made. Upon side members u? a3 are hinged strips w" a, which are turned down upon ends of transverse bars B after they have been adjusted to hold them more firmly in place, as shown in Fig. 1.

Transverse bars B consist of parallel rods b2 b3, connected at their ends by a block b, from which the pins b and b' project.

Each of prods C consists of a dat vertical stud c, having lateral fingers c o2, which engage rods b2 b3 snugly, so as to allow ltheprods to be pushed along the rods to any desired position and to hold themselves in place with a yielding pressure. Between fingers c c2 and beneath stud c is secured a horizontal journal-pin c3, upon which aswinging arm c is journaled. Arm c4 has upon each side two guide-wings c5 c6. Arm c4 is capable of arevolution about pin c3 through an angle of one hundred and eighty degrees.

In operation after tuftingprods C have been adj usted to the positions desired for the style of tuft, the position shown in Fig. 1 being that used for diamond tufts, washers D are placed over each stud c, burlap c is placed over the frame and is pushed down, so that the prods C project u p through it. The frame has horizontal pins aB upon each side upon which the burlap is caught. Stay-rods F are then placed over the burlap and pushed through perforations a7 in the sides a2 n3 to hold the burlap in place, this being the only function of the rods F, and the same being removed after the operation is complete by sirnply pulling them out through the perforatons a7. The burlap beingin place, cover e',which has preferably been previously pierced at the requisite intervals with holes to receive the studs c, is placed upon the burlap, studs c IOO projecting up through the cover.

'frame pulls swinging arm first in one direction, which bends one of the prongs upward against the washer, and then pushesit in the other direction, which bends the other prong upward. After the tufts have been stuffed and the buttons inserted in place and bent, as thus described, the rods F being removed, the cushion may be readily removed from the franae, as the prongs and washers pass freely upward clear of the studs c, by an upward pull. Y

W'hat I claim is- 1. In a tufting-frame the combination of a frame, transverse bars adjustable longitudinally upon the frame, flat tu fting-preds adapted to project up through the cover and to enter between and to act as a guide for the prongs of the button in their passage through the goods and washelgsaid prods being mounted upon and adjustable along the transverse bars.

2. The combination of a flame, transverse bars adjustable longitudinally' upon the frame, each transverse bar consisting of two parallel rods, flat tufting-prods adapted to project up through the cover and to enter between and act asa guide for the prongs of the button in their passage through the goods and washers, said prods having fingers to engage the rods and to adapt them to slide transversely upon the rods to be adjusted to dif- "iszgrsasA ferent positions, substantially as shown and described.

prongs of tufting-buttons substantially as,

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4. A tufting-frame, transverse bars mounted upon the frame consisting 'of two parallel rods, tufting-prods mounted between the rods, a journal-pin secured between the rods beneath the tufting-prod, and a swinging arm journaled upon the pin for bending the prongs of tufting-buttonssubstantially as shown and described.

5. A't-ufting-frame, transverse bars mounted upon the frame consisting of two parallel rods, tnfting-prods each consistingof a stud with lateral fingers for adjustably engaging the rods, a [in mounted between the fingers beneath the stud, and a swinging arm journaled upon the pin for bending the prongs of tnfting-buttons substantially as shown and described.

6. A tufting-frame having in its side members a series of perforations, transverse bars having' at their ends downwardly-projecting pinsto engage the perforations for adj nsting the rods, strips hinged to the side members to be turned down upon the ends of the transverse bars, tuftiug-prods mounted adjustably upon the transverse bars substantially as shown and described.

.W. F. MURRAY, A. MCCORMACK.

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