IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR EMBROIDERING
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Alfred Barlow, of the Firm of H. B. Barlow, of
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR EMBROIDERING.” A communication from
abroad by the Firm of F. Saurer and Sons, of Arbon, in Switzerland.
Sealed the 7th. October 1879, and dated the 15th April 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Alfred Barlow at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th April 1879.
CHARLES ALFRED BARLOW, of the Firm of H. B. Barlow, of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Patent Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR EM-
BROIDERING." A communication from abroad by the Firm of F. Saurer & Sons, of
Arbon, in Switzerland.
This improved apparatus may be applied to any ordinary embroidering machine,
and it consists of a rectangular frame supported in suitable bearings and counter-
balanced by weights attached to cords passing over pulleys fixed on a cross shaft.
The frame supports bobbins containing silk or other thread or material to be
embroidered, and the frame is actuated by a crank and eccentric or other equi-
valents. The silk, thread, or other material is taken from the bobbins through
two eyes and a steel guide, and it is secured to the fabric to be embroidered by a
few stitches. One of the eyes can be moved either to the right or the left by a
handle and rod to avoid touching the embroidering needle.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Charles Alfred Barlow in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th
October 1879.
BROIDERING."
CHARLES ALFRED BARLOW, of the Firm of H. B. Barlow, of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Patent Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR EM-
A communication from abroad by the Firm of F. Saurer and Sons,
of Arbon, in Switzerland.
This improved apparatus may be applied to any ordinary embroidering machine,
and it consists of a rectangular frame supported in suitable bearings and counter-
balanced by weights attached to cords passing over pulleys fixed on a cross shaft.
The frame supports bobbins containing silk or other thread or material to be worked
on the fabric or other material to be embroidered, and the frame is actuated by a
crank and eccentric or other equivalents. The silk, thread, or other material is
taken from the bobbins through two eyes and a steel guide, and it is secured to the
fabric to be embroidered by a few stitches. One of the eyes can be moved either
to the right or the left by a handle and rod to avoid touching the embroidering
needle.
And in order that this Invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front view, and
Fig. 2 an edge view, of the improved apparatus for embroidering.
A, B, and C, D, are two horizontal bars joined together by vertical bars forming
a strong rectangular frame resting in the brackets E, F, and G, H; this frame is
balanced by two weights K and L, suspended to levers fixed on the axle T, so that
by means of the crank m and the eccentric n the rectangular frame can be moved
in any direction without absorbing much power. The bobbins containing the thread
or other material to be embroidered on the fabric are fixed on the frame, the number
of bobbins corresponding to the number of needles employed; and these bobbins are
provided with friction breaks to prevent over-running. The threads or other
material pass through the eyes a and b, and then through the steel guides c, and
they are fastened at d, as shewn in Fig. 1. The threads or other material are
fastened to the embroidery material, which is fixed at e on the frame M, N, O, P,
by a few stitches of the machine. After this operation the end c, d, which is
fastened in d, is cut off, and by a turning movement of the apparatus or of the
guiding eye (whose centre must always be the needle, that is to say, at the point e,
in the position shewn by the Drawing) one may give any direction to the part o
fastened on the material to be embroidered. By means of the handle f the eye b
can be shifted toward the right or left side, in order to avoid touching the needle
in certain positions, otherwise the threads or other materials coming from the
bobbins would often be caught hold of and interfered with.
Having thus stated the nature of the Invention communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I wish it to be understood that I do not intend to limit
myself to the details given, as the same may be considerably varied or modified ;
and I claim, The frame marked A, B, C, D, and the parts acting in combination
therewith, substantially as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Alfred Barlow, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of October, One thousand eight hundred
and seventy nine.
C. A. BARLOW. (L.S.)