An Improved Mode of Manufacturing Scalloped Edgings.
Year: 1890

page_text: Dre of Application, 17th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 16th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 17th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Mode of Manufacturing Scalloped Edgings.
I, JACOB STEIGER-Meyer, of Herisau, Switzerland, but at present of 8 Falcon
Street, in the City of London, Embroiderer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :—
In scalloped edging manufactured by embroidery machines, the tendency is for the
embroidered edge to give way when submitted to wear and tear, the ground fabric
being pared away close up to the embroidery edge when the material is applied to the
garment to be ornamented.
To obviate this defect, recourse has been had to the Swiss button-hole machine,
which produces a stitch that has a good hold of the fabric, and will not run when the
thread is broken. But the use of this machine increases the cost of the goods.
Now, according to my invention, in order to simplify the operation of edging
embroidery, I first apply to the ground fabric a basting or ground thread, running it
along through the work in a line corresponding to the line of the pattern which the
edge embroidery is designed to take. This basting thread I apply by means of what
is known as the Swiss embroidery machine, and 1 then, either by means of that
machine, or its equivalent, proceed to work over the basting thread, and form the
embroidery edge upon it.
Edges thus produced will have no tendency to tear away from the fabric, when
subjected to rough usage in the laundry, for the basting thread having a firm hold on
the fabric, will effectually sustain the embroidery edge in place against rough usage.
This invention, it will be understood, is applicable to the finishing of ornamental
strips produced in the loom, the embroidery machine being used to complete the
manufacture.
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NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Mode of Manufacturing Scalloped Edgings.
Jacob Steiger-MEYER, of Herisau, Switzerland, but at present of 8 Falcon Street.
in the City of London, Embroiderer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In scalloped edgings, manufactured by embroidery machines, the tendency is for
the embroidered edge to give way when submitted to wear and tear, the ground fabric
being pared away close up to the embroidery edge, before or after applying the
material to the garment to be ornamented.
To obviate this defect, recourse has been had to the Swiss button hole machine,
which produces a stitch that has a good hold of the fabric, and will not run when the
thread is broken, but the use of this machine increases the cost of the goods.
Now, in order to simplify the means for securing a firm edging for embroidery, I
first apply to the ground fabric, a basting or ground thread, running it along through
the work in a line corresponding to the line of the pattern which the edge embroidery
is designed to take. This basting thread I apply by means of what is known as the
Swiss embroidery machine, fitted with double-pointed needles, and I then, either by
means of that machine, or by the multiple shuttle Swiss machine, proceed to work
over the basting thread, and form the embroidery edge upon it.

page_text: In the accompanying drawing, I have shown, on an enlarged scale, a diagram of
the new work in its two stages, for the purpose of illustrating more clearly the nature
of my invention. The figure may be said to represent half a scallop,-one portion
showing, at a a, the basting or ground thread, and the other portion shewing, at bb,
the ordinary sewing, which covers the basting or ground thread, and constitutes the
edge of the finished work.
From this illustration it will be seen that edges produced according to my invention,
by the embroidery machine, will have no tendency to tear away from the fabric when
subjected to the comparatively rough usage of the laundry, for the basting thread
having a firm hold in the fabric, will effectually sustain the embroidery edge in place
against such rough usage. This invention, it will be understood, is equally applicable
to the finishing of ornamental strips produced in the loom, the embroidery machine
being used in this instance to complete the manufacture of the ornamental strips.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is :-
The mode above described of manufacturing scalloped edgings in the embroidery
machine, whereby the tendency of the edges to give way or part from the fabric is
removed.
Dated thin 10th
T.
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1000