US738224A - Gage for cutting cloth. - Google Patents

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EAEENTED SEEE. s, 190s. N. A. MORSE. GAGE EOE CUTTING CLOTH.

APPLIOATION FILED DEO. 9, 1902.

No MODEL.

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Patented September 8, 1903 .v

PATENT CEEICE.Y

NORAA. MORSE, OF MANCHESTER, KANSAS.

GAGE FOR CUTTING CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,224, dated September 8, 1903.

Application iilecl December 9, 1902. Serial No. 134,529. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, NORA A. MORSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Man ehester, in the county of Dickinson and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Gage for Cutting Cloth, of which the following' isa specification..

This device relates to gages in general, but more particularly to that class of gages used by dressmakers, milliners, and others for mai-kin or cutting cloth or other material on the bias, its object being to provide a simple inexpensive device of this character that can be quickly and accurately adjusted to cut on the bias strips of cloth of any desired width and one that can be folded when not in use, so as to take up very little room.

lVith these and other objects in view my invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top view of my device, showing' the same in operation. Fig. 2 is a side view showing in dotted lines the manner of folding the gage. Fig. 3 is a top view showing the device folded. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line lV IV of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures, l indicates a triangular frame madeI of any suitable material, preferably wood, and comprises a pair of arms 2 and 3, arranged at right angles to each other and pivotally connected at their ad j oining ends by means of a hinge 4. The arms 2 and are provided with longitudinal slots 5, beginning at a point adjacent their abutting faces and extending to a point near their free ends and having their llat'side surfaces provided with obliquely-disposed graduations i3, corresponding to inches and fractions thereof. Pivotally and slidably mounted on said arms and adjustabl y secured theretoby means of set-screws is a diagonallywlisposed graduated bar or rule S. This bar or rule S is also provided with a longitudinal slot 9, having its under surface eountersnnk, as shown at l0, forming a guide for the head of the :uljusting-serews 7, which pass through said slot and the slots in the arms 2 and 3, respectively, and serve to clamp said bar at any desired position with relation to the arms. The ends of the right-angular arms 2 and 3 extend slightly beyond the extreme limit of movement of the bar S and have their free ends inclined or beveled at an angle coincident with the angle of inclination of the bar S and when the device is in use are adapted to rest against the marked or cut bias edge of the goods, thereby spacing the instrument and keeping the same parallel withthe line of bias during the operation of marking or cutting the cloth, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

The operation of my device is as follows: To set the gage, slide the bar S to any desired graduation on the arms 2 and 3 and securely clamp the same. Then place the gage on the cloth to be marked and with apeneil. or sharppointed chalk draw a line diagonally across the width of the goods, which will give the desired angle or inclina-tion. Now slide the bar 8 to a graduation corresponding to the width of strip to be cut and securely clamp the same. Place the bevel ends of the arms 2 and 3 at the first mark made and draw a second line. This will give the width of the strip to be cut on the bias, and by proceeding as described as many of such strips may be cut as desired. When it is desired to fold the gage, one of the setscrews 7-forinstanee, the lower one-is loosened and the bar 8 is then swung around in the direction of the arm 2, using the fixed set-screw as a pivot, as clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The arm may then be swung upwardly in the arc of a circle until it lies parallel with the arm 2.

From the foregoing description it will readily be seen that I have produced a gage capable of being quickly and accurately adj usted to cut on the bias strips of cloth of any desired width and by reason of its hinged connection and general arrangement of parts can be folded in a small compass when not in use. I do not, however, desire to limit myself to the particular applicationY of the device herein described, as it may be used for many purposes-such as determining various angles, as a carpenters gage, rule, &c.-but re- IOO serve the right to adapt it to such use as I may desire and to modify the construction Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my device and the operation thereof, what I claim is- 1. A device of the class described comprising a pair of slotted arms arranged at right angles to each other, hinged at their adjoining ends and having their free ends beveled, sai d arms bearing obliquely-disposed graduations, the graduation-marks on one arm being in line with the corresponding graduationmarks on the other arm, a diagonally-disposed slotted bar pivotally and slidably mounted on said arms, and a set-screw for adjusting the bar with relation to the arms, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with pairs of slotted arms arranged at right angles to each other and hinged at their adjoining ends, said arms bearing obliquely-disposed graduations, the graduation-marks on one arm being in line with the corresponding graduation-marks on the other arm, a diagonally-disposed slotted bar pivotally and slidably mounted on said bar, a set-screw passing through the slots in the bar and arms and adapted to clamp them together and also act as a pivot whereby the bar may be swung to a position substantially parallel with one of said arms and the other arm folded, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a pair of arms arranged at right angles to each other and hinged at their adjoining ends, said arms having their free ends inclined or beveled and provided on their flat side surfaces with obliquely-disposed graduations, the graduation-marks on one arm being in line with the corresponding graduation-marks on the other arm, a diagonally-disposed slotted bar pivotally and slidably mounted on the arms, a set-screw passing through the slots in the bar and arms and adapted to clamp them together and also act as a pivot whereby said bar may be swung to a position substantially parallel to one arm and the other arm folded, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NORA A. MORSE.

Iitnesses THOMAS E. DEWEY, J. A. YOUNG.

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