Ornamental Fringing and Means of Producing same.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 9th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 15th Apr., 1887,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Ornamental Fringing and Means of Producing same.
I, WILLIAM FAIRWEATHER of 106 London Road, Manchester Sewing and Embroidery
Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this, my invention for "ORNAMENTAL
FRINGING, AND MEANS OF PRODUCING SAME" to be as follows:-
A variable, waved line of heading to looped sewing, or fringing, in connection with
a selvidge, or binding stitch to confine the edges of the material so fringed, or
embroidered upon, and the use thereto of a self-acting, oscillating or movable bar and
needle to produce the above as follows:-To the ordinary needle bar of fringing
machines is attached a second movable needle bar having a reciprocating, or vibrating
motion to and from the first needle bar, this motion being produced by a cam, or any
equivalent motion attached to the first needle-bar, or to the body of machine, so as to
produce the waved line of fringe head as above described, and which will be fully
described in complete specification, and clearly shewn in the drawings accompanying
same.
WILLIAM FAIRWEATHER.

page_text: I, WILLIAM FAIRWEATHER, of 106 London Road, and 67 Sackville Street Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Sewing and embroidery machinist, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to he
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
For the purpose of producing in woven or other fabrics, a variable waved line of
heading to looped sewing or fringing in connection with a selvedge or binding stitel,
and to confine the edges of the material so fringed or embroidered, I employ a self
acting oscillating bar and needle with variable motion.
In this invention the usual fringing produced or worked on the edges of woven or
other fabrics is secured by a waved line of sewing through the inner edge of such
fringed material in addition to a line of plain sewing through the edge of the material
thus worked, and which keeps the edge from fraying out during wear or washing.
The means I employ for producing the ornamental fringing herein above described
are as follows: To the needle har of any sewing or fringing machine, I attach a
second needle bar which is provided with suitable action to give it an oscillating or
side movement during the time that it is travelling and sewing, in addition to the
ordinary needle bar, thus while the ordinary needle bar is doing the straight line of
sewing, the oscillating bar and needle is producing the waved or variable line of sewing
on the inner edge of fringe. The oscillating or side motion to the additional needle
bar is obtained by means of a self-acting cam or other suitable appliance, regulated or
set to move the additional needle bar sideways to any given distance in either direction
within the limits of the cam, thereby producing any pattern of waved line of sewing
of various forms, depths and distances, according to the shape of the cam.
In order more clearly to describe my invention, I have annexed hereunto a sheet of
drawings In the several views illustrated therein, similar letters refer to similar
parts.
Fig. 1, represents front view, Figs. 2 and 3 side views of needle bar in an ordinary
sewing or fringing machine, and with additional but oscillating needle bar attached.
In these views a is head or arm of machine carrying ordinary needle bar 6 and having
the usual vertical motion. is the additional or oscillating needle bar attached by
pin d to the upper part of ordinary needle bar b. thus obtaining the same action and
movement vertically as the ordinary needle bar.
To obtain an oscillating or backward and forward movement in the additional
needle bar c I attach a came to the face of the ordinary needlo bar b. A regulating
screw or set pin which is fitted to oscillating needle bar c is caused to press on the
face of rim of came by means of spring g, which is attached to pin h on needle bar b.
The pin being fixed to ordinary needle bar acts as a guide to oscillating needle
bar
c, keeping said bar parallel with ordinary needle bar. With each downward
movement of ordinary needle bar b, the ratchet wheel which is attached to cam e
is moved forward one tooth by means of the pawl k, in which position it is retained

page_text: by sliding plate until again moved forward by succeeding downward action of
ordinary needle bar. By these means the cam e is revolved, and the set pin f which
bears on the face of cam e, causes the needle bar c to oscillate, and the ornamental
fringing or variable waved line of sewing is thus obtained, the pattern produced boing
conformable to the shape or configuration of the face of cam e.
In Fig. 2 the oscillating needle bar c is represented in an angular position. In
Fig. 3 the came having been revolved the needle bar c has attained a position nearly
parallel with ordinary needle bar.
Fig. 4. represents a sample of work produced by means as herein above described.
7 the fabric. p is one pattern or form of waved or ornamental sewing produced by
Oscillating bar c and needle c¹. ris the straight sewing produced by ordinary bar b
and needle b¹. s is the looped fringe forming edge.
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 I claim is
1st. In fabrics, the production of an ornamental, variable pattern or waved line of
heading to looped sewing or fringing in connection with a selvedge or binding stitch
to confine the edges of the material so fringed or embroidered, substantially as herein
before described.
2nd. The use of an oscillating needle bar actuated by a cam or other suitable
appliance, and forming an additional needle bar in an ordinary sewing or fringing
machine, as a means of producing ornamental and variable or waved line of sewing in
the manner and for the purpose as herein before described.
Dated this 8th day of February 1887
WILLIAM FAIRWEATHER.