AN IMPROVED GUIDE APPLICABLE TO SEWING MACHINES PROVISIONAL SPATION
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederic Bapty, of Number Thirty, Grafton Street,
in the City of Dublin, Gentleman, and Edward Brydges Sayers, of Eight,
Heytesbury Terrace, Wellington Road, in the County of Dublin, Esquire,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED GUIDE APPLICABLE TO SEWING MACHINES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederic Bapty and
Edward Brydges Sayers, at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 12th April 1865.
We, FREDERIC BAPTY, of Number Thirty, Grafton Street, in the City of
Dublin, Gentleman, and EDWARD BRYDGES SAYERS, of Eight, Heytesbury
Terrace, Wellington Road, in the County of Dublin, Esquire, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED GUIDE APPLICABLE TO SEWING
MACHINES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of the addition of a simple contrivance to the
ordinary "tucking guide" of any sewing machine. One end of a spring is
fixed to a part of the "guide" farthest from the needle, the other end being
attached by a joint or hinge to a foot or plate of metal in front of the "guide."
The under surface of the foot is grooved or fluted at an angle or curve inwards;
the material while being stitched passes under the "foot" and the advantages
gained by this Invention are that the thinnest and softest materials may be
tucked or stitched at a uniform distance from the edge with much greater

page_text: accuracy than heretofore obtainable and with less attention on the part of the
worker. The spring and "foot" prevent too much material being thrust
between the needle of the sewing machine and the "guide" and the fluting
of the foot causes the material to be pushed or carried towards the guide
in such a manner that many articles with straight or curved edges are kept
up to the guide without any assistance from the person working the machine.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Frederic Bapty and Edward Brydges Sayers in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 10th October 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, FREDERIC
BAPTY, of 30, Grafton Street, in the City of Dublin, Gentleman, and EDWARD
BRYDGES SAYERS, of 8, Heytesbury Terrace, Wellington Road, in the County
of Dublin, Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the
said Frederic Bapty, and Edward Brydges Sayers, Her special licence that we,
the said Frederic Bapty, and Edward Brydges Sayers, our executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Frederic Bapty, and
Edward Brydges Sayers, our 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 Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN
IMPROVED GUIDE APPLICABLE TO SEWING MACHINES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Frederic Bapty and Edward Brydges Sayers,
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 per-
formed, 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 we, the said Frederic Bapty, and Edward Brydges
Sayers, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained

page_text: in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say) :-
This Invention consists of the addition of a contrivance to the tucking
guides of sewing machines.
The Drawings and description refer to a guide specially adapted to the
machine known as the Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine.
Figure 1 is a plan, Figure 2 is an inverted plan, Figure 3 is a front
elevation, Figure 4 is a side elevation.
A spring A is fixed at one end to the plate B, of the guide and at the
other is attached by a joint or hinge to a foot or plate of metal D, the under
surface of which is usually fluted. The material to be stitched is placed
under the foot D, and is carried forward in the direction of the arrow by the
feed motion of the machine, and the result is that the fluting of the foot
tends to push or carry the edge of the material up to the fence or front of
the guide, while at the same time the foot pressing uniformly prevents too much
of the material being thrust between the needle and the guide, and thus keeps
the line of stitching at a uniform distance from the edge.
Slight modifications will adapt this Invention to any of the well-known
sewing machines, but if the foot D should happen to press upon an uneven
part of the "cloth plate" it would be desirable to extend the plate B under-
neath the foot D.
Another modification may be made by having the spring A elevated at
or near the point e, and by the addition of a screw regulate the amount of
pressure to suit different kinds of material.
Having now set forth the nature of the Invention, and explained the
manner of carrying the same into effect we claim,—
Firstly, the combination as described.
Secondly, the jointing of the foot, so as to make it self-adjusting for
materials of uneven substance.
And, thirdly, the adjustment of the pressure to suit various kinds of fabrics.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederic Bapty have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
FREDERIC BATTI. (8.)