Improvements in and connected with Cases or Covers for Sewing Machines and other Purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1896
Improvements in and connected with Cases or Covers for Sewing
Machines and other Purposes.
We CARL LAUCHARDT Wood Carver and JULIUS HERMANN KÖHLER Banker
both of Gera in the Empire of Germany do hereby declare the nature of this
invention 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 construct the covers of sewing machines type.
writing machines and other machines in such a manner that when the machine is.
in use the cover will serve a useful purpose.
As at present constructed the covers of sewing machines type-writers and the
like are detachable from the table or stand of the machine and when removed
therefrom in order to operate the machine have to be placed on the floor or
elsewhere and are useless encumbrances until again required to cover up the
machine.
Now according to our invention we construct the covers in such a manner as to
enable them to be utilized as brackets on which may be placed cloth paper or other
articles when the machine is in use. And in order that our said invention may be
fully understood we will proceed to explain as applied to sewing machines the same
with reference to the accompanying sheets of drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents front elevation of a sewing machine table fitted with a cover
constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 3 is a plan of same.
Figs. 2 and 4 are sections shewing cover closed and open respectively.
Fig. 5 is elevation shewing sides of cover turned down or placed at the end of
the table to form brackets.
Fig. 6 is plan of same.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs.
a al are the sides of the cover which sides may be either hinged to the table as
shown on the right of Figs. 5 and 6 detachable from the table and secured thereto
by means of books engaging with a metal plate as shown on the left of Figs. 5 & 6.
or one side may be hinged to the table and the other detachable.
If the sides are detachable they may be attached to the top of the table by
books engaging with a metal plate h slots g g are formed in the plate to admit
the hooks.
Similar plates h¹ may be attached to the ends of the table to hold the sides of
the box when machine is in use. The sides a a' are grooved as shewn at co
(Figs. and 6) to receive a rolling blind or shutter or other suitable flexible
covering d which forms the front back and top of the cover.
The shutter d when opened passes through a slot d¹¹ in the table and rests on
brackets e the said shutter then forms a guard to prevent the material being sewn
from coming in contact with the treadle and other mechanism underneath the
table.
When the blind is closed it may be secured to the table by the usual lock or by
other suitable means the sides are secured in the vertical position by hooks z
and eyes y y or by other suitable means.
Covers constructed as hereinbefore specified are also applicable to type writers
phonographs and other machines which require to be protected from dust and dirt
when not in use.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a case or cover for sewing machines type writers and other machines the
combination of grooved side pieces a a¹ with a rolling blind or shutter or other
flexible covering the said side pieces a a' being either hinged to the table or other
support or detachable therefrom all substantially as hereinbefore specified and for
the purpose stated. -
2. Covers for sewing and other machines constructed as hereinbefore specified
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 16th day of November 1895,
T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, London, E.C., Agent for Applicants.