Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 6th Apr., 1889
Partly communicated from abroad by ADIN MAYO BARBER, of the City, County, and
State of New York, United States of America, Inventor.
I, WILLIAM ROBINSON GOODBODY, of 38, St. Georges Road, Waterloo, in the
County of Lancaster, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hand sewing
machines, and has for its object to furnish a machine adapted to be operated by a lever
and hand pressure after the manner of shears; a machine in which a straight needle
may be used, in which the parts shall be simple and positive in their operation, and
which, moreover, shall possess the same certainty of action as the larger machines,
which are mounted on a table or stand and are operated by rotary motion. With
these ends in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and combination
of elements hereinafter fully set forth.
In order that such as are skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, may
fully understand both how to make and use these improvements, I will now describe
the same in detail.
The frame of the machine is composed of a rearwardly projecting rigid handle, an
overhanging needle arm approximately in a line therewith, and a work plate supporting
arm below the same, all of which parts are preferably made integral. The work plate
is secured on its supporting arm at its forward end, and at its rear to the vertical
portion connecting said arm with the needle arm.
Its
The needle lever is pivoted to the said vertical portion of the needle arm.
forward extremity is forked and embraces a stud or screw upon the needle bar, which
slides in ways formed in the end of the needle arm. The operating lever is similar to
the rearwardly projecting rigid handle aforesaid, and is pivoted to the base of the
needle arm, so as to lie approximately in the same vertical plane as said handle, and is

page_text: connected to a short backward projection on the needle lever by means of a link.
The take up is preferably curved somewhat in the form of an L, and it is pivoted
to the needle arm at its bend, its depending extremity being connected to the
needle lever by a slot and pin connection.
A bifurcated presser foot is secured upon a presser bar, behind the needle bar,
and any usual lifter is secured to said bar to raise the same. A spool pin is
mounted at the rear end of the needle arm, and a tension device is arranged upon
the top of said arın.
The loop taking device and the mechanism for operating it is as follows.
Upon a downward extension of the needle lever is secured a cross pin, which
enters a vertical slot in a bar, arranged to slide upon the side of the work plate
arm. A plate which is mounted upon the aforesaid sliding bar is arranged parallel
to the under surface of the work plate. Through said plate is cut a curved or
deflected slot. One portion of this slot lies parallel to the sliding bar and plate
arm, the other portion being curved round until it lies almost at right angles to
the formed portion. A swinging carrier bar is pivoted at its rear end to the
upper side of the plate arm, so as to oscillate in a horizontal plane. The forward
end of the carrier bar carries a small boat shaped shuttle after the manner of such
machines as are known by the name of the Empress, Domestic, Helpmate, etcetera.
A pin extends upward from the carrier bar through the deflected slot in the plate
carried by the aforesaid sliding bar. The back and forward movement of the said
slotted plate, and the engagement of the pin on the carrier bar with the curved
slot therein, imparts the proper segmental reciprocating movement to the carrier
bar and the shuttle.
The feeding of the goods beneath the needle is accomplished by the following
means. A link, one end of which is adjustable in a slot in the downward exten-
sion of the needle lever, connects the latter to the long arm of an L shaped lever,
which extends across the bottom of the work plate and is pivoted thereto at its
elbow. The shorter arm of said lever points in a rearward direction. The feed
lever is fulcrumed to the bottom of the work plato, and its rear end is pivotally
connected to the short arm of the aforesaid ✓ shaped lever. The feed bar works
below the work plate in a direction at right angles to the plate arm, and the feed
dog is carried thereby. The two extremities of the feed bar are forked (guide
pins passing through the forks into the work plate) and the end engaged by the
feed lever is bent slightly away from the work pinte. The end of the feed lover
passes between the aforesaid bent end and the work plate, and a pin upon said
lever passes through a slot in the feed bar. A T-headed stud engages the other
forked end of the bar and holds the same to the work plate while permitting.
limited longitudinal movement thereto. A flat spring is secured to the bar near
its centre, and its other end bears against the under surface of the work plato.
A spring is interposed between the rigid handle aforesaid and the operating
lever.
The upper
thread is led from the commercial spool upon the aforesaid spool pin
through the tension, through the eye in the take up, and through guide eyes on
the end of the needle arm.
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A clamp or dog is provided for the attachment of the machine to a table or
bench. Its hooks grasp a plate on the plate arm beneath the shuttle, and its rearward
projecting arm is secured by an ear and set screw to the plate arm. A clamp screw
secures it to the table.
