Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-09-06

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FOR THE
DAVIS VERTICAL FEED
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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA. 1880 ISL
Report OF Jury 81. Glass Sc,
SEWING, KNITTING, & EMBROIDERY MACHINES.
SEWING MACHINES.
The competition in Sewing Machines proved
very keen, and great interest was evinced both
by the representatives of the makers and the
public in the result of the trials,
me machines were removed from the stand
ana were submitted privately to the jury. and
their various qualifications explained BY
skilled operators. -
The Jury then retained possession of them
i1r some nme, and at their leisure examined
the workmanship and material, testing the
latter for hardness by use Of file.
DOMESTIC MACHINES.
Among Domestic Machines the highest place
was awarded to q machine comparatively new
In the Melbourne market, though by no means
9ntr1ed elsewhere and known as the Davis
In this machine the SHAFT, pulley and fly
wheel occupy the same position relatively to
the other parts as in the well-known Singer
form, and the vertical motion of the needle bar
Is produced by the usual crank pin moving In
. heart-shaped cam; here, however, the resen-
DlanSe ends. and the mechanism is Of q most
novel and curious kind. The shuttle which
moves in curved path. is operated by a sys-
tenn of jointed levers proceeding from q small
1mmeO1atolV
hind the driving pulley. thus dispensing with
The mitre wheels and vertical shaft hitherto SO
The feed apparatus is entirely removed from
The usual position beneath the table of the ma
chine, and is attached to the head.
1t consists mainly of vertical bar placed
vertical and HORIZONTAL motion from
chine.
We ind the other points entirely novel.
FIRST. The Dresaer font instead Of hoi aov.
t1nu0usly urged downward upon the work, is
lifted slightly at the instant that the forward
SEcoND.--The feeding is accomplished while
!he needle is in its lowest position and the nee
ne partakes Of the forward motion of the feed
par plnning the two plies together and causing
The machine is also provided with a very
complete series Of adjustments for counteract-
matte pobb1n wtnder, and in all its details is
and jud1ciousIy worked out.
owing apparently to its peculiar feed motion !
me Davis machine possesses an astonishing
power OF passing over seams and other irregu-
ar1t1es, and accOmplishes with the greatest |
'ase remarkably wide range Of work.
1t Is also provided with very ingenious and
1ovel set or attachments adapted to work in |
Unison with the new feed motion and enabling
.efy complicated compile operations to be performed
~ hand.
1t was at first supposed by the jury that this |
excellent performance was in some measure |
iue to the special skill of the operator. This |
new was however entirely negatived by the |
)aired the result,
The Davis machine is made for either foot or |
,ach case.
To 1t the Jury awards the first order Of merit |
V being prominent for simplicity, convenience, |
,hciency, and rapidity both as a treadle and |
land machine.
w. c. KERNQT, Chairman Jury 81.
have also on exhibition the celebrated un- /
leIfeed, light running