IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS OR TABLES FOR SEWING MACHINES AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Taylor, of Driffield, in the County of
York, and Charles Edward Taylor, of Bradford, in the same County,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS OR TABLES FOR SEWING
MACHINES AND OTHER PURPOSES."
Sealed the 18th September 1868, and dated the 20th March 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Taylor and
Charles Edward Taylor at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 20th March 1868.
We, WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Driffield, in the County of York, and
CHARLES EDWARD TAYLOR, of Bradford, in the same County, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
STANDS OR TABLES FOR SEWING MACHINES AND OTHER PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
The Invention has for its object improvements in stands or tables
for sewing machines and other purposes, and relates to a novel arrange.
ment of parts whereby great facility, strength, and cheapness of con-

page_text: struction may be combined with a highly ornamental appearance. For
this purpose we construct the stand or table of frames or standards,
the parts of which are so formed as to enable them to be passed
between, across, or through each other, and we unite these frames
firmly together by means of clips, rings, or stays which may be formed
in two or more parts and united together by a screw or screws passing
into, through, or across such frames, and into or through the various
parts of the clips, rings, or stays. The clips, rings, or stays are made
to fit the various parts of the frames, and the parts of the frames
which cross each other are formed with one or more parts in one
frame fitting into corresponding parts of another frame, and thereby
when the parts are connected together preventing any movement of
the various parts on each other. A suitable top may be screwed to
the upper parts of the frames according to the purpose to which the
stand or frame is intended to be applied; or, if desired, the upper
parts of the frames may be in the shape of a vase or be made of a
suitable form to receive a vase, lamp, or other desired article. When
used for a sewing machine stand a suitable axis with treadles mounted
thereon is fixed in the lower parts of the frames, and the driving
wheel is carried by a stud or pin fixed to one of the frames.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Taylor and Charles Edward Taylor in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th September 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, WILLIAM
TAYLOR, of Driffield, in the County of York, and CHARLES EDWARD
TAYLOR, of Bradford, in the same County, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said William Taylor and Charles Edward
Taylor, Her special licence that we, the said William Taylor and Charles
Edward Taylor, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as we, the said William Taylor and Charles Edward Taylor, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no

page_text: 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 Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
STANDS OR TABLES FOR SEWING MACHINES AND OTHER PURPOSES," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that we, the said William Taylor and Charles
Edward Taylor, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
..
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Edward Taylor, on behalf
of myself and the said William Taylor, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
The Invention has for its object improvements in stands or tables
for sewing machines and other purposes, and relates to a novel
arrangement of parts whereby great facility, strength, and cheapness
of construction may be combined with a highly ornamental appearance.
For this purpose we construct the stand or table of frames or standards,
the parts of which are so formed as to enable them to be passed
between, across, or through each other, and we unite these frames firmly
together by means of clips, rings, or stays which may be formed in
two or more parts and united together by a screw or screws passing
into, through, or across such frames, and into or through the various
parts of the clips, rings, or stays. The clips, rings, or stays are made to
fit the various parts of the frames, and the parts of the frames which cross
each other are formed with one or more parts in one frame fitting into
corresponding parts of another frame, and thereby when the parts are
connected together preventing any movement of the various parts on
each other. A suitable top may be screwed to the upper parts of the
frames according to the purpose to which the stand or frame is intended
to be applied. When used for a sewing machine stand a suitable
axis with treadles mounted thereon is fixed in the lower parts of the
frames, and the driving wheel is carried by a stud or pin fixed to one
of the frames.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an elevation, and Figure 2 is a sectional plan of a table
constructed according to our Invention, and suitable to be used in
gardens, cafés, refreshment rooms, and other places; Figures 3 and 4
are separate views of the frames or standards; and Figure 5 is a plan
of the clip, ring, or stay employed for securing the two frames firmly
together.
It will be seen by reference to Figures 3 and 4 that the lower parts
of the frame A, shewn at Figure 3, are capable of being passed through
the space marked a, a, a, in the frame or standard B, shewn at
Figure 4, the upper parts of the frame or standard B being capable
of being sprung upon to permit the upper parts of the frame or
standard A passing through them. A cross piece 6 connects the upper
parts of the frames A together, and serves as a stop or guide against
which the upper parts of the frame or standard B bear. The frame A
is also provided with a cross piece c, which fits a corresponding recess
formed for it in a cross piece d formed in the frame or standard B.
When these two frames or standards are passed through, between, or
across each other in position to form a stand or table, the two halves
of a clip, ring, or stay C are placed in position, as shewn, and a screw
bolt C is passed through the two halves of such ring, clip, or stay,
and through holes e, f, formed through the lower parts of the frames
or standards A, B, whereby the various parts are firmly united together.
Such clip, ring, or stay C being made to fit the parts of the frames
or standards A, B, as shewn at Figure 2, and in the separate view at
Figure 5, all liability for the various parts of the stand to move upon
each other is avoided. The top of the stand or table is connected to
the upper parts of the frames or standards A, B, by screws, as is well
understood.
Figures 6 and 7 are two elevations of a stand or table suitable for a
sewing machine; and Figure 8 is a sectional plan thereof on the
line 1, 1, Figure 6. Similar parts are marked with similar letters of
reference to those employed in the previous Figures.
In this case,
however, there are two clips, rings, or stays C employed to connect

page_text: the two frames or standards A, B, together, one of such frames or
standards being passed through, across, or between the other in a
similar manner to that before described, a suitable treadle g and
driving wheel h being mounted on the frames or standards, as shewn,
or in other suitable manner; or, if desired, the upper parts of the frames
may be in the shape of a vase or be made of a suitable form to
receive a vase, lamp, or other desired article, as will be well
understood.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the mode
in which we carry the same into effect, we would have it understood
that we do not confine ourselves to the precise details herein shewn
and described, as such may be varied without departing from the
peculiar character of our Invention; but what we do claim is, the
improvements in stands or tables for sewing machines and other
purposes, substantially as herein shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Edward Taylor, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of September,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.
CHARLES EDWARD TAYLOR. (L.S.)