US854105A - Sewing and embroidering machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTED MAY 21, 190?.

, T. ONEILL. SEWINGJAND EMBROIDERING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED 001. 15, 1906.

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ll-I PATBNIED MAY 21, 1907.

T. O'NEILL.

APPLIOATION FILED 001315, 1906.

Witnesses I Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

THOMAS ONEILL, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF ROYAL EMBROIDERY WORKS, OF NEW YORK,

OF NEW YORK.

TO N. Y., A CORPORATION SEWING AND EMBROIDEHING MACHINE.

To all whom, it may-concern:

Be. it known that I, THOMAS ONEILL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the'borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Sewing and Embroidering Machines, of which the following is'a specification- The object'I have in view is the production of a machine for sewing on embroidery, braid, chenille, cord, tape, gold braid, gold cord, appliqu, and ornamentation'in general, with an invisible or blind stitch, which will be superior 'to. those heretofore I constructed.

My invention also relates to means for sewing on embroidery of all kinds in a plurality of. rows, with the rows stitched together in addition to being stitched at the backing.

My invention further relates, to means for sewing on embroidery, braid and the like on its edge and in one or more rows.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 show a mechanism for carrying out my invention, 2 5 and in which Figure l is an elevation of the head of a Stein No. 1 universal sewing machine, showing one form of my invention applied thereto, Fig. 2 is a front view of the lower end of 0 the needle bar, with the invention applied, 'Fig. 3 is a section thereof taken atright angles to Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a top view of the nipple shown in Figs. 2 and 3, Fig. 5 is a top view of a modified form of the nipple shown 3 5 in Fig. 4, Fig, 6 is a sectional view of the nipple and work, showing another form ol" the invention, Figs. 7 the work as done with the nipple shown in Fig. 4, F 9 and 1.0 are detailviews ol the work done with the nipple shown in Fig. (5. Fig. ll is a side elevation ol the complete machine which is partially illustrated in Fig. 1.- Fig. 12 is a front view 01 a portion of the structure shown in Fig". 11., and Fig. 13 45. is a detailed sectional view of part of the mechanism shown in Figs. 11 and 12.

in all of the views,ilke parts are designated by the same relerence characters.

in carrying out my invention, i provide a sewing machine with an attachment for sewin; embroidery, braid and the like, on cloth with an invisible or blind. zigzag stitch.

and 8 are detail views ol" The Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed 00 0 eri5, 1906. Serie1No. 338.919.

Patented May 21,1907.

embroidery or other material which is to be attached to the cloth, and passing the needle through the bent portion in a manner similar to that shown in the ordinary form of tailors blind stitch sewing machines, such as have been on the market for many years, or as indicated in the patent ofRobert Cornely, No. 798,878, dated September 5, 1905.

The needle is arranged to make a zigzag stitch through the embroidery or other material which is to be attached to the cloth. This stitch is obtained referably'by oscillating the needle and nee le support so that the stitching may be made alternately upon one side and the other of the center line. Where a plurality of rows of material is to be attached to the cloth, they may be arranged side by side with a single row oistitehing alternately enga ing with one row, ;and the other and the-cloth, whereby the two rows will be not only secured to the cloth but to each other.

Where more than two rows are used, the stitch must be made so as to go from one row to the adjacent row, and then so on back and forth from the outer rows, so that all of the'rows will be joined together as well as to the cloth on which they are sewed.

In the drawings, Figs. 1, 1.1, 12 and 13 show the head of a No. 1 Stein universal sewing machine which works on the same principle as that shown'in the patent to Adolphe V. Deshayes 462,858, dated November 10, 1891, but with myimprovement applied thereto. In such a machine, without my attachment, a zigzag stitch is made entirely through the embroidery or other material to be sewed to the cloth, so that the stitch shows and is not invisible. i

in Fig. 1, the driving shaft 1, through the agency of the earn 2, reciprocates the needlebar 3, which carries the needle 4. 'lhe needle bar is provided with a universal joint 5,

and is oscillated in the usual manner by means of a cam (i, which is actuated by the bell-crank lever 7, which engages with the earn 8, on the counter-shalt 9, which is rotated throughgearing 10 from the driving shaft 1. A cam block 11 restricts the nmvement of the bell crank lever.7 and correspondingly limits the extent of oscillation ol the needle-bar and needle. By changing the relation of the gears 10 and the cam 8, the oscillation of the blind stitching is secured by bending the needle-bar can be such that three or more rows of applied material may he sewed simulcarried by the needle shaft 3.

