US PATENTS IN 1872
This list of patents is far than be complete, further researches will be done, including patents for Needles and Knitting Machines.
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JANUARY 1872
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US 122.304 FIRST US PATENT FOR THE YEAR 1872
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US 122.352 William E. Barnum
Tuck-Creasers for Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to construct a tuck-marker having a sliding folder acting in conjunction with a hammer and a tongue or projection in such a way as to produce a mark or crease in the cloth and of operating the same by the descending needle.
Assignor to Herman B. Goodrich
January 2, 1872
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US 122.401 Nahum S. C. Perkins
Feeding Mechanisms for Sewing Machine
My invention belongs to that class of feed mechanisms which is called "drop" or "four motion" feed and relates, first, to a divided feed-bar so arranged that the feed-teeth and actuating pins, projections, or stops are upon one part or division, which rests upon the other part or division, whose function is to alternately elevate and depress the upper division or feed-bar proper when it is itself so elevated and depressed by the arm located on the actuating rock-shaft for that purpose.
January 2, 1872
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US 122.422 John Whitney
Treadles for Sewing Machine, &c.
The object of my invention is to produce a treadle for driving sewing machines and for similar purposes, which may be operated with greater ease and without the injurious effects of those now in general use.
January 2, 1872
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US 122.490 William Raeuchle
Needle-Setters for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to needle-setters for sewing machines and consists in providing their gauge-bars with a projection so shaped and arranged that when it is brought against the pressure-bar the eye of the needle shall have its proper range in the machine.
January 2, 1872
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US 122.535 Job Rose
Knitting Machine
My invention relates to new and useful improvements in machines for knitting cotton, linen and woolen goods. It consists of certain mechanism whereby the goods are manufactured of a very superior quality and are made to present the appearance of being seamed or sewed together, while, in fact, the goods are formed without a seam and with an unbroken thread.
Assignor of one-half his Right to William F. Salmon
January 9, 1872
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US 122.555 Charles F. Bosworth
Sewing Machine
This invention relates to an improvement in that class of sewing machines especially designed for the sewing of straw braid, or for other purposes where it is desirable to expose a short stitch upon the outside, the object of the invention being to make an alternately long and shot stitch, the short Stitch appearing up on one side and the long stitch upon the other side-such machines commonly employing two threads, carried by an eye-pointed needle and shuttle. This invention consists chiefly in combining a shuttle or equivalent mechanism carrying one thread with a needle carrying a second thread, when the said needle is provided with a mechanism for taking and releasing its own thread for the different stitches, as more fully hereinafter described.
January 9, 1872
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US 122.611 Allen Johnston
Ruffling Attachments for Sewing Machine
My present invention is intended as an improvement upon the patent for gathering attachment for sewing machines granted to my self and W.T. Johnston, January 31, 1871 and it consists in the construction and arrangement of a false foot over the springs of the gathering attachment, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.
January 9, 1872
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US 122.613 Amasa C. Kasson
Tuck-Marking Attachments for Sewing Machine
My invention has for its object to provide an attachment to sewing machines for marking or creasing the fabric parallel to the line of stitch and to that end the improvements consist in providing an arm, which is actuated by the needle-bar of the machine, with a metal frame, within which is affixed a vertical and yielding bar, so arranged as to bear upon the fabric and hold the same firmly in position while it is being marked. My invention also consists in attaching a slotted and adjustable curved spring to the said frame, whereby the fabric is compressed between the point of said spring and against the side of the point of said bar by the downward movement of the arm, so as to properly mark fabrics of different thickness, as well as for marking tucks of different widths.
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Sewing Machine Bobbin Winder
The object of this invention is to devise means for operating a bobbin-winder on a sewing machine without at the same time necessarily operating the machine itself. Usually bobbin-winding attachments are so arranged that they can, at any time, be thrown into gear with the operating mechanism of the machine and all parts of the machine are moved when ever the bobbin-winder is operated and if the thread gives out while sewing the work is removed from the machine to permit the winding of a new bobbin.
