US818557A

US818557A - Skirt-scribing platform.

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Publication number: US818557A
Application number: US28035205A
Authority: US
Inventors: Walter Heman Porter
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-09-27
Filing date: 1905-09-27
Publication date: 1906-04-24
Anticipated expiration: 1923-04-24

Description

No. 818,557. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906. W. H. PORTER. SKIRT SGRIBING PLATFORM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27. 1905.

UNITED sra r zs PATENT ()FFIOF.

SKIRT-SCRIBING PLATFORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application file September 27,1905. Serial No. 280,352.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER HEnAN POR- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Skirt-Scribing Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a new and useful device by which in the fitting of a ladys skirt to the wearer the fitter may accurately mark upon the skirt while it is upon the wearer the line entirely around the skirt where it should be cut or turned up, so that the skirt shall hang the right distance from the floor or ground and give the exact length for turning and hemming the garment.

The object of this invention is to provide a rotatable platform on which the wearer will stand while the marking is being done, and a scribing device which can be rotated around the platform independently of the rotation of the platform, and also to make the scribing device slidable radially to its circular path of rotation around the platform and rotatable or oscillating in a horizontal plane with relation to its support to accommodate the folds of the dress and always remain at right angles to the surface of the garment.

The invention will now be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the claims at the close of the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the device with the platform removed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the crayon-holder and a portion of its supporting-rod to show how the crayon-holder is mounted. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the crayonholder on line 4 4 of Fig. 3, showing the vertical supporting-rod in full lines. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view on line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

A vertical rod B for supporting the plat form is screwed or otherwise secured to a base A. The table or platform 0 has secured on its under side a downwardly-extending slecve-bearing e, by which the platform is revolubly connected with.thc vertical rod B. The rod B is provided with an annular groove g, with which a thumb-screw l),which passes through the side of the sleeve e, engages. By

setting the screw 1) up tight the platform may be held against rotation on the rod, or by slightly loosening the thumb-screw b it will still be entered in the groove g sulliciently to prevent the platform from accidentally being pulled off of the rod, at the same time permitting the platform to be revolved, and by entirely witlnlrawing the screw 0 from the groove the platform may be lifted off of the rod.

Mounted on the rod B below the sleevebearing e is a sleeve], which revolves on said rod. Secured to the sleeve f is a horizontal arm D, which extends radially outward beneath the platform C and which by means of the sleevef may be revolved on the rod B as an axis. Preferably this horizontal arm consists of two rods D D tied together. On this horizontal arm is a shoe E, which is slidable horizontally on said arm. The preferred form of connection is to have the rod D pass through a hole in the shoe, and one advantage of having the arm formed in two branches D and l), both rods passing through the slide, is to hold the shoe firmly against turning on the arm. Passing vertically through a hole in the shoe E is a vertical .rod .F, which may be adjusted up or down and which is clamped in its adjusted position by a thumbscrew Q.

Mounted on the upper end of the vertical rod F is a chalk-holder G, which is so mounted as to be rotatable in a horizontal plane. The means shown by which the chalk-holder is rotatably connected with the vertical rod F is to provide the chalk-holder with a boss 71, which is formed with an annular socket in the under side to receive the upper end of the rod F. The rod F is formed with an annular groove 1 in its periphery, into which enters a pin m, which passes through the side of the boss 71. and engages with the annular groove Z to prevent displacement of the chalk-holder, yet permitting its rotation on the rod F in a similar manner to that in which the platform 0 is made rotatable on the SUPPUltiHg-lOd B. It is intended that the pin in shall not be set up sul'l'iciently to clamp the chalk-holder to the rod F, but to leave it free to rotate.

\Vhen the device is to be used, the person to whom the skirt is to be fitted may stand upon the platform 0. The rod F may then be adjusted to the proper position to bring the chalk-holder to the right elevation. The shoe E may be moved horizontally in or out on the arm D to bring the chalk into contact with the skirt. Then the operator by taking he ld of the chalk-holder can swing the arm D, carrying the vertical rod F and chalk-holder, entirely around the platform and individual standing on it,.so as to circumscribe the entire skirt, and at the same time on account of the shoe E being slidable on the horizontal arm D he may move the rod F and chalkholder in and out, as desired, to accommodate the folds of the dress and also may turn the chalk-holder on its vertical axis to always keep the point of the chalk at right angles, or practically at right angles, with the garment.

It sometimes is the case that after the chalk-line has been made entirely around the skirt by moving the chalk-holder it is desirable to rotate the platform on which the individual stands without moving the chalkholder, so that the fitter can see the effect or for other purpose, and for that reason the platform is also made rotatable; but if it is desired to have the platform held against rotation whilethe marking is being done it can easily be accomplished by setting up thumbscrew b.

What I claim is 1. A skirt-scribing device having a platform rotatably mounted on a standard, a hori zontal arm pivotally connected with saidstandard so as to rotate in a horizontal plane around the axis of said standard independently of the rotation of the platform and a marking device carried by said horizontal arm.

