Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1887.
Specification Accepted, 30th Sept., 1887
I, SAMUEL SIDNEY BROMHEAD, of 97 Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent,
(communicated), 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 my invention is to produce a simple and cheap machine for working
raised designs on any kind of cloth fabrics &c.
Referring to drawings of which-
Fig. 1. is a front view of my machine.
Fig. 2. is a sectional end view of the same.
Fig. 3. is a detail view of the needle-bar and its attachments.
A, designates the supporting frame made of metal which is of the form illustrated
in Fig. 1.
On this frame A, revolving on axle c, and attached thereto, is the driving wheel R,
operated by crank S. Near to the driving wheel R, the spool-holder T is secured to
the frame A. At the extreme outer end E of the frame is adjustably fastened by
means of the set-screw I, the adjustable foot F.
The needle-bar consists of the rod O attached to driving-wheel R, and is fastened to
the hollow needle N. On to this rod O, and needle Ñ, slides the presser-foot K,
consisting of the horizontal part k, with right angular end D through which passes
the rod O, and the right angular end with block 1, attached thereto, through which
passes the needle. This presser foot and needle are held in place by the slotted guide
or rest d made fast to set-screw bolt d'. The needle and its bar and the
presser-foot,
operate (as will be hereinafter described) independently of each other. The presser-
foot is pressed downwardly or outwardly by means of an helical spring P fastened on
the rod O at p.
The parts hereinbefore described may be all made of metal or part of metal and
part of wood.

page_text: The operation of my invention is as follows
The thread or worsted from the spool u, is passed through the hollow needle N, as
illustrated in Figure 1. The machine is then placed against the material to be
operated upon, in about the position shown in Fig. 1. with the adjustable foot F,
resting upon the fabric. The crank is then turned. The needle is instantly forced
through the material. On the return stroke of the needle a loop is formed by the
thread on the opposite side of the material; and when the needle has nearly freed
itself from the material the presser foot K is withdrawn from same. When the needle
makes its outward stroke again, the presser-foot K is moved the space of a stitch;
and when it presses upon the material again, rests upon the last stitch and prevents it
from being disturbed while the needle passes into the material again to form another
loop. This operation is kept up until the machine has finished its work.
The length of the loops is regulated by adjusting the needle rod O on the driving-
wheel, closer or further away from the center by changing the bent end thereof from
one to another of the holes Q. When this is done, the foot F must likewise be
adjusted accordingly.
To change the needle the parts shown in Fig. 4 are removed from the machine by
simply detaching rod O from the driving-wheel R and sliding presser-foot from its
slotted guide. The same parts with another, finer or courser needle as may be
required are replaced on the machine.
Having thus described my invention I desire to claim :-
1. In a Fabric Turfing Machine, the hollow needle N attached to the rod O, which
is connected with, and receives its motion from, the driving-wheel R, substantially as
and for the purpose set forth.
2. In a Fabric Turfing Machine, the presser-foot K supported and sliding on rod O
and needle N, and acted upon by the spring P, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
3. In a Fabric Turfing Machine, the adjustable foot F substantially as set forth.
4. In a Fabric Turfing Machine, the combination with the frame A, of the driving-
wheel R, with crank S, the adjustable foot F, the spool-holder T, the hollow needle N
attached to rod O connected with driving-wheel R, and the presser-foot K acted upon
by spring P, all arranged and operated substantially as hereinbefore described.
.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C.,
Patent Agent.