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US 124.206 Harry C. Goodrich & Frank Henry
Attachment for Sewing Machines
Our invention consists in making a device by the use of which, in connection with a sewing machine, the two edges of a narrow strip of cloth can be turned under and held in place by a line of stitching, forming a desirable trimming for dresses and other articles.
March 5, 1872
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US 124.252 William Chicken
Friction-Feed Mechanism for Button-Hole Machine, &c.
Letters Patent US 72.974, dated January 7, 1868, were granted to me for an improvement in effecting the feed movement of the cloth-clamp wheel or disk, in what are known as Union Button-Hole Machines...
...The primary object of my present invention is the same as was the object of the invention shown in said patent, the desired result being accomplished, however, by a more direct application of the feed mechanism to the rotating clamp-disk. Letters Patent US 107.001, dated September 6, 1870, were also granted to me, one part of the invention shown in said patent relating to a means for automatically effecting the change in the feed movement for the eye-part and slit-part of the button-hole, respectively and my present invention embraces an improved method of effecting the same result, as also an improvement in the construction of the friction-feed devices.
Assignor to Amos L. Wood Trustee
March 5, 1872
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US 124.276 Thomas Lilley
Machine for Reducing Wire for its Conversion into Sewing Machine Needles
March 5, 1872
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US 124.293 George W. Sheffield
Leather Sewing Machine
My invention is an improvement in the class of sewing machines designed especially for sewing leather or other thick and tough material and consists mainly in the employment of a “whirl” or thread-carrying plate and a reciprocating rotating needle, whose conjoint operation produces the desired loops and twists in the thread.
Assignor to himself and Godfrey K. Mellor
March 5, 1872
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US 124.337 Chauncey O. Crosby
Boots & Shoes Sewing Machine
This invention relates to an improvement in machine for sewing boots and shoes, for turned work, or to secure the welt and upper to the sole for welted work, the object being to per form this work with what is known as the lock stitch, to overcome the difficulties which exist in the use of the chain-stitch, it being well known that the elasticity which is unavoidable in the chain-stitch prevents that close or firm work which is desirable in boots and shoes and which is attained by hand-stitching, which latter or non-elastic stitch the shuttle-stitch more nearly approaches. This invention is an improvement upon and embodying some of the elements in the machine for which Letters Patent were granted to me May 23, 1869
Assignor to the Crosby Welted and Turned Sole Sewing Machine Co.
March 5, 1872
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US 124.338 Chauncey O. Crosby
Boots & Shoes Sewing Machine
This invention relates to an improvement in machines for stitching the soles of welted work and as an auxiliary to the machine in application A, filed in even date herewith; the object being the employment of a shuttle carrying a second thread to make what is known as the "lock-stitch" and the invention consists in the peculiar construction of what may be termed the work-plate, whereby I am enabled to employ a shuttle or lock stitch in welted work.
Assignor to the Crosby Welted and Turned Sole Sewing Machine Co.
March 5, 1872
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US 124.357 William H. H. Hollen
Knitting Machine
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US 124.360 James A. House
Sewing Machine
These improvements have been made with view of producing a sewing machine of the Wheeler & Wilson class or system which will sew leather and heavy fabrics as well as those of lighter make and will allow of the use of a bobbin holding much more lower thread than such bobbins now do-more thread, in fact, than can be wound upon the spools used in the shuttles of ordinary shuttle machines.
Assignor to W&W Manufacturing Company
March 5, 1872
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US 124.393 Michael J. Stein
Boots & Shoes Sewing Machine
My invention is especially applicable to sewing what is known as “turned work; but with some obvious modifications and the addition of a Welt-gauge it may be used for welted work. The main features of the invention relate, first, to the feeding of the work; secondly, to the presenting of the work to the needle and thirdly, to the combined operation of the awl and needle in punching and making the stitch...
...To present the work properly to the needle I dispense with all hooks, such as employed in the “Richardson” machine, or other supplementary mechanism for operating on the grain side of the sole in connection, with an edge-bender to bend down the edge in order to enable the needle to pass through that portion of the flesh side of the sole between the outside chamfer and inside channel.