2. A skirt-scribing device having a rotatable platform, a horizontal arm radial to said platform and rotatable on an axis in. alinement with the axis of rotation of the platform independently of the rotation of the platform, and a scribing device carried by said horizontal arm, said scribing device being rotatable in a horizontal plane independently of the rotation of either said platform or horizontal arm.

3. A skirt-scribing device having a platform rotatably mounted on a standard, a horizontal arm pivotally connected with said standard so as to rotate in a horizontal plane around the axis of said standard as a center independently of the rotation of the platform, and a marking device carried by said horizontal arm, said marking device being rotatable in a horizontal plane independently of the rotation of either said platform or horizontal arm.

4. A skirt-scribing device having a rotatable platform, a horizontal arm radial to said platform and rotatable on an axis in alinement with the axis of rotation of the platform independently of the rotation of the platform, a slide mounted on said horizontal armand freely movable thereon radially toward and from the platform, a vertical rod carried by said slide and vertically adjustable, means for holding said rod in its adjusted position and a marker carried by said vertically-adjustable rod. I

5. A skirt-scribing device having a rotatable platform, a horizontal arm radial to said platform and rotatable on an axis in alinement With the axis of rotation of the platform independently of the rotation of the platform, a slide mounted on said horizontal arm and freely movable thereon radially toward and from the platform, a Vertical rod carried by said slide, and vertically adjustable, means for holding said rod in itsadjusted position, and a marker carried by said vertically-adjustable rod, said marker being rotatable in a horizontal plane independently of the rotation of said horizontal arm and platform.

6. A skirt-scribing device having a horizontal arm rotatable in a horizontal plane on a vertical axis, a platform located within a' circle Whose center is in alinement with the axis of rotation of said arm, the outer end of said arm projecting beyond the outer edge of the platform, and a scribing device carried by said horizontal arm, said scribing'device being rotatable in a horizontal plane independently of the rotation of the horizontal arm.

7. A skirt-scribing device having a horizontal arm rotatable in a horizontal plane on a vertical axis, a platform located within a I circle whose center is in alinement with the axis of rotation of said arm, the outer end of said arm projecting beyond the edge of the platform, a slide mounted on said horizontal arm and freely movable thereon radially toward and from the platform, a vertical rod carried by said slide and vertically adjustable, means for holding said rod in' its adjusted position, and a marker carried by said vertically-adjustable rod, said marker being rotatable in a horizontal plane independently of the rotation of said horizontal arm.

8. A skirt-scribing device having a rotatable platform, means for clamping at will said platform against rotation, a horizontal arm radial to said platform and rotatable on an axis in alinement with the'axis of rotation of the platform independently of the rotation of the platform, and a scribing device carried by said horizontal arm, said scribing device being rotatable in a horizontal plane independently of the rotation of either said platform or horizontal arm.

9. A skirt-scribing device having a platform rotatably mounted on a standard, a horizontal arm carried by a sleeve rotatably journaled on said standard below the platform, a horizontal arm pivotally connected with said standard so as to rotate in a horizontal plane around the axis of said standard independently of the rotation of the platform and a marking device carried by said horizontal arm. I

10. A skirt-scribing device having a platform mounted on a standard, a plurality arms carried by a sleeve rotatably journaled on said standard below the platform and projecting radially to the axis of rotation in the same vertical plane With each other, a slide supported jointly by both of said radial arms and freely movable thereon, a vertical rod carried by said slide and vertically adjustable to ditferent elevations, means for clamp ing said vertical rod in its adjusted position and a el1all -holder carried by said vertical rod.

11. A skirt-scribing device having a platform mounted on a standard, a plurality of arms carried by a sleeve rotatably journaled on said standard below the platform and projecting radially to the axis of rotation in the same vertical plane With each other, a slide supported jointly by both of said radial arms and freely movable thereon, a vertical rod carried by said slide and vertically adjust able to different elevations, means for clamping said vertical rod in its adjusted position and a chalk-holder carried by said vertical rod, said chalk-holder being rotatable in a lwrizontal plane independently of the rotation of said radial arms.

12. A skirt-scribing device having a rotaof table platform, a horizontal arm radial to said platform and rotatable on an axis in alinement with the axis of rotation of the platform inde wndently of the rotation of the platform, and a scribing device carried by said horizontal arm, said scribing; device being rotatable in a horizontal plane independently of the rotation of either said platform or horizontal arm, the platform being mounted upon said standard by means of a tubular bearing secured to the said platform and ex tending dowmvardly therefrom to receive the upper end of the standard, an annular groove in said standard and a thumb-screw which passes through the side of said bearing and is adapted to engage with said groove whereby the platform may be either clamped fast to the standard or the screw may be adjusted t0 clltel' the gl'OUYC ill Sllt ll Illiulll (T 15 to P01- init rotation of the platform but prevent it from being lifted from the standard or it may be set back far enough to permit removal of the platform at will.

lVAL'llllt HEMAN \Vit-nesses:

CHARLES C. VIIAGERTY, EvELYN A. BLAKE.

PORTER.