US789063A - Attachment for emproidering-machines. - Google Patents

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No. 789,063. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905,

P. PRESCOTT.

ATTACHMENT FOR EMBROIDERING MACHINES.

- APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24.1904.

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PATENTED MAY 2, 1905.

F. PRESCOTT. ATTACHMENT FOR EMBROIDERING MACHINES.

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No. 789,063. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. P. PRESCOTT.

ATTACHMENT FOR EMBROIDERING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED IBB. 24.1904.

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my WW UNTTED- STATES FRANK PRESCOTT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO Patented May 2, 1905.

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GEORGE W. TREMAIN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ATTACHMENT FOR EMBROlDERlNG-IVIACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,063, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed February 24, 1904. Serial No. 195,118.

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Be it known that I, FRANK PRESCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Embroidering-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holding attachment for embroidery-machines, and particularly that class known as Swiss embroiderymachines, and including means for manual operation thereof, as well as what is known as a garter, which is generally of wood and surrounds a frame to which the goods or portions of a garment to be embroidered are applied and the whole organization disposed in operative relation to particularly arranged embroidering-needles.

The present mode of embroidering fabrics or articles of Wearing-apparel, such as skirts, is to pin the skirt, for instance, as the latter comes from the manufacturer and having all gores sewed up with the back-seam left open to a foundation of crinoli'neyli nen, orother analogous material, the said foundation being previously spanned or appliedwithin the confines of the garter by'meansof hooks and rollers and stretched firmly. I This mode of applying a skirt has been found very expensive and requires too much time. The attachment embodying the features of the invention includes a plurality of adjustable frames of' a simple and efiective construction and having securing means to which either sewed-up skirts or other garments or the cut gores or parts of garments may be attached and positively held during the embroidering operation, the frames being adjustable to position them advantageously in relation to the embroidering-needles.

Another advantage of the improved attachment is its capability of embroideringa sewedup skirt or analogous garment without injury to the garment and dispensing with the use of any foundation material, and thereby materially reduce the labor and time required to place the garment into proper position in the garter to receive the embroidery at any exact place required.

The attachment will include in addition to its fullcomplement of frames a plurality of similar frames, to which skirts, gores, or parts of garments may be attached during the operation of the machine, in connection with another set of frames, so that when the latter frames are removed from the garter, carrying skirts, gores, or portions of garments in which the embroidery work has been completed, the additional frames, carrying the other gores or portions of garments, may be immediately substituted in the garter, and thereby materially save time in the embroidery operation in relation to a number of garments. The frames are also provided with means for disposing previously marked or measured gores or portions of garments therein after one set of the latter has been spanned up without delay by using the position of the first gores or portions as a gage for the ones in the substitute frames.

A further and very important advantage of the present improved attachment is the ability to install the same in operative relation to the embroidering-machine with which it is adapted to be used without requiring a difiicult or extensive rearrangement of the parts of such machine.

' The attachment includes in its organization a series of elements unitedly contributing to the expeditious and positive application of the portions of garments or of fabrics to be embroidered thereto without injury to the fabric, and particularly without injuring a complete skirt or other garment applicable to the frames.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a garter of an embroidering-machine, showing a part of the attachment embodying the features of the invention disposed therein. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with the frames adjusted. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a portion of one extremityof one of the frames and support therefor.v Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a portion of one of the frames, showing the parts open. Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-section on the line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an enlarged transverse vertical section on the line 6 6, Fig. 3.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates the garter of an embroidering-machine of the class hereinbefore mentioned, and therein is arranged a skeleton support consisting of an end bar 2, an inter erence to oneportion of the attachment embodying duplicate structuresin upper and lower positions for the sake of brevity only I one set of said structures will be referred to.