March 5, 1872
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US 124.406 John H. Whitney
Fan Attachments for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to a fan-operating attachment of novel construction to be applied to sewing machine.
March 5, 1872
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US 124.493 John Jensen
Edge-Stitching Gauge and Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to a combined edge stitching gauge and quilting attachment for sewing machines which is secured to the arm of the machine, whereby the fabric is moved in a direct line at a uniform distance from and parallel to its edge and consists in the employment of a slotted plate, upon which is secured a hollow tube carrying an adjustable horizontal arm, to which is attached a spring carrying the presser-foot, the said arm being bent in such a manner as to bear against the edge of the fabric simultaneously with the downward pressure of the presser-foot.
March 12, 1872
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US 124.694 Charles H. Palmer
The stitch made by this machine, when all the necessary parts for forming the stitch are attached, is the ordinary double-thread lock stitch. My invention consists in means for making the stitches of the different lengths, as hereinafter specified; the reverse stitch and the manner in which they are made.
Assignor of two-thirds of his Right to Alfred E. Tilton and A. M. Loryea
March 19, 1872
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US 124.808 Ebenezer A. Goodes
Toy Sewing Machine
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1. a sewing machine, consisting of the frame E, F, G, J, J1, work plate L, presser foot N, looper T, M, U, spring V, hand wheel Q. q. rod O, the needle and the needle bar R constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. the combination with the above of a case A, having a hinged top B. which supports the machine and a lid C, whereby tho machine may be enclosed in the case, in the manner described.
March 19, 1872
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US 124.809 Harry C. Goodrich
Hemmer for Sewing Machine
I claim as new, the hemmer, composed of the slotted plate "b" twisted on itself, as shown, the slotted plate "a", to which it is connected and the presser-foot, all being constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described.
March 19, 1872
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US 124.812 Chauncey F. Greer
Sewing Machine Motors
My invention relates to that class of motors which are operated by springs and it consists of certain novel features in the combination, construction and arrangement of the mechanism employed and also in combining therewith a fanning attachment.
Assignor to Lorenzo Thomas
March 19, 1872
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US 124.857 Leo W. Sapp
Sewing Machine Treadles
These improvements relate to the manner of constructing the heel-joint or attaching the heels of the treadles to the treadle-frame; also, in the manner of making the connections at the toes of the treadles with the rocking-lever.
March 19, 1872
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US 124.894 William L. Gray & Orlando T. Joy
Gathering and Ruffling Attachments for Sewing Machine
The nature of our invention consists in the combination, with the feeding devices of a gatherer or ruffler, of a U-shaped adjustable arm, constructed and operated substantially as hereinafter described, to regulate the length of gather and impart movement to the feeding devices.
Assignor to Davis Sewing Machine Company
March 26, 1872
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US 124.950 Hugo Guenther
Knitting Machine
The invention relates to the Lamb or other knitting machines and consists in providing the needles with detachable shanks, which, as well as the needles, are constructed as hereinafter fully described and pointed out in claim.
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Sewing Machine Bobbin Winder
I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is the thread-winder, consisting of the rocking bar provided with half-nuts and thread delivering rod b'', the right and left hand screw, the regulator-bar and the spring, when constructed substantially as described and operating as and for the purpose set forth.
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US 126.238 Michael J. Stein
Boots & Shoes Sewing Machine
My invention relates to machinery for sewing boots and shoes, in which the edge of the sole is bent and presented to the needle by means of an awl and edge-bender combined and operating as described in my Letters Patent US 124.393, of March 5, 1872. In the machine described in said Letters Patent, the feeding and edge-bending mechanism, while it may be used with a straight as well as a curved needle, is still more particularly adapted for the latter and some difficulty would be experienced in using it with a straight needle, unless, as stated in said patent, the bottom of the last were somewhat modified from the usual form. The object of my present improvement is to allow the said feeding and edge-bending mechanism, even when combined with a straight needle, to be used with a last of any ordinary construction and without rendering necessary any special modification in its form to adapt it to this machine.
