İM- PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SEWING STRAW BRAID
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, &
Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of "İM-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SEWING STRAW BRAID." A communication
from abroad by Seymour Cyrus Brown, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United
States of America, Machinist.
Sealed the 5th July 1878, and dated the 10th January 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th January 1878.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SEWING
STRAW BRAID." [A communication from abroad by Seymour Cyrus Brown, of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Machinist.]
This Invention has for its object to provide an improved machine for sewing
straw braid, and consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement
of parts, as herein-before fully described.
Referring to the accompanying Drawing,―
Figure 1 is a plan.
Figure 2 is an inverted plan.
Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are vertical sections illustrating the said Invention.
A designates the bed plate or table of said machine; and B, the main driving
shaft journailed therein; C is a fly wheel on said shaft; and c, a pulley, by means
of which power is conveyed from another shaft to said shaft B; B' is a grooved
cam on the shaft B, whereby reciprocating motion is communicated to the needle
bar D, a pin d attached to the under side of said needle bar, and provided with
an antifriction roller d' entering the groove b in said cam D'; E is a rock shaft
sustained in suitable bearings beneath the bed plate A, and provided with an arm
E¹, which is made fast on said shaft by a set screw l. The arm E' is slotted, as
shewn at e¹; F is an arm terminating at one extremity in a collar f, which encircles

page_text: an eccentric B2 on the shaft B, and furnished at the other extremity with a pin f¹
and antifriction roller f2, which enters the slot e' in the arm E¹. When the shaft
B revolves, the arm E¹, through the medium of the arm E, is caused to swing to
and fro, thereby rocking the shaft E for the purpose of obtaining the required feed
motion, as herein-after fully described.
Gis another shaft located beneath the bed plate A, and parallel with the
shafts B and E; G¹ is an arm made fast on said shaft by a set screw g, the
other end of said arm resting on a cam B3 on the shaft B; G2 is a spring, one end
of which is attached to the bed plate A, its opposite end resting upon a lug g¹
formed on the cam G¹. When the shaft B revolves the arm G is by the cam
B³ elevated, and by the spring G alternately depressed, a rocking motion being
thereby communicated to the shaft G; G³ is a crank on one end of the shaft G,
and g² its wrist pin supporting a pawl H, which is held by a spring h encircling
said wrist pin in contact with a ratchet wheel H¹. The ratchet wheel H¹ is sustained
in a hanger h², is mutilated at h³ by the cutting away ofseveral of its teeth, and is pro-
vided on opposite sides with cams h³ and h* respectively; I is an arm loosely swivelled
on the shaft E, and furnished at one end with an antifriction roller i, which rests
on the periphery of the cam h³, being held thereto by a spring ; K is an arm
having at each end openings k and k¹, into which enter pins f3 and on the arms F
and I respectively. The rocking of the shaft G causes the pawl H to turn the
ratchet wheel H one tooth's distance at a time. As the wheel H¹ in turning carries
its cam h³ around the arm I, is by said cam gradually raised at its outer
extremity, drawing the outer extremity of the arm F along, and causing the anti-
friction roller f to move up in the slot 3' in the arm E. The adjacent end of the
arm F being thus brought closer to the shaft E, while the extent of movement of
said arm which is derived through the eccentric B2, remains the same, it follows that
the rocking movement of said shaft E is gradually lengthened, the effect and object
being to increase the length of the feed which derives its motion from said shaft E,
as herein-after set forth.
When the ratchet wheel H¹ has completed a revolution, and the pawl H rests
upon the plain surface of said ratchet, the roller f* has roached its highest point in
the slot e¹. As the pawl H can now no longer move said wheel H¹, and as the
cam h³ thus remains stationary, thereby holding up the arms I and F, the move-
ments of the shaft E will thenceforth, and until a new adjustment, to be presently
described is secured, be always the same, thus securing a uniform feed motion until
a change of the same is desired, as herein-after set forth.
In sewing hats and bonnets the operator begins at the crown, and in the centre of
the latter, adding circle after circle of straw braid, or more properly lapping a con-
tinuous strand or braid in the form of a volute, the article thus assuming an
increasing diameter. At the beginning, owing to the short diameter and abruptness
of the curve of the strands or braids, it is desirable that the stitch should be as
short as possible. As the diameter increases the length of the stitch may with
advantage be correspondingly extended until a certain limit is reached, and this is
effected by the means just described.
