Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Raymond, of the Town of Guelph,
Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, Manufacturer of Sewing
Sealed the 23rd August 1872, and dated the 1st June 1872.

page_text: that the lifting and carrying motions of the lever may be increased or
diminished by the elevation or depression of the shaft in the socket.
Third. In the arrangement and application of an adjustable stand
secured to the base of the machine to form bearings for the pivot points
of the shuttle driver, and by which any wear or looseness of the parts
operating the driver may be taken up or tightened, thus rendering them
firm and enduring, the frame or stand being made in two parts, which
are adjustable one on the other by screws fitting in slots or by other
equivalent means; thus to the base of the machine I secure a stand by
screws, which is made in two parts or sections to form upper and lower
bearings for the pivot points of an oscillating shuttle driver, which is
operated in the usual way by a cam on the feed shaft. The upper part
of the stand is secured adjustable to the lower part by screws which pass
through slots in the legs of the upper part, and by which means the
upper part can be lowered, so as to take up any wear or looseness at the
pivot points, and thus tightening the operating parts and rendering them
more enduring.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Raymond in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 30th November 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
RAYMOND, of the Town of Guelph, Province of Ontario, Dominion of
Canada, Manufacturer of Sewing Machines, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-fifth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors give and
grant unto me, the said Charles Raymond, Her special licence that I, the
said Charles Raymond, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Charles Raymond, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and

page_text: In one end of the feed bar there is a wide slot to enable it to be lifted
independent of its stop or guide pin passing through the slot. The other
end of the feed bar is slotted and slides upon a pin inserted in the end
of the machine; F is a plate secured to the end of the frame; it is pro-
vided with a socket to receive the vertical shaft of a bent fulcrum pin
passing through a hole at the angle of the lever G, one end of which is
kept in contact with the cam B, and the other passes under the feed
bar A, when the cam B is operated, and thus the V shaped lever elevates
the feed bar immediately before it is carried forward by the action of the
cam B. The spring D operates the feed bar backward against the cam
in the usual manner.
By the use and application of the lever G, arranged and operating as
described, I am enabled to obtain a lift and carry motion to the feed
bar, as set forth from the single cam now usually employed for carrying
the feed bar forward. The shaft I of the fulcrum pin of the lever G is
held adjustably in its socket in the plate F at any required height by a
screw J, to admit of an increased or diminished lift motion being given
to the feed bar F as may be necessary by raising or lowering the lever G
by its shaft I.
I will now proceed to describe the third part of my Invention. Kis
the base of the machine, to which is secured by screws L a stand M,
constructed in two parts or sections to form upper and lower bearings
for the pivot points of the oscillating shuttle driver N, which is operated
in the usual manner by a cam O on the feed shaft C. The upper part
of the stand is secured adjustably to the lower part by screws P, which
pass through the slots in the legs of the upper part, and by which means
the upper part can be lowered so as to take up any wear or looseness at
the pivot points, and thus tighten the operating parts and render them
more enduring.
What I claim as my Invention is,―

page_text: Third. The stand M, arranged as shewn, and constructed in adjustable
sections for receiving the pivot points of the shuttle driver N, as and for
the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Raymond, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
CHARLES RAYMOND. (L.S.)