New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-09

shuttle machines. Claim Of superiority not sts-
| tanned. ~ .',sf8 sE-tE.i.F 81.
| NOTE.-This claim gave rise to protracted aud
severely contested trial. the result OF which was
an unanimous decision of the judges that the ad.
vantage" Is not on the side of the double thread
but on that of the single thread as used by the
Wilcox and Gibbs machine. a I.T
8. 1t will do a greater range and variety OF
work than any other machine, being used for shirt
and collar making, both in Albany and Troy also
for taors' work. 1t will hem marrow and wide,)
tuck, fell, bind, stitch quilt, gather and sew on
Tor "puf,") and will do anything that can be done
on any other machine, except embroidery; it
can also do ornamental stitching. CLAIM of su-
perioray not sustained.
NoTE-In the trial upon this claim, 1t was shown,
to the satisfaction of the Judges that the Wilcox
and Gibbs machine will do quite as great "a range
and variety of work" as the Florence while the
! quality of the work done upon the former was
pronounced decidedly superior to that of the work
done on the latter.
During this test one of the judges called atten
ton to the fact that4the stitching of the Florence
machine was much soiled with ola defect which
he had noticed, he said, in all work done on that
machine thus far during the trial. This being
regarded by the judges as serious defect, especi
ally in all kinds of works upon uhite goods. con
siderable time was spent in the effort to ascertain
the cause. The investigation resulted in conelu-
sion that the defect was owing to cause inherent
in the machine itself. .1 ... - . .-...
6. 1t has self.adjusting tension on the under
| thread the stitch is alike on both sides. Claim
| Of superiority not sustained. n -..,
NoTE--There being no other double thread ma
chine in competition, this claim was improperly
| made-since there could be no advantage over
the Wilcox Gibbs machine in the SELF adjusting
character of a tension which the Wilcox & Gibbs
neither had nor required 1t was therefore decided
that whether their under-tension be selfadjusting
or not, their superiority on this point was not
sustained. Moreover, it did not appear from the
tests made that said tension is reliably uniform
but that it requires attention; and hence the
| stitch is not uniformly alike on both sides, but
more or less variable being generally the fairest
on the upper side. .-
7. The stitches will not rip If one is broken or
worn off, yet it can be taken out, in case a mis-
| take is made in placing the fabric Claim Of so-
| peiiOrhy not sustained. r . ...
| NorE--A variety of tests were made on this
| point, each terminating in the same result, and
rip if stitch is broken ''-and much more easily
| than the Wilcox & Gibbs; and that it is not 90
easily taken OUT when desired. sL"gE
| s. 1t uses less thread than other machines
| Claim sustained. I.. ' .s
| NoTE.-This claim was not tested, the agent Of
the Wilcox & Gibbs machine oonceding it. At the
| same time, he remarked that the peculiar working
of this claim was all that saved it; for if it had
I been claimed that the Florence consumed less
thread than the Wilcox & Gibbs instead of used
\ less, they could not have sustained the clain-it
being fact, as he claimed, that while the Florence
less thread in the seam it 7Cdstes still more al
| the ends of the seam.
O. The manner in which the threads are drawn
when making the stitch; no dependence being
placed upon wire coils; every motion being pos
tive, and the stitch certainly and securely draw
tight. Claim Of superiority not sustained.
NorE.-The decision of the judges on this claim
| was, that the Florence has no advantage over thu
F. Wilcox g. Gibbs in either of the points named.
10. The Florence is as easily managed as an,
machine in the world. Claim Of superiority no
sustained. u
NoTE,-The absurdity of this claim had beef
already so thoroughly manifested, that no test wa
offered or required.
| List of Points
ON WHICH SUPERIORITY WAS CLAIMED FOR TIL
| WILCOX GIBBS MACHINE.
l. 1t is tho simplest Claim sustained
2. 1t is the least liable to get out of order. Sus
tniaed. .t.
8. 1t is the best made machine every part be
ing an exact duplicate-whc is not the case wit
the Florence. Sustained
4 4. It is the cheapest. Sustained
/ 5. 1t runs the stillest. Sustained.
6. II runs the easiest. Sustained.
Z. IT runs the fastest. Sustained.
s. 1t has the best device to prevent the vince
running backward. Claim sustained
i NoTE.-Thc Florence machine has no such de
vice.
g. It requires less mechanical skill to operate it
Sustained
10. 1t requires less time and instruction to learl
to use it. Sustained. F.-yn
IL. 1t is the most certain and reliable in opera
ton. Sustained.
/ NoTE.-It is a fact worthy of remark that during
the entire trial--which continued without inter
mission for nearly seven hours-not stitch wal
missed, nor the thread once broken, nor needle
broken or bent, by the Wilcox and Gibbs ma
chine No kind of work wasattempted to be done
on it that was not accomplished, and done in {
perfect and workmanlike manner; and no ehor
/ was made on it that was not entirely successful
while neither of these statements can be truly
1 made in favor the Florence.
! H. Its needle is the shortest. Sustained.
I Is. The needle is also straight and less liable
| to be broken than one cmUed like the Florence
Sustained.
IA. 1t is bereled, and therefore stronger thar
one with small shank, like the Florence. iSus
tanned. '7 -.E'n u ''A' F"
4 Is. The needle IS secured in its place by {
! patented device, which renders it se!t:adjustiag
so that neither skill nor experience is necessary
in setting it. It is not SO with the Florence
Sustained. - -, :. ", NJ I'1 H71i'
| NoTE.-This claim was fully conceded by thu
Florence Agents. so far as relates to the capacity
Of the Wilcox g. Gibbs machine. But they claim
ing that the Florence machine has the self.adjust
\ ing capacity of the needle also, and test being
called for, a needle was set in the Florence ma
chine, without the usual adjustment Of its poin
after setting it; and on attempting to sew with it
the needle was broken at the first stitch. Another
needle was then set, with a similar result .-'
i 16. It uses but one ttread and thus avoids the
necessity Of complicated machinery, which is re
4 quired for two threads, as in the Florence. Sus
. tanned. 4. lrt .o.0
| II. 1t sews directly from the spools, thus max
ing it unnecessary to rewnd the thread.an adjus
it in the shuttle. Sustained.
Is. II makes the =" WILCOX C GIBBS" or "t,oistet
loop stitch,"- stitch original with this machine
y and made by no other-which for general purposes
is superior to either made by the Florence. sus
{ tanned. .4m u. So. 'frr.
l iNoTE,-The trial upon this claim was very
5 thorough, and the practical test minute and &C
: curate. Each machine was required to use threat
from the same spool, make the stitch of the SAME
4 length, and perform the testwork on the SAME
piece of goods, with the lines of sewing side by
f side The results were all decisive and in euelY
test in favor of the Wilcox & Gibbs machine.
9 10. Its seam has the peculiar advantage of being
r readily taken out when it is desirable, while it il
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