The operation of this invention is as follows:
By the opening and closing of the hand, the operating lever is closed toward the
handic upon the frame against the action of the aforesaid spring, which serves to return
said lever when the grip of the operator is relaxed. The movement thus induced in
the lever is communicated to all the working elements of the machine through the link
connecting the operating lever, and the rearward extension of the needle lever. This
link effects an oscillation of the needle lever on its pivotal point thereby the vertical
movement of the needle bar is effected after the manner common to sewing machines.

page_text: At each downward stroke of the needle bar, the rearward movement of the slotted
extension of the needle lever through the cross pin, slide-bar, and horizontal slotted
plate aforesaid swings the shuttle carrier across through its arc, and the shuttle takes
the loop in the ordinary manner.
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Meanwhile the take up has been carried upward giving out the slack for the loop,
and after the loop has been transversed by the shuttle, and as the needle ascends, the
stitch is drawn tight in the fabric by the return motion of the take up.
The swinging of the feed lever simultaneous with the downward stroke of the needle
effects the downward and backward throw of the feed dog as follows:
The downward movement of the feed bar and dog is effected by the end of the feed
lever, which is wedge shaped in cross section, and which is forced between the feed bar
and the work plate, thereby lowering that end of the bar out of engagement with the
plate. The other end of the feed bar acts as a pivot, the downward movement at the
centre being sufficient to take the dog out of engagement with the goods. The back-
ward movement is induced by the engagement of the pin on the lever with the slot in
the bar.
The upward movement of the bar, which carries the dog into engagement with the
goods, is brought about through the withdrawal of the feed lever from between the bar
and work plate, and the action of the spring attached to the bar, and the forward
movement whereby the goods are moved beneath the needle for the next stitch
by the engagement of the pin on the feed lever with the other end of its slot in the
bar.
The clamp which may be separate, but which it may be advantageous to form upon
the machine, gives to the operator the option to operate the machine by holding it in
one hand, while the goods are fed by the other, or to secure the machine firmly to
some stationary object, as a table, and thereby give to it a rigidity and steadiness in
operation otherwise impossible.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Partly communicated to me from abroad by ADIN MAYO BARBER, of the City, County,
and State of New York, United States of America, Inventor..
I, WILLIAM ROBINSON GOODBODY, of 38, St. Georges Road, Waterloo, in the
County of Lancaster, Gentleman, 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:-
The invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hand sewing
machines, and has for its object the furnishing of a machine adapted to be operated
by a lever and hand pressure after the manner of shears, a machine in which a
straight needle may be used, in which the parts shall be simple and positive in
their operation, and which, moreover, shall possess the same certainty of action as
the larger machines, which are mounted on a table or stand and are operated by
rotary motion. With these ends in view, the invention consists in the details of
construction and combination of elements hereinafter fully set forth and then recited
in the claims.
In order that such as are skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, may-
fully understand both how to make and use these improvements, I will now describe
the same in detail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawings which form a
part of this specification, and in which,
Figure 1 is an elevation of the left side of the machine as it appears when the parts
are in their normal position.
Figure 2 is an elevation, partly in section, of the right side of the machine, the
parts being in the position assumed when the operating lever is raised to the fullest
extent.
Figure 3 is a plan of the underside of the front portion of the machine.
Figure 4 is a plan of the upper side of the bulk of the mechanism shown in
Figure 3, the work plate D, being removed, and some of the parts being in a different
position.
Figure 5 is a section on line xx, Figure 3.
Figures 6, 7 and 8 show a modified arrangement of feed mechanisın, Figure 6
being an elevation, Figure 7 a plan of the underside, and Figure 8 a section on line y y,
Figure 7.
Šimilar letters denote like parts in all the Figures of the drawing.
The frame of the machine is composed of the rearwardly projecting rigid handle A,
the overhanging needle arm B, approximately in line therewith, and the work plate
supporting arm C, below the same, all of which parts are preferably made integral.
The work plate D is secured on the arm C at its forward end, and at its rear en 1
to the vertical portion of the needle arm.

page_text: E is the needle lever pivoted at F to the needle arm. Its forward extremity is
forked and embraces a stud or screw upon the needle bar G, which slides in ways
formed in the end of the needle arni. H is the operating lover, which is similar to
the rigid handle A aforesaid, and is pivoted to the base of the needle arm so as to
lie approximately in the same vertical plane as the said handle. It is connected to a
short projection on the needle lever, by means of a link J. A returning spring D
and a stop D are interposed between the rigid handle A and the operating lever H.