April 30, 1872
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US 126.332 Thomas Reeve
Bobbin for Sewing Machine Shuttles
I claim as my invention, the metallic bobbin made with disk ends, held upon the tubular stem "a" and the hollow pointed ends "c, c" entering the ends of the stem, substantially as set forth.
April 30, 1872
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US 126.382 Edward B. Ellicott & William Prince
Braider Attachment for Sewing Machine
Our invention relates to a novel construction of the throat-plate and slide, whereby they are provided with a braid-channel, through which the braid passes and is delivered at the needle-hole in proper position to be sewed to the material to be braided in such manner as to dispense with the supplemental or removable parts usually employed in braider attachments and consists in forming a groove in the upper face of the throat-plate, terminating at the needle-hole and closing or covering said groove by the overlapping slide in such manner as to form the braid-channel between them, as hereinafter explained.
May 7, 1872
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US 126.441 Adolph Bouchard
Motive-Power for Running Sewing Machine
My invention is designed to be an improvement upon my improved motor for which Letters Patent of the United States were granted to me January 16, 1872 and is intended to be especially applicable to the attainment of the same objects for which the said Letters Patent were granted. While my present device may be rendered available for a variety of useful purposes for which a comparatively limited motor may be required, it is especially designed to be more particularly adapted as an economical and efficient motor for the operation of sewing machines.
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US 126.889 George Lowden
Sewing Machine Treadle
...The novelty of my invention is confined to the application and arrangement of the several oscillating devices upon the main shaft and treadle-bar of a sewing machine...
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US 126.911 Amos Stocker
Sewing Machine
My invention consists principally in a peculiar combination, for the purpose of feeding the cloth, of a two-motion feed with a presser-foot adapted to move both up and down and to and fro, as hereinafter described and it further consists in certain peculiarities, hereinafter set forth, in the construction and arrangement of the mechanisms for operating the feed and the presser-foot.
Assignor to himself and Oscar Paddock
May 21, 1872
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US 126.913 Edwin J. Toof
Sewing Machine Ruffler
The nature of my invention consists in providing the feed-plate of a ruffling attachment (such as is described in Letters Patent US 120.173 granted to me in October 24, 1871) with a guide for the piece of goods to be ruffled and sewed between an upper and lower piece of goods, said feed-plate and guide to be combined with a presser-foot provided with a folding-in or hemming device.
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US 126.921 William G. Beckwith
Sewing Machine
My invention is an improvement upon the patent (US 113.724) granted me in April 18, 1871 and consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts which greatly improve the machine patented to me.
Assignor to the Beckwith Sewing Machine Company
May 21, 1872
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Sewing Machine Bobbin Winder
This invention relates to novel improvements on devices which are designed for winding thread on shuttle-bobbins, as will be here in after explained.
May 21, 1872
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US 126.956 Gustav Heckel
Sewing Machine Case
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US 127.023 Richard G. Bush
Tuck Marker for Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to produce a simple and efficient device for creasing the goods while one tuck is being sewed and consists in the combination of a vibrating slotted cloth-presser located under the presser-foot of a sewing machine, with a stationary point on the bed of the tuck-marker and a vibrating arm that is operated by the needle-bar.
May 21, 1872
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US 127.043 S. Addison Gage
Sewing Machine Hemmer
This invention has relation to hemmers for sewing machines and consists in the construction, out of sheet or plate metal, of an adjust able device by which any desirable size of hem may be laid, substantially as hereinafter described.
May 21, 1872
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US 127.053 Milo Harris
Sewing Machine Thread Cutter
My invention consists in a double-edged cut ting-knife held by a screw in a flange metallic plate, adapted to be secured to a sewing machine. The metallic plate acts as a guard and support to the knife and allows either edge of the knife to be used.