B is still another cam formed on the shaft B, and L is an arm loosely
swivelled on the shaft E; or it may be an independent hanger provided for that
purpose. The outer extremity of said arm is furnished with an antifriction roller l,
which rides upon said cam; L' is a lug or bracket formed on or attached to the
arm L, and affording bearings for a pin L', which serves as a pivotal connection
for an upright L². The rotation of the shaft B moves the arm E downwardly,
drawing with it the upright L2, and thereby rocking the shaft from which the
loop former derives motion, as herein-after described.
B5 is a crank on the end of the shaft B, by means of which and a pitman ma
reciprocating motion across the bed plate is communicated to the shuttle carrier M;
E2 is an arm fast upon the shaft E, and N is a vertical shaft sustained in a hanger n,
said shaft N having made fast to it an arm N'. The arms E2 and N' are connected
by means of the double swivel joint o and link O, so that when said shaft P is

page_text: rocked by the means already described a corresponding and similar motion will be
communicated to said vertical shaft N; N2 is an arm fast on the upper part of said
shaft N, and terminating in a bifurcated end n', which straddles a pin p (or a roller
thereon), which projects downwardly through the bed plate from the lower one of
the feeding plates or jaws to be presently described. When the shaft N is rocked
its arm N2 gives a reciprocating or forward and back motion to said feeding devices;
Qis an arm fastened by a screw q to the shaft G, its outer extremity being made
fast to an shaped bracket R; S is a vertical shaft, the lower extremity of which
terminates just above the step n of said bracket, so that when the shaft Ġ is rocked
said step comes in contact with and elevates said shaft S.
To the upper end of said last-named shaft the upper feed plate or jaw is attached,
so that when said shaft is raised said feed plate is correspondingly elevated. S¹ is
a spiral spring encircling said shaft S, and operating to move the latter downwardly
to follow the bracket R in its descent.
The end of the needle bar is bevelled and grooved for the reception of plate or
nut C¹, by means of which the needle C¹¹ is clamped and held in position; T is the
take-up, consisting of a spring rod fastened at t to the standard t' of the plate T¹
secured to the bed A. by screws t², t2; T2, T3, are slotted adjustable slides fastened to
the needle bar D, the take-up T moving between said slides, being caused to
move by contact of the latter; U is a guide fastened at u, u, to the table A, and
having a boss u¹, which limits the movement of the take-up, said boss being
adjustable on said guide by means of its screw u², which may be moved in a slot
u³ in the latter; V is the tension; and v, a thread guide, v¹ being a button or
post, around which the thread passes before entering said guide v¹; W is the bridge
through which the needle passes, and W1 is a swinging gate and gauge, which
abuts upon the inner end of said bridge. The gate W₁ is secured to a vertical shaft w,
swivelled in a hollow post wl, and provided with a handle w³, by means of which
said shaft may be readily turned on its axis, and said gate swung at right angles
to and away from the bridge W; X is a gauge secured to a horizontal shaft
sustained in bearings or knuckles a³, and provided with a thumb nut x², by means
of which said gauge X may be advanced towards or caused to recede from the line of
movement or track of the needle; Y is a loop former secured in a groove y in the
end of an arm Y¹, which is secured to a rock shaft Y2, said shaft deriving its rocking
motion through a swivel or ball-and-socket connection, as shown at Y¹, with the
upright L. The loop former y is made fast to the arm y¹ by means of a set screw
y, which passes through a slot y³, and is rendered vertically adjustablo by means
of a thumb nut y'; P and P' are respectively the lower and upper feeding plates
or jaws; and pl and p², pins passing up from the former through the latter; Pl is
an L shaped plate secured to the bed A. At ps and p is a pin projecting
upwardly from the feeding jaw P, and passing back of the arm p of said plate.
