US946452A - Embroidery-hoop. - Google Patents

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W. 0. MAYNARD. EMBROIDERY HOOP.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 9, 1907.

946,452; Patented Jan; 11, 1910.

enrrnn sraa rs PATENT carton WILLIAM C. MAYNARD, OF MIAMI, FLOR-IDA, ASSIGNOB TO THE GIBBS MANUFACTUR- ING- COMPANY, OF CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

EMBROIDERY-HOOP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. MAYNARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Miami, county of Dade, State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidery-Hoops, of which the following is a full, clear, and complete disclosure.

This invention relates to embroidery hoops or rings adapted to telescope with each other for the purpose of holding a piece of fabric or other flexible material fiat, so that the latter may be conveniently held while being embroidered or otherwise treated.

In the use of the hoops or rings it is required that the fabric being held be drawn tightly over the inner hoop or ring and held firmly at all points of the circumference of the surface being" embroidered or otherwise treated. It is also necessary that the fabric be clamped or held in such a manner that the fabric and the embroidery or other matter upon the surface thereof shall not be injured or abraded. It is therefore necessary that one of the hoops shall have some means for easily releasing its pressure or increasing its diameter so that the fabric may be easily and smoothly inserted between the hoops, after which the clamping action will hold the fabric firmly without further injurious frictional movement.

In the prior patent, No. 610,658, granted to me September 13, 1898, I have shown an embroidery hoop, the present application being for an improvement thereon.

Briefly stated, the improvement constituting this invention resides in placing the split portion of the ring or hoop beneath the flat guide at one side of an elastic or arched spring attached to the ends of the hoop. In this construction, owing to the contact of the extreme ends of the split ring with the same portion of the guide said ends are held in alinement and also pressed down toward the center of the ring so as to be maintained accurately and continuously in the line of the circle forming the main body of the ring or hoop, thus preventing the ends of the ring or hoop from springing from the fabric and allowing the same to become less tightly stretched at points beneath the spring.

For a full and exact description of one embodiment of my invention, which I at present deem preferable, reference may be had to the following specification and to the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 9, 1907.

Patented J an. 11, 1910 Seria1 1\To. 396,577.

accompanying drawing forming a part thereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved embroidery hoop in use, and showing the manner in which the inner ring may be removed or inserted when carrying the article upon which it is used; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the inner and outer rings showin the manner of attaching the outer ring; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the outer ring, the inner, ring being removed.

In the drawing the numeral 1 indicates the inner ring and the numeral 2 the outer one. These rings may be of any desired size, according to the size of the surface and the character of the material being embroidered or otherwise treated. The rings 1. and 2 are of such relative diameter that the inner surface of the outer ring 2 will contact with the outer surface of the inner ring 1 with the requisite degree of pressure when in use. This degree of pressure may, of course, be regulated by the shape and character of the spring 3 attached to the outer ring 2. This spring is made in the shape indicated most clearly in Fig. 2 and has a flattened end portion 4 which substantially fits the curved periphery of the outer ring 2, and also a single bowed middle portion 5 projecting outwardly from the surface of the outer ring 2. The split 6 in the outer ring 2 is preferably a diagonal cut, and is placed so that the ends of said ring will come beneath and be abutted by the flattened portion 4 of the spring 3.

IVhile the preferred form of my embroidery hoop, as shown, is provided with a diagonal cut 6, yet, it will be understood that this out may be transverse, as will be obvious to a skilled mechanic. The outer ring, provided with a diagonal out, is, however, more advantageous, in that it provides a more continuous binding surface against the fabric than when a transverse cut is used, for with the latter, when the fabric is in position, the transverse cut would naturally be pulled apart to a certain extent, depending upon the thickness of the fabric, which would leave an open space between the cut ends of the hoop, which is liable to cause the fabric to pucker, since there is no part of the hoop bearing against it. But with the diagonal cut, this cannot occur.

From the above description, it will be obvious that when in use the flattened portion a of the bow-spring 3 will form a guide for the adjacent ends of the outer ring 2 and will also press the same toward the inner ring 1, thereby clamping the material evenly and firmly at all points, thus making the outer ring practically continuous, while at the same time permitting sufficient elasticity for contraction and expansion of the ring corresponding to the ditlerent thicknesses of the fabric, and also permitting the fabric to be easily removed and inserted by pressure upon the arch 5 of said'bow-spring 3, as indicated in Fig. 1, which pressure serves to expand the outer ring circumterentially and to release the fabric atsubstantially all points around the inner ring.

It should be noted that the flattened portion & ot the spring 3, being secured to the outer ring 2, adjacent both ends of said ring, provides the requisite firmness and;

rigidity to serve as a guide, While at the same time the flexibility of the elastic or bowed portion 5 of the spring 3 need not be decreased. It will therefore be seen that I have added a new function to the spring shown in my prior patent, Without in any Way increasing the number of parts or otherwise changing the device as shown in my prior patent above referred to, with the exception of making one end or flattened portion of the spring 3 longer, and placing the split portion of the ring beneath the same.

Having thus described this form of my invention, What I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is:

An embroidery hoop including a pair of rings adapted to be telescoped, the outer ring being severed to form adjacent ends, a controlling spring connecting the severed ends and having an outwardly-projecting single-bowed middle portion with an end portion flattened to substantially fit the ring, the flattened end portion of the spring being arranged to abut the severed ends of the ring, whereby the outer hoop is loosened throughout its circumferential length by i pressure on the spring.

XVILLIAM C. MAYNARD.

Witnesses RAY A. MoLnoD, C. L. HUDDLESTON.

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