Improvements in Combined Fabric and Threads in Hemming.and similar Work.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Fabric and Threads in Hemming.and
similar Work.
I JOSEPH DEEKS, of Northumberland Avenue in the County of London,
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention-a communication
to me from abroad from Henry Howell Fefel, of 163rd Street, and College
Avenue, near Fleetwood Avenue, in the City, County and State of New York,
in the United States of America-and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:--
The object of this invention is to provide a new combination of cloth aud
thread in hemming and similar work composed of three threads so applied that
double the length of hem may be produced in a given amount of time as compared.
with stitches heretofore employed. Where the stitch is used in ordinary sewing
instead of for hemming double the amount of work can be accomplished in any of
the usual forms of ordinary sewing.
Two of the threads which constitute my improved combination are each made
to form a loop, the loop of one thread passing down through the fabric of cloth
or other material to be stitched ahead of the loop of the other thread, but both
loops being brought into position on the under side of the fabric, so that all the
loops of both threads shall be in a substantially unbroken line. The other
thread is thrown through each and every loop of both of said two threads in a
substantially unbroken line, whereby all of said loops are locked on the underside
of the fabric.
My invention consists in the combination of cloth or other suitable material with
the three threads thus looped and locked together.
In order that the said invention may be fully understood I will now proceed to
describe the same with reference to the sheet of drawings accompanying this
Specification, in which
Fig. 1 is a top view of a hem, made with my improved combination, Fig. 2 is a
view of the underside thereof,
Fig. 3 is a perspective view shewing the arrangement of threads as they are
associated together before they are drawn tight, the cloth not being shewn for
sake of clearness. This combination may be made by hand or by machine.
The same letters of reference are employed to denote the same parts in the
different figures.
a represents the cloth, one of the threads which are made to descend through
the cloth in the form of loops, c is the second thread, d is the third thread, which
latter lies on the underside of the cloth, and is threaded through the loops of the
threads b and c alternately.
This improved combination of fabric and thread has the great advantage over
other forms of stitches used in hemming or plain work that it can be made by any
suitable given method so quickly that double the amount of work is accomplished
in a given time.
This extraordinary quickness arises from the fact that the two threads b and c
can be manipulated simultaneously in the same time that would be required for
the manipulation of either one of them, whilst their simultaneous descent through
the cloth, one in advance of the other enables the thread d to be thrown through
a loop of each thread at the same motion, thereby effecting the locking of two

page_text: loops in a substantially continuous series of stitches instead of a single loop as has
been the case heretofore. This will be readily understood by persons familiar
with sewing and its requirements, without further explanation. It is of course
understood that whilst the threads are associating together, the tension is
comparatively loose, and that after the association takes place the threads are
drawn taut to make a firm lock-stitch.
In Figure 3 the thread c is shewn in a solid line, so as to distinguish it from the
thread b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion communicated to me from abroad and in what manner the same is to be
performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The combination with a piece of cloth or other suitable material of two threads
which pass alternately down through said cloth in the form of descending loops,
one in advance of the other, in a substantially continuous line to the underside
thereof and of a third thread which passes through each of said descending loops
of both of said threads on the underside of the fabric, whereby said loops are
.locked, all arranged substantially as shewn and for the purposes specified.
Dated this Eleventh day of January 1896.
BROWNE & Co.,
9 Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.