Extending longitudinally from the end bar 2 and intermediate bar 3 above and below the central bar 4 are pairs of longitudinal projections 6, connected to an arcuate brace 7, having terminal members 8 extendingto the bars 4, the-arcuate brace 7 centrally. projecting toward the bar 3. Extending in reverse directions from the bar 3 above and below the central bar 4 are pairs of longitudinal projections 9, which are materially shorter than the projections 6 and connect with elongated arcuate braces 10. The-arcuate braces have their concave edges disposed toward the braces 7, and movably arranged between the said braces 7 and 10 are holding-frames 11, which in the present instance simulate the shape of skirt-gores, though other contours may be adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention.

As clearly shown by section in Fig. 3, each brace 7 has a lower oflfset or supporting-ledge 12 at its inner edge, and the brace 10 is similarly constructed or provided at its inner concave edge with a ledge or offset. At the reduced end of each frame 11 is a connectingbar 13, having anouter concave edge whichis applied to and adjustable on the ledge 12 of the brace 7. The opposite enlarged end of the frame has a connecting-bar 14 with a convex edge supported by and movable on the ledge or flange of the brace 10. The opposite terminals of the braces 10 are arranged in such manner relatively to the loops 5 that the frames 11 when adjusted may be readily moved through the said loops, as clearly shown by Fig. 2. To hold the ends of each frame in positive adjusted position, clamps 15 and 16 are hinged, respectively, to the projections 6 and 9 and extend over the braces 7 and 10. The clamp 15 has a pair of side arms '17, hinged to the projections 6 and continuing at their inner terminals into or secured to an areuate clamping member 18, conforming in degree of curvature to the brace .7 and':p1'oject ing over a part of the latter. The clamp 16 has side arms 19 hinged to the projections 9 and continuinginto or formed wit-h an arcuate member 20, which is adapted to extend over a greaterportion of the brace 10. Both braces 15 and 16 have their arcuate members 18 and 20 engaged by clamping-screws 21 to hold them against the braces in positive position and bind on theconnecting-bars 13 and 14 at the opposite ends of each frame. The clamping member 20 has the same arcuate contour as the brace 10 and is much longer than the member 18 of the clamp 15 to positively engage the connecting-bar 14 at the enlarged end of the frame 11 Each clamp may bereleased by loosening the set or thumb screws 21 and the frames shifted as desired to. bring the'gores or other garment .portions carried thereby in operative embroidery arrangement relative to the embroidering-needlesembodied in the'machine with which the attachment is used to permit the embroideringoperation to be carried on at some exact point inthe gores or garment portions held by the frames. Furthermore, the frames 11 can he easily adjusted in uniform positions relatively to each other by the employment of the clamps specified without :requiring a removal of the frames from the attachment, and under such conditions the gores or garment portions held by the frames may have similar parts thereof embroidered regularly. The ends of I the frames, as clearly shown by .Figs. 3and 5,are partially embraced between the members 18 and 20 of the clamps and the ledgesof the arcuate members, seats being formed between the latter parts when the clamps are held against the braces which are deep enough to render the retention of the opposite ends of the frames efiective. The clamps 15.and 16 can be thrown outwardly at anytime desired to remove a frame or to replace the latter by another, and it is proposed to include with each attachment a plurality of frames, whereby while one set of frames is held in the attachment and has gores or garment portions secured therein and undergoing the embroidering operation another set of such framesmay be prepared or have gores or garment portions applied thereto to replace those in the attachment, and thusthe gores, garments, or portions of garments of alike contour ornature may be rapidly embroideredin sequence. The connecting-bars 13 and 14 are also scaled or divided by marks into a sufiicient number of proportionate divisions, and the cooperating members .18 and 20 are ,provided with a single mark or notch, as shown, to operate with said divisions and providefor tightening of all frames in exact relative positions. The frames 11 each has scale-marks 22 applied to opposite sides thereof, said scalemarks representing inches and fractions of an inch or other measuring system and adapted for use in properly disposing skirts, gores, or portions of garments within the frames in a positive manner or so that a number of like skirts or portions of garments may occupy the same position relative to their widths and lengths to similarly carry on the embroidering operation at the same point or over the same length and width of surface with respect to a number of garments or portions of the latter.

