The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-01
WHEELER 4 WILSON'S NEW no. q
SEWING MACHINE.
American Institute. New York :
Judges Report, Nov. -. 1874.


To The Board Of Managers
GENTLEMEN-After free and impartial
examination Of the articles described, the
undersigned judges make the following
REPoRT-( ABsTRAcT):
That Sewing-machlae No. 1876 wheeler
q Wilson's New No. 81 was claimed to be
so great an Improvement, both upon the
well-known family machine made by the
same company, and upon all other sew
ing-machines, as entitled il TO recognition
a new and valuable invention. Under
these circumstances, an extremely thor
ough and minute examination became both
desirable and necessary, not only of its
novelty but of the skill and workmanship
manifested in the fitting and adjustment Of
all its parts. We have risen from such
examination with an ample conviction
that the claim, i'm all its essential features,
is well founded
At the commencement Of our examina-
ton, we Were provided with several COM
plete sets Of all the working parts as they
came from the mandatory. and were mt
liberty 10 make our own selection for the
construction of complete machine in our
presence. We thus had. TO large degree,
demonstration of nicely of the manufac-
ture. Every part was formed TO fit every
other part with exact precision. So ac-
curately, for instance, did the several 70
tating hooks fit in the same bearing, that
while entering it, each one of them, with
out such contact as required force, mani
testify compressed the air within in reach
ing its proper seat.
TThe judges enumeratc and describe
some Of the points of novelty and excel
lence of the machine. Among Others:
The simple and efficient device for pro-
ducing variable motion for the rotating
hook;
The independent tske-up lever. which
secures the tightening Of the stitch under
the best possible circumstances;
The peculiar form of the hook and the
use Of the bobbin holding great quantity
of the under thread;
The. simple device for producing and
varying the tension of the lower thread;
The hollow steel needle-bar;
The facility of applying and using many
useful attachments-the hemmer, binder,
corder. ruffler, etc.
Having completed the construction of
our trial machine, in the way indicated, it
was mounted upon a convenient stand.
and submitted to every variety of test as
to the range of work that could be exc
cuted upon it properly and well, and with
out other adaptation than simple changes
Of needle and thread. The mere list of
operations performed in our presence
without the slightest hesitation or failure,
and without the discoverable loss of so
much as a single stitch, would convey an
inadequate idea of the complete success
achieved.
Beginning with a needle measuring but
l7.l000 inch in diameter, and operating
with the finest thread upon lace goods. the
same machine passed through all the
stages of muslin, and broadcloth of all con-
ceivable thicknesses and foldings and rdg-
ings. and then with waxed thread stitch
ing through portions of heavy harness
leather.
After this demonstration of its range of
quired for family and light manufacture
ing machine. In this department we wit
messed all the varieties of work on hem
ming, telling, and braiding, and also de-
gree of success i'm single and double ruff
fling which we believe unparalleled. The
varied kinds of work on lady's boot were
then performed, and each of these with
the same marked success. Indeed, what
ever the test, and whatever the work pre-
sented. the same unfailing perfection was
exhibited, not only in the work as piece,
but in the execution of each individual
stitch. With much patient examination,
we were unable TO discover single defect.
The minuteness of this report is sim
pie reflection of the care with which we
have endeavored to examine these claims.
We find the chief advantage OF this ma
chine 10 be in the use of "A modified form
of the rotating hook carrying the upper
thread around the bobbin containing the
lower thread, and thus producing Indenti-
cally the same effect as the shuttle. The
superiority of this rotary motion over the
reciprocating molten Of the shuttle ma
chimes cannot be disputed. The clock
stitch" which Is thus secured has always
ranked highest on account Of the perma-
nence, beauty, and general desirableness
OF the stitching when done. and the wide
range of its application.
To these conceded advantages there have
been added, in our presence, the severest
and most searching tests of its capacity and
usefulness upon every ordinarily possible
kind Of work. and we can do no less than
ts, .lyall
success which has attended its action In
every part of our examination. Ii Is n
machine nhich. BY the proof submitted, zoe
are satisfied must eventually supersede all
Others nor kno,cn Nth whtch Il comes in
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