IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DYEING THE SEAMS OF GLOVES, APPLICABLE TO GLOVE SEWING MACHINES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark of 53 Chancery Lane in the
County of Middlesex Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents for an
Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DYEING THE SEAMS OF
GLOVES, APPLICABLE TO GLOVE SEWING MACHINES communicated to him from
abroad by Edouard Fages Peyre, of Paris, France
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Alexander Melville Clark at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th July 1883.
ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK of 53 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex
Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
DYEING THE SEAMS OF GLOVES, APPLICABLE TO GLOVE SEWING MACHINES."
municated to me from abroad by Edouard Fages Peyre of Paris France.
Com-
In the operation of sewing gloves the cut edges of the two pieces of leather sewn
together remain visible and it is therefore indispensable especially in the case of black
gloves to dye these edges at the seams of the same color as the leather of which the
glove is. made. It has been already proposed. to apply various apparatus to glove.
sewing machines for automatically dyeing these edges, but such apparatus whilst
being more or less complicated involved the use of reservoirs of liquid ink or dye.
These apparatus were therefore an encumbrance to the sewing machine and were
defective in working the Bow of the dye being. difficult of regulation and the
result being unsatisfactory..
This Invention relates to mechanism of simple construction whereby these edges
may be dyed-whilst they are being sewn without the employment of any reservoir
of liquid dye. This mechanism may be applied to all kinds of glove sewing
machines. In order that the Invention may be more readily understood I have
"Brosser" glove
illustrated it in the accompanying drawings as applied to a
sewing machine and will proceed to describe it with reference thereto.

page_text: Figure 1 is an elevation of the glove sewing machine provided with the
mechanism of this Invention which is represented separately in plan in Figure 2.
Figure 3 is a vertical section on a larger scale through the ink or dye holder.
Figure 4 is a plan showing the two extreme positions of the arm which carries
the brush by which the ink or dye is applied to the edges at the seams. Figure 5
is an elevation of the brush.
a is the framing, b the needle holder c the looper and d d the feed wheels of the
glove sewing machine.
The mechanism of this Invention consists of two main parts the one a stationary
ink or dye holder, and the other movable and carrying a brush or its equivalent
adapted to take up a proper quantity of dye and apply it to the cut edges at the
seams of the gloves whilst the sewing mechanism is in operation.
e is the stationary ink or dye holder. It is formed with a cavity fat the rear
end i,e that farthest from the machine needle, containing, a wet sponge or other
suitable absorbent material held in place by a covering plate g and at its front end
it has another cavity containing a cake of solid ink or dye h which is fed up flush
with the top surface of e as it is consumed, by a follower and adjusting screw i or
equivalent device.
The movable part of the mechanism consists of a lever arm k swinging on a
pivot and carrying at its free extremity an upright brush P which sweeps over
the wet sponge and solid ink or dye on the holder e
In Figures 1 and 2 this brush carrying arm k is operated by the needle holder
cof the machine by means of a studs on the latter playing in a slot r formed in said
ariu. This arm is moreover jointed at o to enable the portion of the brush to be
adjusted. The brush rod itself is also jointed near its lower end so that it may
be bent slightly backwards as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 out of the way of
the operator in rectifying the work. This joint is similar to a rule joint and the
lower part is held in the straight position by a flat spring q which presses on the
tail of the jointed end. The holder e and the arm k are both mounted on a plate m
which is securely fixed to the upper part of the machine frame a by means of the
tie rods t and wing nuts u and by lugs on the rods t which take under the top
plate of the machine.
In the case of black gloves it is preferred to make the cake of solid dye of the
following composition although any other suitable combination may be employed.
20 to 30 parts
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to shape.
Having described the nature of the said Invention and the manner of performing
the sume I declare that what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent is.
1 In an apparatus to be applied to glove sewing machines for dyeing the cut
edges at the seams of gloves the combination of a stationary holder e carrying the
coloring, matter and of a swinging arm provided with a brush or other device
taking up and applying this coloring matter and operated by the sewing machine
substantially as shown and described
2nd In an apparatus for dyeing the.cut edges at the seams of gloves the employ-
ment of the combination of a moistened sponge f and a cake of solid coloring
matter h held in a holder e substantially as specified.
3rd In an apparatus for dyeing the cut edges at the seams of gloves the combi-
nation of the swinging lever a jointed brush attached thereto and the mechanism

page_text: for operating said arm from the needle holder of the sewing machine substantially
as specified.
4th The general combination and arrangement of apparatus including the means
of fixing the same to a sewing machine substantially as herein specified.
In witness whereof I the said Alexander Melville Clark have hereunto set my
hand and seal this thirteenth day of July AD 1883
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