The operation is substantially as follows:-The braid to be sewed is wound upon
a reel 1, while the thread for the needle proceeds from a spool 2. The shuttle
used is of the ordinary or any suitable construction. The braid is passed under the
bridge W, the gate W¹ being first thrown back to admit its insertion, and then
returned to position in line with said bridge.. The end of the strand of braid is
then brought around over the bridge, and caused to lap the part below. The inner
edge of the upper part of the braid rests against the end of the gate W¹, while the
inner edge of the part of the braid below said bridge rests against the face of the
gauge X. Motion being communicated to the shaft B the loop former Y swings
downwardly upon the braid beneath, depressing the latter, so as to produce a loop
or inverted arch in said braid. The needle bar now advances, and passes through
the depressed portion of the braid, its point and eye entering to the shuttle race M'
through the opening m'. The shuttle then passes through the loop of the needle
thread, and forms the stitch. The braid loop former now rises from the braid, the
needle being first withdrawn from the latter by the retraction of the needle bar D.
While the stitch is being formed, as just described, the upper feeding jaw or plate P¹
opens or is raised from the lower jaw P, and both jaws advance simultaneously

page_text: towards the braid, which is seized between them, the upper jaw descending upon
said braid as soon as the forward feed motion is completed. The stitch being
formed, the needle withdrawn, and the braid loop former Y raised, as already
described, the jaws P and P¹ recede or move backwardly, drawing the braid back
with them. While the jaws are in their backward position, or at any point between
the same and their former limit of movement, they may be swung around upon
the shaft 5 as upon a centre, so as to cause them to feed the braid obliquely to the
back of the needle to approximate or adapt the feed to the circular or volute form
into which the braid is being sewed.
When, during the progress of the sewing, or at any other time, it becomes desirable
to open the feed jaws to release the braid, the same may be accomplished by
turning the handle P³, said handle being swivelled upon a vertical shaft P¹, which
is sustained in a hollow post P³, and is held down by an auxiliary spiral spring.
The upper extremity of this shaft is furnished with a cross pin p; the lower
extremity passes through a slot q in the arm Q, and is provided with another cross
pin p below said arm. The collar ps of this handle P³ is notched at p³, one side
of this notch being an inclined plane. When said handle occupies its normal
position the cross pin pe rests on said notch; when said handle is turned said cross
pin po ascends the inclined plane pl, drawing up the shaft p*, which carries with it
the arm Q, thereby elevating the jaw p¹.
It has been already explained that the length of the feed is caused to increase
gradually as the sewing progresses until a certain limit has been attained, after
which the stitch continues to be of uniform length.
To restore the feed to its original minimum limit of movement, which is necessary
or desirable at beginning each hat or bonnet, the ratchet wheel is caused to be
turned while its blank space passes from under the point of the pawl, and the latter
comes into engagement with the toothed portion. This is effected by the operator's
depressing a spring plunger H, the first of which meet the cam hon said ratchet
wheel H¹, thus causing the latter to turn.
The gate W, it will be observed, has a projecting nib w³, and the spindle w to
which it is secured is provided with an inserted spiral spring w*, so that said device
operates as a presser foot, as well as a gate and gauge.
The change of feed to an oblique line, as already suggested, is effected by the
operator's simply drawing towards his or her person the braid which is within the
grasp of the feeding jaws. Said jaws turn freely on their centre, and are restored
to their normal position by the entrance of the pin p* to the notch p¹ in the plate p*,
said pin meeting and bearing against the bevilled side p¹² of said notch.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th
July 1878.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SEWING
STRAW BRAID." A communication from abroad by Seymour Cyrus Brown, of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Machinist.
This Invention has for its object to provide an improved machine for sewing
straw braid, and consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement
of parts, as herein-after fully described.
The said Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a plan or top view of the said machine; Figure 2 is an inverted plan
of the same.
Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, are vertical sections illustrating details of the said
Invention.
