Improvements in Sewing Machine Stands or Tables.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
[Communicated from abroad by THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, of
New York, in the United States of America, Sewing Machine Manufacturers.]
Improvements in Sewing Machine Stands or Tables.
I. WILLIAM HARVEY INSLEE, Manager of The Singer Manufacturing
Company, Kilbowie, Dumbartonshire, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated
to me to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
In sewing together long lengths of heavy goods like carpets, sails, etc., on ordinary
sewing machines much difficulty has been experienced in handling the heavy work
so that it could be properly fed to the stitch-forming mechanism of the machine,
and this difficulty has been more particularly experienced when the heavy goods
are of considerable width.
My invention has for its object to obviate this difficulty and this I accomplish by
providing the sewing machine stand or table with an extension work-support which
is preferably in the form of a folding table or stand provided at its edges with
rollers mainly supporting the weight of the goods, and which anti-friction work-
supporting extension table is preferably provided with means whereby it may
quickly be attached to or detached from the sewing machine stand or table.
work-supporting rollers at the edges of the extension table are preferably made
longer than the extension, so as partly to overhang the sewing machine stand,
and thereby support the work resting on the table as well as that part of the work
resting on the extension.
The
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side view of a portion of a sewing
machine stand with my improved extension table applied thereto and Fig. 2 is a
plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view illustrating the mauner of
supporting the heavy work, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the detachable
connection.
A denotes the top or table proper of the sewing machine stand. B is the work-
supporting extension provided at its opposite edges with the rollers 6 journalled at
their outer ends in plates e preferably recessed into the outer end of the table B and
at their inner ends by the upturned parts of metal brackets c¹ attached to the lower
side of the table B₁, said plates and brackets having suitable bearings for the
journals of the rollers b, and the latter are preferably of greater length than the
said table B so as to overhang the table A to a point just beyond the needle and
feed, as more clearly shown in Fig. 1.
The extension table B is preferably supported at its inner end by brackets a
attached to the table A and engaged by lugs or ears b' secured to the said extension
table B. D is a folding leg hinged to the under side of the outer end of the said
table B and serving to support the outer end of the latter.
From the foregoing it will be readily understood that when the extension table B
is not desired for use it may be readily detached from the table or stand A, the
leg D when folded up being held in place by a turn-button e. It will also be
anderstood that as the rollers b, form the outer edges of the extension table most
of the weight of the work passing up to and down from said extension will
be supported by said rollers so that the work can be readily moved forward,

page_text: without objectionable side draft, in feeding the same to the stitch-forming
mechanism of the sewing machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is-
1. An extension work-support for sewing machine stands consisting of a table. B
provided at one end with means whereby it may be detachably secured to one
end of the sewing machine stand or table and thereby form a longitudinal
continuation of the latter, the front and rear edges of said extension work support
being formed by rollers b.
2. An extension work-support for sewing machine stands consisting of a table B
provided with means whereby it may be detachably secured to a sewing machine
stand, the front and rear edges of said extension work support being formed by
rollers b, and the said rollers being of greater length than the said table B so as to
overhang the latter.
3. An extension work-support for sewing machine stands consisting of the table B
provided at one end with means whereby it may be detachably secured to one end
of a sewing machine stand or table so as to form a longitudinal continuation or
extension of the latter, the front and rear edges of said extension work support
being formed by rollers b, and the said table B being provided at its outer end, or
the end which is to be farthest from the sewing machine stand, with the hinged or
folding leg D.
4. The combination with the sewing machine stand or table A provided with the
brackets a, of the extension table B having the lugs or ears 6, for detachable
engagement with said brackets, the bearing plates c, the bearing brackets c', and
the rollers b journalled in or supported by said plates and brackets at the opposite
edges of said table B, and the latter being also provided with the hinged or folding
leg D.
Daind thin 10th day of January 1807