AN IMPROVED GLOVE SEWING MACHINE
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Browne, of the Firm of Browne and
Company, Patent Agents, of 85, Gracechurch Street, in the City
of London, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED GLOVE SEWING
MACHINE." A communication from abroad by Johan Jacob Berg-
mann and Carl Emil Hüttemeier, both of Copenhagen, in the
Kingdom of Denmark.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Browne'
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 9th April 1872.
I, ALEXANDER BROWNE, of the Firm of Browne and Company,
Patent Agents, of 85, Gracechurch Street, in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
GLOVE SEWING MACHINE," -A communication from abroad from Johan
Jacob Bergmann and Carl Emil Hüttemeier, both of Copenhagen, in
the Kingdom of Denmark, to be as follows:-
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This Invention consists in constructing a glove sewing machine in
the following manner. A suitable framing supports the following
parts :-

page_text: First, the scales, which can move from each other over'a point; these
scales are pressed against each other by a spring. The glove is placed
between the scales with the edges to be sewed over the borders of the
scales. The axis of the machine is moved round by a strap. In the middle
of this axis is an eccentric disc which moves a bar to and fro, the needle
is fastened on the front part of this bar, and in such a way that it passes
just over the edges of the scales. On the same axis is fastened another
eccentric disc which moves another bar, one end of which is formed
crooked. This eccentric disc is constructed in such a manner as to
move the bar with the crooked end in three different directions, viz.,
to and fro, up and down, and to the right and left. To effect this
the bar is fixed in a fork which is connected to a sliding piece of metal.
By turning round the axis of the machine the needle bar is moved
forwards and the needle caused to pierce the glove just over the edges
of the scales; the needle in going back by the turning round of the axis
will make a noose in the yarn which is caught by the crook, which is
taken to the left by the eccentric disc. The needle then passes back
to its lowest point, and simultaneously the eccentric disc brings the
crook with the noose over the edge of the glove, and at the same time
so much down in the scale that the needle in returning passes into the
noose, whereupon the eccentric disc takes the crook so much to the
right that it leaves the noose on the needle, where it remains till the
needle has again reached its lowest point, and the crook has again
caught the new noose made by the needle; now both crook and needle
are going back and the needle leaves the noose left round it in the
former stitch by the crook. This movement is repeated for every new
stitch. In order to be able to move the glove forwards to the required
distance between the stitches, the scales can be turned round. This
may be effected by the aid of another eccentric disc, which by the
turning round of the machine moves the bar to the left. The scales are
moved round for every stitch just when the needle is farthest removed
from the glove. By the aid of a spiral spring the bar and sliding
piece will always keep close to their respective eccentric disc.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
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filed by the said Alexander Browne in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 9th October 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDER
BROWNE, of the Firm of Browne and Company, Patent Agents, of 85,
Gracechurch Street, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-fifth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Alexander Browne, Her special licence
that I, the said Alexander Browne, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Alexander Browne, my exccutors,
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 GLOVE
SEWING MACHINE," a communication from abroad by Johan Jacob
Bergmann and Carl Emil Hüttemeier, both of Copenhagen, in the
Kingdom of Denmark, upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Alexander Browne, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, 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 Alexander Browne, do hereby
declare the nature of my 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:-
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This Invention consists in constructing a glove sewing machine in
the following manner. A suitable framing supports the following