A designates the bed plate or table of the said machine; and B, the main driving
shaft journalled therein; C is a fly wheel on the said shaft; and c, a pulley, by
means of which power is imparted from another shaft to the said shaft B; BI is a
grooved cam on the shaft B, whereby reciprocating motion is communicated to the
needle bar D; a pin d attached to the under side of said needle bar, and provided
with an antifriction roller d', entering the groove b in the said cam B¹; E is a rock
shaft sustained in suitable bearings beneath the bed A, and provided with an arm
E¹, which is made fast on said shaft by a set screw e. The arm E¹ is slotted, as
shown at e¹; F is an arm terminating at one extremity in a collar f, which encircles
an excentric B2 on the shaft B, and furnished at the other extremity with a pin f¹
and antifriction roller f2, which enters the slot el in the arm E¹. When the shaft B
revolves, the arm E¹, through the medium of the arm F, is caused to swing to and
fro, thereby rocking the shaft E for the purpose of obtaining the required feed motion,
as herein-after fully described.
G is another shaft located beneath the bed plate A, and parallel with the shafts
B and E; G is an arm made fast on said shaft by a set screw g, the other end of
said arm resting on a cam B³ on the shaft B; G2 is a spring, one end of which is
attached to the bed plate A, its opposite end resting upon a lug g¹ formed on the
arm G¹. When the shaft B revolves the arm G' is by the cam B³ elevated, and by
the spring G² depressed alternately, a rocking motion being thereby communicated
to the shaft G; G³ is a crank on one end of the shaft G, and g³ its wrist pin sup-
porting a pawl H, which is held by a spring h, encircling the said wrist pin in
contact with a ratchet wheel H¹. The ratchet wheel H is sustained in a hanger h³,
is mutilated at h* by the cutting away of several of its teeth, and is provided on
opposite sides with cams h³ and h* respectively; I is an arm loosely swivelled on
the shaft E, and furnished at one end with an antifriction roller i, which rests on
the periphery of the cam h³, being held thereto by a spring i¹; K is an arm having
at each end openings k and k¹, into which enter pins f3 and 2 on the arms F
and I respectively. The rocking of the shaft G causes the pawl H to turn the
ratchet wheel Hone tooth's distance at a time. As the wheel H' in turning carries
its cam h³ around, the arm I is by said cam gradually raised at its outer extremity,
drawing the outer extremity of the arm F along, and causing the antifriction roller
f' to move up in the slot e¹ in the arm E¹. The adjacent end of the arm F being
thus brought close to the shaft E (while the extent of movement of the said arm
which is derived through the excentric B³ remains the same), it follows that the
rocking movement of said shaft E is gradually lengthened, the object and effect
being to increase the length of the feed, which derives its motion from the shaft E,
as herein-after set forth.
When the ratchet wheel H¹ has completed a revolution, and the pawl H rests
upon the plain surface of the said ratchet, the roller ƒ has reached its highest point.
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page_text: in the slot e¹. As the pawl H can now no longer move said wheel H¹, and as the
cam ³ thus remains stationary, thereby holding up the arms I and F, the move-
ments of the shaft E will thenceforth, and until a new adjustment to be presently
described is secured be always the same, thus securing a uniform feed motion until
a change of the same is desired, as herein-after set forth.
In sewing hats and bonnets the operator begins at the crown, and in the centre of
the latter, adding circle after circle of straw braid, or rather lapping a continuous strand
or braid in the form of a volute, the article thus gradually assuming an increasing
diameter. At the beginning, owing to the short diameter and abruptness of the
curve of the strands or braids, it is desirable that the stitch should be as short as
possible. As the diameter increases the length of the stitch may with advantage
be correspondingly extended until a certain limit is reached, and this extension is
effected by the means just described.
B is another cam formed on the shaft B, and L is an arm loosely swivelled on
the shaft E; or it may be swivelled on an independent hanger provided for that
purpose. The outer extremity of said arm is furnished with an antifriction roller I,
which rides upon said cam; L is a lug or bracket formed on or attached to the
arm L, and affording bearings for a pin , which serves as a pivotal connection
for an upright L. The rotation of the shaft B moves the arm L downward,
drawing with it the upright L2, and thereby rocking the shaft from which the
loop former derives motion, as herein-after described.
