IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MACHINE EMBROIDERY
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Alfred Barlow, of the Firm of Henry Bernoulli
Barlow, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Patent Agent, for
an Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MACHINE
EMBROIDERY." A communication from abroad by Charles William Wetter, of
St. Gall, in the Republic of Switzerland.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Alfred Barlow at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th January 1882.
CHARLES ALFRED BARLOW of the Firm of Henry Bernoulli Barlow of
Manchester in the County of Lancaster Patent Agent. IMPROVEMENT IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF MACHINE EMBROIDERY." A communication from abroad by
Charles William Wetter of St. Gall in the Republic of Switzerland.
This invention is applicable to any kind of machine embroidery worked on
cloth or other fabric and the object of the improvement is to make an edge or
border to the embroidery that shall only be connected with the surrounding cloth
or fabric by loose loops of embroidery thread so that the edge or border need not
be separated from the surrounding fabric by cutting out as heretofore but will
be ready and fit for use by cutting or opening the loops and letting the edge
slip out.
To carry this invention into effect an ordinary embroidering machine fitted with
a perforating apparatus is used.
A piece of fabric or cloth is placed in the machine and embroidered in the usual
manner. Then where the edge or border is to be formed a row of eyelets are
made in the ordinary way. The cloth is then torn at the lower point of each
eyelet by the perforating apparatus and the lower end of each eyelet is surrounded
by embroidery thread so that the lower point of the eyelet is disconnected on
either side from the fabric or cloth through this point a sling or loop is placed
which is fastened in the cloth at any convenient distance. After this all the
remaining cloth which is yet connected with the eyelet can be torn off and the
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page_text: eyelets will be kept steady by the loops. To make the lower half of the edge
clear, the eyelet has to be surrounded once more with the embroidery thread to
gather in the remainder of the cloth and to give the edge more firmness. As soon
as the loops are cut they will slip out of the eyelets and the edge will be free
without the necessity of cutting it out with the scissors.
The upper part of the eyelet can be connected with any kind of embroidery
made in the ordinary way either close or open work in more or less elaborate
styles.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
---by-the-said-Charles-Alfred-Barlow_in_the_Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd July 1882.
of
CHARLES ALFRED BARLOW, of the Firm of Henry. Bernoulli Barlow,
Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Patent Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF MACHINE EMBROIDERY." A communication from abroad by
Charles William Wetter, of St. Gall, in the Republic of Switzerland.
This invention is applicable to any kind of machine embroidery worked on
cloth or other fabric, and the object of the improvement is to make an edge or
border to the embroidery that shall only be connected with the surrounding cloth
or fabric by loops of embroidery thread so that the edge or border need not
be separated from the surrounding fabric by cutting out as heretofore but will
be ready and fit for use by cutting or opening the loops and letting the edge
slip out.
To carry this invention into effect an ordinary embroidering machine fitted with
a perforating apparatus is used.
And to make my description more intelligible I will refer to the accompanying
drawing which represents a single straight edge or border. Other borders not
following a straight line may be embroidered in a similar manner.
A piece of fabric or cloth is placed in the machine and embroidered in the usual
manner and where the edge or border is to be formed a row of eyelets A are made
in the ordinary way or other form of border is made: the cloth is then perforated
or torn at the lower point of each eyelet by the perforating apparatus and the
lower end of each eyelet is surrounded by embroidery thread so that the lower
point of the eyelet is disconnected on either side from the fabric or cloth as shown
at B: through these points slings or loops of embroidery thread are placed as
shown at C which are fastened in the cloth at any convenient distance. After this
all the remaining cloth which is yet connected with the eyelets can be perforated
or cut and the eyelets will be kept steady by the loops as shown at D. To make
the lower half of the edgo clear the eyelet has to be surrounded once more with
the embroidery thread to gather in the remainder of the cloth and to give the
edge more firmness and complete the border. As soon as the loops are cut they

page_text: will slip out of the eyelets and the edge will be free as shown at E without the
necessity of cutting it out or trimming it with scissors.
The upper part of the eyelet can be connected with any kind of fabric or
embroidery made in the ordinary way either close or open work in more or less
elaborate styles as shown at F and G.
By this improved process a strong uniform border may be made which is superior
to and much cheaper than the ordinary hand trimmed border.
Having stated the nature of this invention and described the manner of
performing the same.
I declare that I claim.
The improved process of manufacturing an edge or border to fabric or
embroideries which consists in so working the edge or border in the cloth or fabric
that it is only connected with the superfluous part of the fabric by loops which
when drawn out will leave the border entirely finished without any further
manipulation substantially as herein described.
In witness whereof I the said Charles Alfred Barlow have hereunto set my
hand and seal this twenty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred
and eighty two,
CHARLES ALFRED BARLOW. (LS)