US880180A - Cobbler's sewing-tool. - Google Patents

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PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908. W. E. WARD.

GOBBLERS SEWING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1906.

WVILL IANI E. WARD, OF SPAULDING, CALIFORNIA.

COBBLERS SEWING-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

Application filed May 15. 1906. Serial No. 317.024.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM E. WARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spaulding, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, haveinvented a new and useful Cobblers Sewing-Tool, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of this invention is to provide a tool for the use of cobblers in sewing leather, which will dispense with the use of an expensive sewing machine and will at the same time be more rapid in operation than the ordinary hand awl.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tool for this purpose which can be operated by either hand or foot of the cobbler.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tool. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the device in operative position.

The device comprises two members 1, 2, pivotally connected together at 3 by a pin or screw and crossing one another at the pivotal point in the manner of a pair of pincers. Member 1 carries a needle 4 secured in a hole 5 in the end portion of said member by a screw 6. The member 2 has a notch or slot 7 in its end portion through which the needle passes in the operation of the device. A spring 8 attached to the member 1 extends forwardly between the end portions of the members 1 and 2 and terminates in a fork 9. adjacent to the slotted portion of the member 2, this-spring normally extending just out of contact with the end portion of the member 2.

10 designates the spool for carrying the sewing thread, the same being mounted on a stud 11 attached to the member 2 and controlled by a tension spring 12 surrounding said screw and engaging the end of the spool, the tension or pressure of said spring being adjusted by means of a nut 14 screwing on the said stud and engaging the end of the spring. Thread passes from the spool 10 through eyes 15 on the member 1 to the eye 16 of the needle 4.

The arms or portions of the members 1 and 2 which are on the side at the pivot 3 remote from the parts above described, are desirably rounded as at 17 to facilitate operation thereof by the hand. In general, it is desirable to provide also for foot operation of the device,

and for this purpose the member '2 is rovided with a bracket portion 18 adapter to engage over a suitable support, such as a table or shelf indicated at 19, the end of the member 2 being extended to receive a screw clamp 20 adapted to bear on the under face of said support to grip the same between the said clamp and the bracket 18, thereby sup porting the tool in position. A strap 21 is attached to the operating end of the member 1 and depends therefrom, the lower end of said strap having a pedal or foot-receiving loop 22 in convenient position for operation by the foot.

The operation of the device is as follows 2- Leather or fabric, such as a portion of a shoe, comprising two layers indicated at 23, 24, is inserted. between the ends of the member 2 and of the spring 8, said spring then bearing on the leather or fabric to hold it in position against the member 2. Said member 2 may therefore be termed the work supporting member as distinguished from the needle carrying member 1.. The member 1 is then operated either by pressure of the hand on the other end thereof, or by drawing on the strap 21 by inserting the foot in the pedal portion 22 and the consequent depression of this portion of the member 1 causes the other end thereof with the attached needle 4 to rise, driving said needle through the slot of the fork 9 in the end of spring 8 through the leather or fabric layers 23, 24, and through the slot 7 in the end of member 2. The eye 16 of the needle 4 being near the upper end thereof, this operation draws or drives the thread through the leather and carries a portion of the thread up beyond the leather, forming a loop above the leather. Another thread, indicated at 25, may then be threaded through this loop by means of a needle indicated at 26 in Fig. 3, and on then releasing the member 1 the spring 8 returns the said member to its original position, thereby drawing the needle down and pulling the thread back and forming a stitch in the leather, this operation'being repeated as.

the thread is thereby drawn at each return movement, preliminary to the next stitching operation.

What I claim is A sewing tool comprising a work-supporting member and a needlecarrying member, a needle carried by the latter member said members being pivoted together, and crossing one another, a s ring attached to the needle-carrying mem er and extending adjacent to the end of thework-supporting means, the end portion of the spring and of the work-supporting member being slotted for the passage of a needle, and the slotted end of the spring normally lying at a point between the end of the needle and work supporting member, and said work-supporting member being provided with spool-holding and tensioning means, and the needle-carrying member being provided with threadguiding means for drawing the thread from the spool and guiding it through the needle.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California. this 8th day of May, 1906.

WILLIAM E. WARD.

In presence of ARTHUR P, KNIGHT, BELL HALL.

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