B³ is a crank on the end of the shaft B, by means of which and a pitman ma
reciprocating motion across the bed plate is communicated to the shuttle carrier M ;
E2 is an arm fast upon the shaft E, and N is a vertical shaft sustained in a hanger n,
said shaft N having made fast to it an arm N¹. The arms E2 and N' are connected
by means of the double swivel joint o and link O, so that when said shaft E is
rocked by the means already described a corresponding and similar motion will be
communicated to said vertical shaft N; N2 is an arm fast on the upper part of
said shaft N, and terminating in a bifurcated end n¹, which straddles a pin p (or a
roller thereon), which projects downwardly through the bed plate from the lower
one of the feeding plates or jaws, to be presently described. When the shaft N is
rocked its arm N2 gives a reciprocating or forward and backward motion to said
feeding devices; Q is an arm fastened by a screw to the shaft G, its outer extremity
being made fast to an L shaped bracket R; Sis a vertical shaft, the lower extremity
of which terminates just above the step r of said bracket, so that when the shaft
is rocked said step comes in contact with and elevates said shaft S.
To the upper end of said last-named shaft the upper feed plate or jaw is attached,
so that when said shaft is raised said feed plate is correspondingly elevated. S¹
is a spiral spring encircling said shaft S, and operating to move the latter down-
wardly to follow the bracket R in its descent.
The end of the needle bar is bevelled and grooved for the reception of a plate or
nut C, by means of which the needle C2 is clamped and held in position; T is
the take-up, consisting of a spring rod fastened at t to the standard t¹ of a plate T¹
secured to the bed A by screws t², t2; T2, T3, are slotted adjustable slides fastened
to the needle bar D, the take-up T moving between said slides, being caused to
move by contact of the latter; U is a guide fastened at.u, u, to the table A, and
having a boss which limits the movement of the take-up, said boss being adjustable
on said guide by means of its screw u², which may be moved in a slot us in the
latter; V is the tension; and v, a thread guide, being a button or post, around
which the thread passes before entering the said guide v; W is the bridge through
which the needle passes, and W' is a swinging gate and gauge which abuts upon
the inner end of said bridge. The gate W₁ is secured to a vertical shaft w swivelled
in a hollow post w¹, and provided with a handle w², by means of which said shaft
may be readily turned on its axis, and said gate swung at right angles to and away
from the bridge W; X is a gauge secured to a horizontal shaft a sustained in
bearings or knuckles x', and provided with a thumb nut x², by means of which
said gauge X may be advanced towards or caused to recede from the line of move-

page_text: ment or track of the needle; Y is a loop former secured in a groove in the end of
an arm Y¹, which is secured to a rock shaft Y, said shaft deriving its rocking
motion through a swivel or ball-and-socket connection, as shown at y¹ with the
upright L. The loop former Y is made fast to the arm Y¹ by means of a set
screw, which passes through a slot y³, and is rendered vertically adjustable by
means of a thumb nut y'; P and P¹ are respectively the lower and upper feeding
plates or jaws; and p¹ and p², pins passing up from the former through the latter;
p is an L shaped plate secured to the bed A at p³; and p is a pin projecting
upwardly from the feeding jaw P, and passing back of the arm ps of said plate.
The operation is as follows:-The braid to be sewn is wound upon a reel 1, while
the thread for the needle proceeds from a spool 2. The shuttle used is of the
ordinary or any suitable construction. The braid is passed under the bridge W,
the gate W being first thrown back to admit its insertion, and then returned to
its position in line with said bridge. The end of the strand of braid is then brought
around over the bridge, and caused to lap the part below. The inner edge of the
upper part of the braid rests against the end of the gate W₁, while the inner edge
of the part of the braid below said bridge rests against the face of the gauge X.
Motion being communicated to the shaft B, the loop former Y springs downward
upon the braid beneath, so depressing the latter as to produce a loop or inverted
arch in the said braid. The needle bar now rises, and passes through the depressed
portion of the braid, its point and eye entering to the shuttle race M¹ through the
opening m. The shuttle then passes through the loop of the needle thread, and
forms the stitch. The braid loop former now rises from the braid, the needle being
first withdrawn from the latter by the retraction of the needle bar D. While the
stitch is being formed, as just described, the upper feeding jaw or plate P¹ opens or
is raised from the lower jaw P, and both jaws advance simultaneously towards the
braid, which is seized between them, the upper jaw descending upon said braid as
soon as the forward feed motion is completed. The stitch being formed, the needle
withdrawn, and the braid loop former Y raised, as already described, the jaws P
and P' recede or move backwardly, drawing the braid back with them. While the
jaws are in their backward position, or at any point between the same and their
forward limit of movement, they may be swung around upon the shaft S as upon
a centre, so as to cause them to feed the braid obliquely to the track of the needle
to approximate or adapt the feed to the circular or volute form into which the
braid is being sewn.