May 21, 1872
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US 127.080 William Nelson Martin
Sewing Machine Hemmer & Tucker
The object of my invention is to secure an adjustable hemmer and tucker, which may be used in combination or separately, as desired and in which the folding-fingers of the hemmer are always adjusted to their proper position by being set in the presser-foot and at the same time the whole is so constructed as to make a hem or tuck of any desired width. My hemmer also will be found to answer a good purpose for felling, as the slotted plates are held in position independent of the bed plate.
May 21, 1872
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US 127.103 Adam N. Price & Milo Harris
Sewing Machine Corder
Our invention relates to a corder attached to the presser-foot of a sewing machine and constructed as hereinafter described.
May 21, 1872
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US 127.114 John Speirs
Sewing Machine
This invention consists in a novel mode of connecting the needle-arm with the needle bar, whereby the easy and straight operation of the latter by the former, without the intervention of a link, is provided for.
Assignor to the Manhattan Sewing Machine Company
May 21, 1872
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US 127.129 Camden L. Wilcox
Sewing Machine Motor
The invention relates to an arrangement of spur-gear wheels operated by an elliptical spring or weight and cord, causing the revolution of a band-wheel, which may be connected with the driving-wheel of a sewing machine and thus communicate movement thereto. The device is regulated as to its speed, or its motion is wholly checked, by means of an arrangement of levers operating a spring which operates to press a friction-wheel upon a corrugated roller or wheel upon a shaft connected with that through which the motor acts.
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US 128.363 Sherman Cleminshaw
Button-Hole Sewing Machine One Thread
The nature of my invention consists in certain improvements upon the button-hole sewing machine for which Letters Patent US 110.739 were granted to me January 3, 1871 and which machine uses one thread which passes from a shuttle having an eye-pointed needle and carried and operated by the needle-bar, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.
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US 128.942 Nelson Barnum
Sewing Machine Tuck Creaser
My invention relates to that class of tuck marking attachments which are operated automatically by the needle-bar of the machine and has for its object to form a crease or fold in the fabric parallel to the line of stitch, preparatory to the laying of the plait.
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US 129.004 Mose Cook & Mose G. Cook
Sewing Machines Shuttle
We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, a shuttle, provided with plate "A" hinged at one end and having rod "a" with side spring "f", as and for the purpose described.
July 16, 1872
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US 129.013 John Fanning
Sewing Machine
My invention relates to that class of sewing machines which makes the elastic lock-stitch, using both its upper and under thread directly from the spools and consists in so constructing and arranging the various parts of the machine as to give a positive side motion to the looper which carries the under thread and so arranging the connection of said looper with a calm that it may be adjusted to work equally well with different-sized needles, my object being to produce a machine which shall be positive in its action and likewise be durable and cheap.
July 16, 1872
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US 129.059 Nathan M. Rosinsky
Boots & Shoes Sewing Machine
This invention relates to improvements in machines for sewing the uppers of boots and shoes to the soles and it consists in certain arrangements of a loop-holder with the needle or awl and apparatus for operating it; also, in a novel construction of feed apparatus.
July 16, 1872
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US 129.078 Asa Wilmot
Sewing Machine Treadle
This invention relates to an improvement in that class of treadles for sewing machines known as the "walking-motion" treadle, that is, each of the two treadles having an alternate motion to actuate a lever, the said treadles being at the heel instead of the center; the object of this invention being to render the action of the treadles noiseless and it consists in forming a hinge or joint connection between the heel of the treadle and its support from a flexible material, arranged and applied substantially as hereinafter described.
July 16, 1872
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US 129.087 Thomas B. Bishop
Sewing Machine Ruffler
The object of my invention is the production of a ruffling attachment that can be adjusted to position easily and without especial skill and which shall be capable of use upon work having any desired width and it consists, principally, in the construction of the presser-foot forming a part of the ruffler, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified. It consists, further, in the combination of the presser-foot, gathering-blade and separator, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter shown.
Assignor of one half of his Right to John A. Guile
July 16, 1872
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US 129.128 Justin J. Graff
Sewing Machine Tuck Creaser
My invention consists in a combination of certain devices for gauging the width of tucks and also for spacing the distance between them, as hereinafter more fully described.