Each frame 11, as shown by Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6, is made up of what may be termed a rigid back 23, having the side and end bars thereof connected to each other or continuous, and movable clamping-bars 24 with terminal arms 25 at an angle thereto, the clampingbars being held in connection with the back 23 through the medium of elongated outwardly-projecting looped springs or connec- .nectors 26, formed from suitable bands of spring metal and terminally secured, respectively, to the back and the bars. The arms 25 of the bars when the latter are forced against the back have their ends abutting against each other at the center of the end bars of said back, and the clamping-bars are forced in close relation to the back by the clamps 15 and 16. By using the looped springs or resilient connectors 26 the surplus portions of the opposite edges of a skirt or gore are permitted to project beyond the opposite sides of the frame without injuring the skirt or garment portion, and by this means also the projecting part of the skirt or garment portion is protected or shielded during the adjustment of the frame, particularly when the latter is moved through one of the loops 5. In spanning the garment or portion of the latter within the frame it will be obvious that some means must be employed to positively maintain the garment or portion in taut stretched condition, and it will be understood that it is preferable to use means which will not in the least injure the fabric. To meet this contingency, the back 23 of each frame has one side of the connected side and end bars formed with an angular seat 27, including a maximum angular projection 28, extending outwardly from a maximum angular depression 29, the inner and outer portions of the seat continuing into straight shoulders 30. Cooperating with the seat 27 are corresponding maximum projections 31 and depressions 32, formed in the inner sides of the clamping-bars and their arms 24, the said clamping-bars also having shoulders 33 to coincide with the shoulders 30. When the garment or portion of the latter is disposed between the back 23 and clamping-bars 24 and the latter forced toward the back 23, the garment or part of the latter will be firmly held between the back and clamping-bars without injury to the fabric and with material advantage in spanning up the garment or part of the latter. By means of the structure just set forth the garment or part of the latter may be more expeditiously applied to and removed from the frame.

The attachment will be found exceptionally useful in embroidering-machines of not only the particular type heretofore set forth, but in other machines. It is proposed to vary the proportions whenever found necessary and also the details of construction, and the materials used will be those best adapted for the purpose. It will also be understood that the attachment may be used in connection with machines operated by power generated by motors or otherwise and is not confined exclusivel y to manually-operated embroideringmachines. As the embroidering machine forms no part of the present invention, it has not been referred to in detail or shown in the accompanying drawings, the attachment being adapted for application to difierent types of embroidering-machines using a garter or surrounding frame.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. An attachment of the character specified, com prising a support having end bars and longitudinal connecting-bars, and frames adjustably mounted in the support, said longitudinal bars being each formed with openings to receive the frames in movement.

2. In an attachment of the character specified, a support having end bars and longitudinal connecting-bars, frames adjustably mounted in the support, each of said longitudinal bars being constructed with a loop-form opening to receive the frames in movement, and means for securing the frames in adjusted position.

3. In an attachment of the character specified, a support comprising end bars and longitudinal connecting bars, frames adjustably mounted in the support, each of said longitudinal bars being constructed with a loopform opening to receive the frames in movement, and clamps for securing the frames in adjusted position. y

t. An attachment of the character specified comprising supports having end bars and longitudinal connecting-bars, frames adjustably mounted in the supports, each of said longitudinal bars being constructed with a loopform opening to receive the frames in movement, and means for securing the frames in adjusted positions, said frames having clamping-bars cooperating therewith.

5. An attachment of the character specified comprising a support having end bars and longitudinal connecting-bars, braces connecting the longitudinal bars, frames formed at their opposite ends to fit the braces'and movable thereon, each of said longitudinal bars being constructed with a loop-form opening to receive the frames in movement, and means for securing the frames in position.

6. In an attachment of the characterispeci- In testimonywhereofl afiix my signaturein fied, end bars, longitudinal connecting-bars, presence of two witnesses. and frames adjustably mounted intermediate the connecting-bars,-each ofsaid connecting- 5 .bars :being formed intermediate .its ends of Witnesses:

two members spaced apart vto provide .open- W. S. HEPBURN, ingsto receive the frames in movement. G. W. RANKIN.

FRANK PRESCOTT.

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