Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-09-20

ANOTHER GREAT VICTORY
FOR THE
DAVIS VERTICAL FEED
SEWING MACHINE,
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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA. ISSO-s1-
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.
and were submitted privately to the jury van. and
snelr various qualifications explained by
The Jury then retained possession of then,
i0r some time, and at their leisure examined
the workmanship and material testine the
latter for hardness by use of file.
DOMESTIC MACHINES.
Among Domestic Machines the highest place
was awarded to a machine comparatively new
nnt me MARKET though by no means
Vertical Feed Sewing Machine,
In this machine the shat, pulley and fly
the other parts, as in the well-knoWn Singer
form, and the vertical motion of the needle bar
10 produced by the usual crank pin moving in
heart-shaped cam; here, however, the res0m-
blsnce ends, and the mechanism is of a most
novel and curious kind. The shuttle, which
NOV moves IN curved path. is operated by sys-
tenn OF 1o1nted levers proceeding from small
eccentric placed on the shaft immediately be-
hind the driving pulley, thus dispensing with
tne mltre 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 q vertical bar placed
close 10 the presser foot, and which receives
suitable vertical and horizontal motion from
mechan1sm contained in the head of the ma
chine. ~ ---
We find the other points entirely novel.
FdRsr; Inc presser foot, instead Of being con-
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motion takes place.
the needle is In its lowest position. and the nee
die partakes of the forward motion of the feed
bar pinning the twoplies together and causing !
The machine is also provided with a very
complete series of adjustments for counteract-
ing o. the eject Of wear. and an improved auto
mauc DODD1n w1nder. and in all its details is
carefully and judiciously worked out,
owing apparently to Its peculiar feed motion
power Of passing over seams and other irregu-
!arlties, and acoomplishes with the greatest
ease remarkably wide range OF work.
novel set OF attachments adapted to work In
unison with the new feed motion and enabling
WHY co aiIFt operations to be performed
tOgetner with the necessity of guiding the WORK
excellent performance was in some measure
due to the special skill of the operator This
we. was however entirely negatived by the
act that q change Of operators In no way i'm
paired the result,
rhe Davis machine is made for either foot or
each case.
To 1T the Jury awards the first order of merit
as being prominent for simplicity, convenience,
efficiency, and rapidity both as O treadle and
hand machine
W. c. KERNOT, Chairman Jury 81,
have also on exhibition the celebrated un-
derfeed, Ii yht running
DOMESTIC
and the HAND NATIONAL MACHINE.
. Call at j. w. NEWTON,6.
No. South Augusta Street,
and examine them. ~. Oil, Needles, Extra
Hemmer, and Attachments for all machines. |
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