Assignor to himself and Francois Smith
July 16, 1872
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US 129.131 Harman A. M. Harris
Feed Mechanism for Sewing Machine
My improvements relate to the class of feed mechanism termed "feeds- wheel", in which a serrated-edged wheel having an intermittent rotary motion feeds the fabric to the needle and the object of my invention is to provide an improved friction-clutch for rotating the feed-wheel, as well as to afford means for compensating wear of the clutch.
Assignor to himself and Thomas R. Glenn
July 16, 1872
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US 129.195 John H. Williams
Sewing Machine Tension Mechanism
The device is intended for producing a perfectly-adjustable tension on any material which is wound off from a roll or cylinder, a tension which, being once adjusted, will remain the same until all the material is wound off the roll or cylinder. It is readily applicable for producing what is known as the upper tension of a sewing machine, for producing a proper and equable tension on cloths which are wound off a roll to be printed, &c., the size of the apparatus being adapted to the work required of it.
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US 130.914 Phillip Grosfeld
Hemming, Creasing, Attachment to Sewing Machine
This invention relates to a device which, when attached to a sewing machine, can be used with great advantage for making hems of various width, for binding and for banding with a plain or with a bias band, for making millinery folds and for cording. My device consists essentially of an arm, carrying a piece of sheet metal curled up so as to form a rounded back and open, central mouth and two folding lips, one on each side of the mouth, said folding lips being made one with and one without a return bend and the arm being provided with a slot for the purpose of attaching the same to a sewing machine and adjusting it in the required position in such a manner that the above-named operations can be performed with ease and rapidity. With the folding lips and intermediate mouth of my device I have also combined a cord-guide, which is secured to one of the folding lips, so that my device can also be used with advantage for cording.
August 27, 1872
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US 131.012 Joseph W. Lyon
Rufflers for Sewing Machine
The present invention relates to sewing machine attachments intended for making pleats and consists in a combination of parts, hereinafter more fully described and provided with means for readily adjusting the stroke of the blade of the presser-foot so that it may have a longer or shorter movement for taking more or less cloth into a pleat, as particular work may require and it may be considered an improvement on an attachment patented by me January 30, 1872 (US 123.115).
September 3, 1872
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US 131.027 Peter Rodier
Corder for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to a device to be attached to the presser-foot of a sewing machine to facilitate the sewing of cord upon any fabric and it consists of a bent arm, up on one end of which is made a step having a screw and spring upon the upper side by which to secure it to the presser-foot of the machine, the lower side of the step having thereon two flanges or sharp edges, forming a groove between and the lower side having a recess therein, in which rests a tube attached to a swinging tongue, which is pivoted to the other end of the bent arm.
September 3, 1872
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US 131.040 Miles B. Wheaton
Devices to prevent reverse motion in belt of Sewing Machine
What I claim and desire to secure, is the frame A, oscillating plate X, when arranged in the manner shown and described, to prevent the reverse motion of a driving-belt in treadles.
Assignor of one half his Right to Theodore M. Ely
September 3, 1872
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US 131.061 George W. Hunter
Sewing Machine
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:
1. In a sewing machine the combination of the bent crank-shaft and vibrating arms D, whereby the needle-arm and shuttle-carrier are operated, as specified.
2. The sleeve and arms, made in segments, for ready adjustment upon and combination with the bent shaft and rod G, as set forth.
3. The combination, with the vibrating and oscillating arms D, of the rod G and slotted cam E, as and for the purpose set forth.
4. The combination, substantially as herein shown, of the bent shaft, sleeve and arms and eccentric, whereby the needle, shuttle and feed are operated as specified.
Assignor of two-thirds his Right to William F. Stone and Oliver A. Dailey
September 3, 1872
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US 131.062 George W. Hunter
Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to produce a shuttle or lock-stitch sewing machine with the least possible number of simple parts and thereby reduce the cost of making and the liability of such machines getting out of order and, at the same time, retaining all the ad vantages of more complicated and expensive machines and to this end my invention consists in a novel construction, combination and arrangement of mechanism more particularly hereinafter described and specifically pointed out in the claims.
