IMPROVEMENTS IN TUCKERS FOR SEWING MACHINES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Andrew Barrett, of 63 & 64, Piccadilly, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TUCKERS FOR SEWING MACHINES."-A communication from abroad by
Joseph Barrett, of 40, West Seneca Street, Buffalo, in the State of
New York Tinited States of America.
I, ANDREW BARRETT, of 63. and 64, Piccadilly, in the County of
5 Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN TUCKERS FOR SEWING MACHINES," to be as follows:-

page_text: In order to assist the person using a sewing machine to make parallel
rows of tucks I construct an apparatus such as is shewn in the accom-
panying Drawing.
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a is the base plate of the apparatus, this is firmly attached on to the
table of the machine by means of the thumb screw f in such manner
that the spindle 6 is directly in front of the needle. e is a curved arm
pivotted at d to the base plate a, the end of this arm is hollow and
receives a screw projecting transversely from the spindle b. By screwing.
or unscrewing this screw the spindle 6 is traversed and the size of the
tucks regulated. The outside of the arm e is also provided with a screw
thread and carries a nut fixed to the shoe c (of section 1). By screwing
the nut along the arm e the space between the tucks is regulated.
When the first tuck or hem has been made it is placed wrong side up
under the spindle b, shoe c, and arm e, and is drawn tight up to the
groove in the shoe c. The cloth is then turned back over the spindle 6
and a cloth presser let down and the sewing commenced. The other
tucks are made in the same manner, the wrong side of the tuck last
made being placed in the groove of the shoe c and acting as a guide for
the tuck next to be made. The tucked cloth is confined. within the bow
of the arm e, and the untucked cloth being bent back flows along over
its top..
As a further help to inexperienced operators a feed gauge may be
attached by the thumb screw g to the base plate a. This feed gauge
consists of two jaws h, h, and a sliding collar k. The lip of one of the
jaws h is placed over and the lip of the other under the cloth which is
folded over the spindle b, and the collar k is slid up until it gently
touches the cloth. The cloth as it is fed along is thus kept in place
around the spindle b.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Andrew Barrett, Her special licence that
I, the said Andrew Barrett, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Andrew Barrett, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TUCKERS
FOR SEWING MACHINES," a communication to me from abroad by Joseph
Barrett, of 40, West Seneca Street, Buffalo, in the State of New York,
United States of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Andrew Barrett, my exccutors or administrators, by an instru-.
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, 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.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Andrew Barrett, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :-
My Invention relates to that class of attachments to sewing machines
that are used for folding the cloth for tucks, and sewing the same in such,
a manner that the right side of the stitches appears upon the right side
of the cloth to be tucked, and by reference to the following description
and the Drawing it will be clearly understood. It consists in the
arrangement of the moveable shoe D having the lip or projection D¹ and
being secured to a shank A, said shank A being moveably attached to a
base plate B to be fastened to the cloth plate of a sewing machine by:
means of a thumb screw in combination with the guiding and folding
devices E, F, and G; whereby the cloth is folded and guided during
sewing.

page_text: Fig. 1. is a side elevation of my tucker in full size; Fig. 11, is a plan
view of the same.
Fig. III. is a detail view of the guide plate Ġ; Fig. IV. is a side
elevation of the same; Fig. V is a plan view of the same.
Fig. VI. is a side view of shoe D; and Fig. VII. is an end view of the
same.
Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several Figures.
A is the shank or stock for my improved tucker. It is attached to a
sewing machine. by means of a base plate B, which plate varies in con-
figuration according to the construction of the different machines to
which it is to be applied. The shank A consists of a round or similar
bar curved, as shewn in Fig. I., and is pivoted near the end of the base
plate, and may be turned or swung forward for the adjustment of the
shoe D and folder blade F. B is a metallic base plate provided with a
slot hole B², by means of which it is secured upon the cloth plate of the
sewing machine with a thumb screw. B' is a hallow cylinder attached
to or forming one part with A, it is either smooth or screw threaded
upon its outside, and within its core D is a gage or shoe attached to a
socket C sliding or screwing upon cylinder B'. It consists of a metallic
blade pointed towards one end and rounded on the other end, its lower
edge being bent at right angles to form the projecting lip D'. The
purpose of the gage D and lip D¹ is to gage and guide the cloth during
sewing. E is a shank attached to a narrow and thin folding blade F, it
slides or screws into the core of cylinder B and can be secured at any
desired place; G is an additional guide consisting of two plates fastened
together at one end and there provided with a slot hole. The inner
faces of the guide plates G are creased diagonally and towards the folder
blade F for the purpose of drawing the cloth over the folder blade F
during sewing. K is a sliding gage upon the folding guides G, it has
two projections extending downward and over the sides of plates G, and
is moveably attached thereto by a thumb screw L. Its purpose is to

page_text: moveable gage D, moveable folding blade F and guide G, all whẹn
arranged substantially as and for the use and purpose as described.
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In witness whereof, I, the said Andrew Barrett, have hereunto'
set my hand and scal, this Sixth day. of January, One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five.
Signed, scaled, and delivered by
the within-named Andrew
Barrett in the presence of
ANDREW BARRETT. (L.S.)
MATTHEW A. SOUL.