When during the progress of the sewing, or at any other time, it becomes desirable
to open the feed jaws to release the braid, the same may be accomplished by turning
the handle P³, said handle being swivelled upon a vertical shaft P, which is sus-
tained in a hollow post Ps, and is held down by an encircling spiral spring. The
upper extremity of this shaft is furnished with a cross pin pe; its lower extremity
passes through a slot 9 in the arm Q, and is provided with another cross pin below
said arm.
The collar på of this handle P³ is notched at p³, one side of this notch
being an inclined plane. When said handle occupies its normal position the cross
pin pe rests in said notch; when said handle is turned said cross pin pe ascends the
inclined pin p¹º, drawing up the shaft P, which carries with it the arm Q, thereby
elevating the jaw P¹.
It has been already explained that the length of the feed is caused to increase
gradually as the sewing progresses until a certain limit has been attained, after
which the stitch continues to be of uniform length.
To restore the feed to its original minimum limit of movement, which is necessary
or desirable at beginning each hat or bonnet, the ratchet wheel H¹ is caused to be
turned until its blank space passes from under the point of the pawl H, and the latter
comes into engagement with the toothed portion. This is effected by the operator's
depressing a spring plunger H2, the foot of which meets the cam h* on said ratchet
wheel H, thus causing the latter to turn.
The gate W', it will be observed, has a projecting nib w³, and the spindle w to

page_text: which it is secured is provided with an encircling spiral spring w, so that said
device operates as and is a presser foot as well as a gate and gauge.
The change of feed to an oblique line, as already suggested, is effected by the
operator's simply drawing towards his or her person the braid which is within the
grasp of the feeding jaws. Said jaws turn freely on their centre, and are restored
to their normal position by the entrance of the pin p to the notch p" in the plate
P³, said pin meeting and bearing against the bevelled side p¹ of said notch.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim,—
First. In and forming part of my improved machine the table formed or provided
with a projecting arm, as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.
Second. In combination with the feed motion of a sewing machine means for
automatically and gradually increasing the length of the stitch or feed, and whereby
the length of the stitch is automatically and gradually increased until a certain
limit is reached, when such increase automatically ceases, and the feed proceeds
with a uniform movement, as above set forth.
Third. In combination with the arm F operated from the shaft by means of the
excentric and the slotted arm E¹ on the rock shaft the ratchet having a cam and
pawl, the arm I having the roller, and the arm K arranged and operating as
described to gradually increase the length of feed, as above set forth.
Fourth. In combination with the shafts B, E, and arms F, E¹, the intermediate
mechanism for varying the relative positions of said arms to cause an increase in
the length of feed of the machine, as above set forth.
Fifth. The ratchet wheel H¹ provided with the cams h³ and h* in combination
with the pawl H, arm or crank G³, shaft G, and plunger, as above set forth, and for
the purposes specified.
Sixth. The combination of parts comprising the shaft B, the cam B*, the arm,
the upright, and the rock shaft, as above described, and for the purpose specified.
Seventh. In combination with the shaft E and feeding plates or jaws, the arms
E2, N2, N3, the link and the swivel joint, as above described, and for the purpose
specified.
Eighth. In combination with the shaft G and feeding plate or jaw, the handle P³,
the shaft P, and the collar, as above described, and for the purpose specified.
Ninth. In combination with the said feeding jaws and the pin p, the inde-
pendent plate P³, as above set forth, and for the purpose specified.
Tenth. The gate or gauge W' sustained upon a vertically adjustable shaft, and
provided with a spring, whereby the said gauge is caused to act as a presser foot,
as shown and described.
Eleventh. The combination with the adjustable bracket X¹ of the adjustable gauge
and the gauge and presser foot, as above described, and for the purposes specified.
Twelfth. In combination with the rock shaft Y2 and arm Y₁ the loop former, as
shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.
WM. ROBT. LAKE. (L.S.)