the cam 49.

shaft 39 and has a squared portion 5.)

taneousl v,-thc stitch passing from one row of braid to the adjacent one and back and forth from the outside rows. The nipple l2 so supported upon the head of the machine that'it is elevated at the proper time to permit the feed of the cloth.

The usual cloth feeding mechanism is employed, to feed the cloth c upon the table or plate 67. This mechanism operates as folows, it being understood that this description is applied to the old and well known No. 1 Stein universal sewing machine: A crank 21, arranged so as to be conveniently actuated by the operator, turns a miter gear 22 which meshes with a miter gear 23 carried by the shaft 24. This shaft 24 has a miter gear 25 which meshes 'with a fourth miter ear 26 "on a shaft'27. One end of this shaft 27 is provided with a miter gear 28, which intermeshes with a miter gear29, which revolves the usual shuttle around the needle; the shuttle is mounted in the casing 30. The shuttle, is not shown, for its construction is too well known to need specific illustration. A miter gear 31 on the other end of the shaft 27 engages with a miter gear 322, which is ear-' ried by the lower end of a vertical shaft 33. A miter gear 34 on the upperend of the shaft 33 intermeshes with the miter gear 35,'Which' is carried upon one end ofa horizontal shaft 36. The other end of this shaft is provided with a miter gear 37, which gear intermeshes with a miter gear 38, which is mounted upon thevcrtical tubular shaft 39. Within this tubular shaft the needle shaft 3 reciprocates a fitting 40 for the shank of the nipple 12. A spur gear 4i is connected to turn with the miter gear 38, and is in engagement withii spur gear 42 on the lower end of a shaft 43 which carries a spur gear +1 on its upper end. Thisspur gear 4-! meshes with a'spur gear 45 The )rcsserfoot 46 is secured to the lower end ol an oscillating arm 47. The shaft 3!) has loosely -mounted upon it a sleeve in. This sleeve is )rovided with a cum 4), said sleeve and cam icing vcrticaltv rcciprocatcd by being carried on a slide 50, which is rcciprocated bv the same mechanism which reciprocates wit 1 the needle bar. This mechanism includes a crank pin 5] on the disk '2 which cngagcswith A lcvcr 52 is pivoted in a sleeve This sleeve is rigidly secured to the which passes through an elongated rectangular opening in a. collar 5-1.. The lower end 55 of the lever 52 engages wit h the collar 54, which collar is conneclcd to the oscillating arm 47: This arm l-7 is pivoted at 56, and a guide 57 surrounds t he tubular shaft 39 and is )ivoted to the slide 58. ()ne'ai'ni 5!) of a bell crank lever which is acted upon by the shaft 1 engagcswith the slide 58.

he other arm 60 of the bell crank lever 18 acted on by a cam (31,

performed. As shown in Figs; 2, 3 and 4, two rows of braid, a,'b are simultaneously sewed upon the cloth 0. The nipple 12 has a b. Instead of the two slots 15,16, the separating partition may, be removed and a sin *le lon er slot provided, but this-is not desira le guided within the nipple, to secure the best results. feetlv vertical with its walls parallel to the needle. The slots 15 and '16 are inc-lined. as shown in Fig. 3. A'separating partition 17 out the depth of the slots. The width of the rial which is being will-be noticed from and 16 connect with the passage l-t mtermewidth of the passage 14 at the bottom is the the, top. Accordinglv the braid or embroider T (t and b passing through the slots 15 and passage 14 which will be of such size as to make a snuglit therefor; 'lheneedle 4 being caused to oscillate as itis alternately raised and lowered will make alternate stitches in the rows of braid a and I), such stitch being of the zigzag sha )e shownin Figs. 7 and 8. The needle will pass longitmlinally through the braid, where the'latter is bent around the lower edge of the nipple so that the' stitching the right side of the goods.