page_text: First, the scales, which can move from each other over a point; these
scales are pressed against each other by a spring. The glove is placed
between the scales with the edges to be sewed over the borders of the
scales. The axis of the machine is moved round by a strap. In the middle
of this axis is an eccentric disc which moves a bar to and fro, the needle
is fastened on the front part of this bar and in such a way that it passes
just over the edges of the scales. On the same axis is fastened another
eccentric disc which moves another bar, one end of which is formed
crooked. This eccentric disc is constructed in such a manner as to move
the bar with the crooked end in three different directions, viz., to and fro,
up and down, and to the right and left. To effect this the bar is fixed
in a fork which is connected to a sliding piece of metal. By turning
round the axis of the machine the needle bar is moved forwards and
the needle caused to pierce the glove just over the edges of the scales;
the needle in going back by the turning round of the axis will make
a noose in the yarn which is caught by the crook which is taken to the
left by the eccentric disc. The needle then passes back to its lowest
point, and simultaneously the eccentric disc brings the crook with the
noose over the edge of the glove, and at the same time so much down
in the scale that the needle in returning passes into the noose, where-
upon the eccentric disc takes the crook so much to the right that it
leaves the noose on the needle, where it remains till the needle has
again reached its lowest point and the crook has again caught the
new noose made by the needle; now both crook and needle are going
back, and the needle leaves the noose left round it in the former stitch
by the crook. This movement is repeated for every new stitch. In order
to be able to move the glove forwards to the required distance between
the stitches the scales can be turned round. This may be effected by
the aid of another eccentric disc, which by the turning round of the
machine moves the bar to the left. The scales are moved round for
every stitch just when the needle is furthest removed from the glove.
By the aid of a spiral spring the bar and sliding piece will always keep
close to their respective eccentric disc.
And in order to render this Invention more intelligible I will now
proceed to describe the means by which it may be carried into practice,
reference being had to the illustrative Sheet of Drawings accompanying
these Presents, and to the numeral figures and letters of reference
marked thereon respectively as follows:-

page_text: Figure 1 represents a top plan view of the machine; Figure 2, a side
elevation of Figure 1. Figures 3, 4, 5, are detached parts herein-after
particularly described and referred to. At each of the above-mentioned
Figures similar letters of reference are employed to denote corresponding
parts.
At Figure 2, k, l, are the scales, which can move from each other
over the point m; these scales are pressed against each other by the
spring n. The glove is placed between the scales with the edges to
be sewed over the borders of the scales.__
At Figure 1, a is the axis which is moved by the strap b. In the
middle of the axis a is fixed the eccentric disc c which moves the
bar d to and fro, the needle e is so fastened on the front part of this
bar d as that it passes just over the edges of the scales k and 7.
On the axis a is fastened another eccentric disc f which moves the
bar 9, in one end of which is fixed a crook h. Figure 4 shows a side
elevation of this eccentric disc which is so constructed as to move
the bar with the crook h in three different directions, namely, to
and fro, up and down, and to the right and to the left. To effect this
the bar is put into the fork i which is placed with its round tap x
into the glider g, as represented at Figure 5. By turning round the
axis a the needle bar d will be moved forwards, and the needle pierce
the glove just over the edges of the scales, the needle in going back by
the turning round of the axis will make a noose in the yarn, and the
said noose is caught by the crook which is moved to the left by the
eccentric disc f. The needle is now moving back to its lowest point
and simultaneously the eccentric disc f brings the crook h with the
noose over the edge of the glove, and also so much down in the scale k
that the needle in returning passes into the noose, whereupon the
eccentric disc f takes the crook so much to the right that it leaves
the noose, in which position it remains until the needle has arrived
again at its lowest point, and the crook has again caught the new.
noose made by the needle; both crook and needle now move back and
the needle leaves the noose that was left round it by the former stitch
made by the crook. This movement is repeated for every new stitch.
In order to move the glove as much forwards as is required in
accordance with the distance between the stiches, the scales k and

page_text: should be turned round, which can be effected by means of the eccentric
disc o, which by the turning round of the machine takes the bar P to
the left. Figure 3 shows the connection between the scale k and the
bar p, seen from below. In the groove t, the bar p is connected with
the ring which fits round the scale k so that two points only are
touched. By turning round the axis a the eccentric disc o takes one
end of the bar p to the left while the other end is pressing the ring u
forcibly against the scale k, by which a firm connection is made between
the, scale and the bar. Now the bar by the turning round movement of
the machine is taken more to the left, thereby causing this bar to move
the scale k round the distance between two stitches. By means of the
spiral springs, the bar and ring are taken back to their former position.
By the aid of the spring n the scale will follow the movement of the
scale k. The scales are moved round for every stitch just when the
needle is furthest removed from the glove. The bar 9 and the glider q
are always kept in close contact with the eccentric disc f by means of
the spiral spring r.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of
this Invention for "An Improved Glove Sewing Machine," together
with the means by which it may be effected, I would remark in con-
clusion that I hereby declare this Invention to consist in and I claim
the general combination and arrangement of the mechanism above
described and represented, and the several operations thereof for effect-
ing the purposes of this Invention, as above stated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Browne, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eighth day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.