Appliance in Sewing-machines for Simultaneously Making and Sewing On Braids and Edgings.
Year: 1894

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Appliance in Sewing-machines for Simultaneously Making and
Sewing On Braids and Edgings.
I, ADOLF BUCHHOLZ, Gentleman, of Bochum in the Province of Vestfalia and
Kingdom of Prussia 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 :-
Up to the present the braids etc. in use in uniform caps and uniforms were made
by hand and then sewn on to the stuff in question. Although the latter operation
was also done by the machine, still it was not possible to do the sewing very
uniformly, as the parts held by the hand were subject to involuntary motions, the
uniforms thus manufactured generally having an inelegant appearance. Besides,
this kind of sewing on necessitates much care and in consequence also a greater
expenditure of time.
In order to avoid this and to enable the pieces in question to be sewn on or
together uniformly and very expeditiously, I have constructed the simple appliance,
illustrated by drawings, which can be easily attached to any machine and by
means of which the braid is manufactured in quite a mechanical manner and sewn
on to the stuff.
Fig. 1 represents the apparatus in a side-view, Fig. 2 in a view from above, while
in Figs. 3 and 4 a view of the stuff-guides is given as seen from in front and from
behind.
As may be seen from Figs. and 2 the apparatus consists of the presser-foot
which is attached to the machine and the guides for the stuff.
The presser-foot is formed of a horizontal plate a provided with a recess b. The
front end of this plate is bent upwards at right angles forming a support c having a
U-shaped section. This presser-foot is placed on the part of the sewing-machine,
and is firmly connected with the machine by means of a screw e which enters into
a recess in the stem of the support c. At the back part of the plate a is the stuff
guide for the manufacture of the braids etc.
This guide consists of two parts, a conical tube 9 and a case h enclosing it in a
semicircle. This case is conically enlarged from the front towards the back and
the tube is attached to it by soldering etc. The sides of the case, as will be seen
from Figs. 3 and 4, are bent back towards the inside (h, and h,) and drawn back a
little at the hinder end so as to form a halfring-shaped slit i for the reception of
the stuff.
The apparatus is used in the following manner:
After it has been attached to the machine, the tape, cord etc. (k Fig. 1), is put
into the tube g, and the stuff into the case that surrounds it. Then the stuff, to
which the braid is to be attached, is placed in the usual manner on the plate of the
machine, so that the part where the sewing takes place is in the recess b of the
plate a under the needle of the machine. The cord k is now pushed out by hand
uniformly with the stuff I out of the tube and the front opening of the case h. At
the same time the stuff lays itself round the cord and its free ends are joined
by the needle. Simultaneously the braid, which is now ready, is sewn to the stuff
of the uniform or cap, which is under the needle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what [
claim is:
Appliance in sewing-machines for simultaneously making and sewing on braids

page_text: and edgings on stuffs of every description, distinguished by the stuff-guides attached
to a plate a suitably fixed to the machine, in one of which guides the cord, forming
the heart of the braid, is guided, and in the other, which encloses the first guide,
the stuff surrounding the cord in such a manner that on the simultaneous coming
out of cord and stuff the latter surrounds the cord in such a manner that it can be
sewn together by the needle, thus forming the braid, the finished braid being at the
same time sewn on to the stuff of the article of dress.
Dated this Twenty-first day of August 1894.
For ADOLF BUCHHOLZ,
B. Brockhues.