so'that the material which is being attached to the cloth will be confined at both the front. and rear. There will, therefore, be no possi= far as to cause the needletopa's H v through the material and thereby expose the up the material and render the work valueless. The applied material aand b entering the nipple at the top, permits, it to be't'ed with a minimum amount of friction, which cording to the character of the work to be foot 13 containing a assage 14 for the needle, and slots 15, 16 for t 1e braid or embroidery a,

The passage 14' is shown as peris 'loeated'between the passage 14 and the slots 15 and 16, but does not extend through-- .diate the ends of the latter, and that the same as the widtliot the'slots l5 and 16 at will be concealed and willl'no't be apparent on bility of the applied material being fed inso n r y I '1 stitchon the upper surface thereof, or pueker as t e two rows of braid should be separately slots l5.and 16 is such as-to make a sn ug fit with, the embroidery or br id or other mate= appliec to the cloth. It; ig. 3, that the slots 15' 16 will pass out at the bottom through the The rear wall 18 of the passage 14 extends V down to the same level as the front wall 19';

would be impossible were the material to enter at the side. which would put another bend. in it above the place where it bends around the edge 19.

The invention may be modified inv many ways for attaching materials in different manners. In Fig. 5, a single opening 20 is provided in the nipple for a single row of ma terial to be applied to the cloth. In this case, the needle will alternately engage with the underside of the material adjacent to its edges. In Fig. 6, is shown a mod ified form of nipple for applying the material to the cl oth so that it will stand u on one edge, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. I ere the amount of osc-il lation of the needle is reduced very much so that the zigzag is not so pronounced as before. It may be sulliciently great, however, to alternately engage with the under side of the applied material close to opposite edges. In this nipple the edge 19 must be cut away in order to permit the applied material to pass freely out of the ni ple. The edge 18, however, is not removed so that a guide is formed for the bend of the material, in order to'prevent it ever getting out of the path of the needle.

My invention may be employed in connection with all forms or ornamentation of cloth for applying embroidery, a )pliqu, braid, strips of the same goods or (ii 'l'erent goods, or anything in fact, to cloth. WVhero two or more rows are used, they Will be stitched togcthcr, and it is possible with this machine to stitch the rows of embroidery much closer to Y gether and in a much more neat manner than. is possiblcby hand or by the ordinary sewing machine.

In accordance with the provisions of the 1 What manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A sewing machine having-means for reciprocating the needle, means for oscillating the needle and means for maintaining a plurality of rows of material to be applied upon the cloth within the sphere of action of the needle, and means for maintaining the material in a bent backward position so that the needle passes through the bent portion of the material and a blind zigzag stitch is pro duced. v

2. In an embroidering machine, the combination of means for attaching material to a backing with a blind zig-zag stitch feeding mechanism, and means for varying the direc tion of feed of the machine at the will of the operator.

In an embroidering machine, the com:

bination of means for attaching a pluralit of rows of material to a backing with a b ind zigzag stitch feeding mechanism, and meal for varying the direction of feed of the in chine at the will of the operator. 4..An improved nipple for a sewing machine having a passage for the needle and an inclined slott'or the material to be applied to the cloth, the front wall of the needle passage extending down to a level with its back wall. In a sewing machine, the combination with a nipple having a passage therethrough, of a needle, and means for reciprocating and oscillating the needle, the said nipple also having a slottor the material to be applied to the cloth, the said passage being inclined and open at its upper cnd'and communicating at its lower end with. the needle passage, the

is merely illustrative and that the invcntion can. bc carried out in. other ways.

llaving now particularly described and as- 1 ccrtaincd the nature o'l' my HU'tllllUll, :tmllll.

width of the needle passage being such that the material to be applied to the cloth may be freely but snugly incloscd therein.

'lhis slpecilication signed and witnessed this 8t llt a v of October, 1906.

THOMAS ONEILL.

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