Assignor of two-thirds his Right to William F. Stone and Oliver A. Dailey
September 3, 1872
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US 131.084 Auguste Destouy
Sewing Machine for Boots & Shoes
What I do claim is:
1. The instrument a, operated in manner substantially as herein described and acting by its point at as an awl or piercing instrument and by its barb or hook a as a needle, to carry the thread through the work in manner substantially as herein shown and described.
2. The holders or pinchers b and c and instruments acting therewith, to operate the instrument a, in manner substantially as herein shown and described.
3. The combination with the instrument a of the guide i or its equivalent, acting to receive the thread and then to turn on its axis and pass into a position to enable the point of the instrument a to take the thread, in manner substantially as herein shown and described.
4. The combination and arrangement, with the shoe support, of the reversible arm k and levers k3, k3, or their equivalents, connected and operating substantially as herein described, to hold the work in the various positions for sewing the inner and outer soles.
September 3, 1872
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US 131.101 Richard Hughes
Sewing Machine Table
The principal object of my invention is to enable the cover to be reduced in size in order that it may take up less room in being packed for transportation than it would were it not collapsible. I am aware that a folding or collapsible cover to a sewing machine table is not new, such a device being shown and described in the United States Patent US 108.074 (October 4, 1870), it being, however, constructed and applied to the table top in ways quite different from such as represented in the accompanying drawing.
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US 131.151
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US 131.166
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US 132.968 Charles E. Langmaid
Sewing Machine
The nature of my invention consists in combining with the head-block through which the needle-bar works a mechanism by which the said head-block and needle-bar are made to move backward and forward by an intermittent motion, thus causing the machine to sew a sinuous line of stitches, the line admitting of a great variety of styles-that is, it may form a zigzag, a serpentine, or Greek line, as may be desired.
Assignor of one half of his right to George A. Langmaid
November 12, 1872
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US 134.346 Samuel J. Baird
Button-Hole Attachment for Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to simplify and perfect the details in the construction of the attachment for button-hole sewing machines for which Letters Patent US 117.364 were granted to me on July 25, 1871. In my said attachment it is necessary to reverse the movement of the feed-screw simultaneously with the change in the axis of oscillation of the cloth-holder. By the first of these changes the longitudinal movement of the cloth under the needle is reversed and by the other the cloth is so shifted as to bring the opposite side of the button-hole under the needle.
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US 134.347 Samuel J. Baird
Button-Hole Attachment for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to improvements in the button-hole attachment for sewing machines patent US 117.364 granted to me on July 25, 1871 and the object of my invention is to simplify the mechanism by which the reciprocating longitudinal movement is imparted from the needle arm or bar to the cloth holder or clamp.
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US RE 4.785 William Wickersham
Sewing Machine
What I do claim as my invention or improvement in machines for sewing is:
1. The combination of a single needle and two thread-guides carrying separate threads, so operated that, during one passage of the needle through and out of the cloth or other material to be sewed, one of the said guides. shall lay its thread in the hook of the needle, while during the next passage of the needle through and out of the cloth, the other guide shall lay its thread in the hook of the needle, each guide acting alternately, all substantially as hereinbefore specified.
2. And, for the purpose of enabling a machine of the above description (or one in which two thread-guides and a single needle are employed to sew with two threads,) to be used for producing the chain-stitch with one single thread passed through one of the two eyes 's t' of the two thread-guides H L as described, I claim.the construction of one if the said guides, viz. the guide I with the long slot's for receiving the thread in its passage to and through the other guide, as specified.
3. I also claim the above-described peculiar mode of sewing cloth or other fabric, viz., the combination of two threads with the fabric and with each other, in such manner that each thread extends through the fabric in loops and the loops of each thread are inter looped at one side of the fabric with the loop of the other thread, so that the threads alternately bind each other and constitute a pound chain-stitch, substantially as specified.
4. I also claim the combination of the needle-slide with instrumentalities for producing friction upon it, so as to hold it from commencing to move at the same instant as the needle, substantially as before set forth.
