Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-09-27
ANOTHER GREAT VICTORY
FOR THE
DAVIS VERTICAL FEED
SEWING MACHINE.

DAVIS VERTICAL FEED
SEWING MACHINE
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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
= MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA. lSsO-Sl.-
Report Of Jury 81, Glass Sc.
SEWING, KNITTING, & EMBROIDERY MACHINES
SEWING MACHINES.
The competition in Sewing Machines proved
3by the representatives of the makers and the
public in the result of the trials.
The machines were removed from the stand,
and were submitted privately to the Jury and
their various Qualifications explained by
skilled operators.
The Jury then retained possession of them
for some time. and at their leisure examined
4the workmanship and material, testing the
latter for hardness by use of file.
DOMESTIC MACHINES.
Among Domestic Machines the highest place
was awarded to a machine comparatively ne
Jim the Melbourne market, though by no means
&untr1ed elsewhere. and known as the Davis
Vertical Feed Sewing Machine.
Swheel occupy the same position relatively to
3the other parts, as in the well-knOWn Singer
4form, and the vertical motion of the needle bari
Us produced by the usual crank pin moving in|
"a heart-shsp ped cam; here, however, the resem-
Sblance ends, and the mocha nism Is of a most
novel and curious kind. The shuttle, which
moves in a curved path, is operated BY a sys-
ITEM of jointed levers proceeding from a SMALL
eccentric placed on the shaft Immediately be-
n NJ me driving pulley. thus dispensing With
THE m1tre wheels and vertical shaft hitherto SO!
general
The feed apparatus is entirely removed FROM
1.-THE usual position beneath the table of the MAJ
Chine, and is attached to the head.
1t consists mainly of a vertical bar placed
CLOSE 70 the presser foot, and which receives
mechanism contained in the head of the ma
3chine.
We find the other points entirely novel.
Itinuously urged downward upon the work isl
Il1fted slightly at the instant that the forward
3m0tion takes place.
SECOND.@The feeding is accom- plished WHILE
tne needle Is in its lowest position, and the nee
3dle partakes of the forward motion of the feed3
par hPinning the two plies together and causing
The machine is also provided with a very
complete series of adjustments for counteract-1
ling the effect of wear, and an improved auto
matte bobbin winder, and in ali its details isl
carefully and jud1ciousfy worked out
Owing apparently to its peculiar feed motiont
power of passing over seams and other irreeu-s
PARTIES, and accomplishes with the greatestk
5ease remarkably wide range of work.
1t is also provided with very ingenious and5
novel set of ATTACHMENTS adapted to work INF
unison with the new feed motion and enabling
VERY complicated operations to be performede
;by hand.
1t was at first supposed by the jury that thisE
excellent performance was in some measuree
due to the special skill of the operator. ThisE
view was however entirely negatived by tnes
|1act that change of operators in no way i'm {
The Davis machine is made for either foot ORR
|hand power, and performed equally well inE
To it the Jury awards the first order of merritt
las being prominent for simplicity, convenience
!eHciency, and rapidity both as treadle andE
Ihand machine,
W. G. KERNOT Chairman Jury 81. /
have also on exhibition the celebrated UNI
|derfeed, liyht running
DOMESTIC
and the HAND NATIONAL MACHINE.k
Call at j. w. NEWTON'S.
No. South Augusta Street,
and examine them. M. Oil, Needles, Extras
lHemmer, and Attachments for all machines