5. I also claim the combination of the needle-slide with the bumpers for moving it at the required times, substantially as before set forth.
6. I also claim the combination of the needle-carrier with a guide, substantially as described, applied to the carrier and constructed to enter the longitudinal groove of the needle shank, as set forth.
7. I also claim the combination, substantially as set forth, of the needle-carrier with the closing slide of the hooked needle arranged parallel with said needle on the same side thereof as the barb or hook and operated by the needle-carrier, substantially as described.
March 5, 1872
Specification forming part of Letters Patent
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US RE 4.786 William Wickersham
Sewing Machine
What I claim in this patent as my invention is as foll lows, viz:
1. The arrangement of the roughened propelling and releasing instrument above and opposite to the table-plate of the machine, substantially as before set forth.
2. Also, the arrangement of the propelling and releasing instrument, relatively to the needle and the needle-throat, substantially as described, so that a part of the operative feeding-surface of said instrument is at one side of the line of perforations made by the needle and a part of said surface is at the opposite side of said line and a part in advance of the needle-throat, substantially as before set forth.
3. Also, the arrangement of the propelling and releasing instrument, relatively to the holding instruments, substantially as described, so that the surfaces of said holding instruments intervene crosswise with the line of feeding between places where the parts of the propelling and releasing instrument operate, substantially as before set forth.
March 5, 1872
Specification forming part of Letters Patent
US 9.679 April 19, 1853 Extended seven years
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US RE 4.794 Samuel J. Baird
Button-Hole Attachment for Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to feed a fabric to the needle of the sewing machine in such a way as to insure a series of stitches being laid by the needle around the edge of a button-hole in the fabric and my invention consists of a device which may be attached to the work-plate of an ordinary sewing machine so as to be operated by the needle-arm and which will carry the fabric in such a manner as to insure the desired distribution of the stitches. I claim:
1. An attachment for sewing machines, carrying a clamp for holding a fabric and the devices described, or their equivalents, whereby the movements of the clamp are imparted from the overhanging needle-arm of the machine.
2. In an attachment for sewing machines, the combination of a clamp, J K, a screw-shaft carrying a cam and a nut and to which an intermittent rotary motion in either direction is imparted and the devices described, or their equivalents, whereby the clamp is carried longitudinally and oscillated by the action of the said shaft, its cam and nut.
3. The combination of the said shaft A and the adjusting devices described, or their equivalents, whereby the shaft may be driven in either direction from the needle-arm of the machine.
4. The combination of the reciprocating clamp and a plate N, arranged to receive the presser-foot of the machine and to bear upon the clamp, substantially as described.
5. The combination of the said plate N and the shaft E2, to which the plate is connected so as to be adjustable, as set forth.
6. The combination of the adjusting devices, or their equivalents, for simultaneously changing the motion of the shaft A and the lateral position of the clamp.
7. The lugs adjustable on the plate C, substantially as and for the purpose described.
March 12, 1872
Specification forming part of Letters Patent
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US RE 4.909 Henry Horn
Sewing Machine Corder
Assignor to John O. Fairbairn
May 21, 1872
Specification forming part of Letters Patent
US 112.810 March 21, 1871
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US RE 5.052 Allen Johnston
Ruffling and Plaiting Attachments for Sewing Machine
The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a ruffling and plaiting attachment for sewing machines, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, which represents a perspective view of my sewing machine attachment.
September 10, 1872
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US D 5.861 William G. Beckwith
Design for a Sewing Machine Bed
Assignor to The Beckwith Sewing Machine Company
The nature of my design is fully shown and represented in the accompanying drawing, where it is shown applied to and forming part of a sewing machine. This bed consists of a plate I, I', having upwardly-projecting lugs a a and C for the presser and needle-arms and projecting laterally from the plate is an arm B, which is enlarged or formed into a table plate F, to support the cloth.
May 21, 1872
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679 Wilson Sewing Machine Company
of Cleveland, Ohio, for a Sewing machine.
February 27, 1872
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