K is the take up. It may be curved somewhat in the form of an L, and be pivoted to
the needle arm at its bend, whilst its depending extremity is connected to the needle
lever by a slot and pin connection. Its form and arrangement may, however, be
varied considerably, and I find it is preferable to construct it as shown in Figures 1
and 2. It is there shown pivoted, by its lower end, to a projection on the needle arm
as at A' and it is connected to the needle lever by a slot and pin connection as at bb',
the said slot b, being preferably of an L shape as shown.
A bifurcated presser foot L is secured upon a presser bar M behind the needle bar,
and any usual lifter as N is secured to said bar to raise the same. A spool pin O is
mounted at the rear end of the needle arm, and a tension device P arranged upon the
top of said arm.
The loop taking device and the mechanism for operating it is as follows:-
Upon a downward extension Q of the needle lever is secured a cross pin R, which
enters a slot in a bar S, arranged to slide upon the side of the work plate arm.
Tis a plate which is mounted upon the bar S, and is arranged parallel to the
under surface of the work plate. Through said plate is cut a curved or deflected
slot T, Figures 3 and 4.
A swinging carrier bar U is pivoted at its rear end as at v to the upper side of the
plate arm, so as to oscillate in a horizontal plane. The forward end of the carrier bar
carries a small boat shaped shuttle V after the manner of such machines as are known
by the name of Empress, Domestic, Helpmate, etcetera.
A pin W extends upwards from the carrier bar through the deflected slot T', in
plate T. The back and forward movement of plate T, and the engagement of the
pin W, with the curved slot T", therein, imparts the proper segmental reciprocating
movement to the carrier bar and the shuttle.
The feeding of the goods beneath the needle may be accomplished by mechanism
connected with the downward extension Q of the needle arm by means of an
adjustable link X, as hereinafter more fully set forth in reference to Figures 6,
and 8.
I prefer, however, to accomplish the feeding of the goods by the following more
simple arrangement, which is also worked from the extension Q:
The sliding plate S carries an upwardly projecting pin S, which engages an
inclined slot Z, Figures 3 and 4, in the rear end of the feed lover Z. One side of
the slot Z is deflected at its rear end as shown at 7, so that it lies approximately
parallel to the central axis of the machine. The object of this will be seen hereinafter.
The feed lever is fulcrumed to the bottom of the work plate as at 2, and the slot Z' is
so located that the reciprocatory movement of the pin S¹ causes the feed lever to
swing through the requisite angle. The forward end of the feed lever engages the
feed bar A¹ carrying the feed dog B', Figure 5. One extremity of the feed bar A' is
forked as at a, and slides on a guide pin a¹, the other end being guided by the slot in
the work plate through which the dog B' passes. The front end of the feed lever
works below the feed bar between a projection a² and a shoulder a³ thereon. There is
also an inclined portion at above the foed lover, and adjacent to the shoulder a³. The
objects of the parts a³, a³, and a', will appear hereinafter. A spring a is also
provided, which tends to press the feed bar A¹ downwards. Or the downward
pressure of the feed bar may be effected by the presser foot which rests upon the top
of the feed dog.
The pin S' which actuates the feed lever is preferably made adjustable upon the
sliding bar S for the same purpose that the link X, Figure 6, is adjustable on the
extension Q. To this end the pin S¹ may be mounted upon a plate S³, which

page_text: slides upon the bar S and is clamped in position by the screw S³. By varying the
position of the pin S', the latter is caused to travel during a varying portion of
its movement along the deflected portion Z of its slot, during which period it
imparts little or no movement to the front end of the feed lever Z. Since the
travel of the pin is constant, it follows that any alteration of its position on the
bar S will cause an alteration in the amount of oscillation imparted to the front
end of the feed lever Z, that is, an alteration in the throw of the feed bar and
feed dog.
To facilitate the removal or adjustment of the shuttle V from or in the carrier U,
the slotted plate T is mounted in a movable manner upon the sliding bar S, being
pivoted as at t, Figures 3 and 4, upon a projection t¹, on the said har. The plate T
has a tail, Figure 4, which is provided with a hole t³, adapted to be engaged
when the plate is in position for working the machine, by a spring pin t, on the
projection . The plate T is also provided with an extension to. When the shuttle V
has to be removed from its carrier U, the extension is pressed towards the rear
of the machine, so that the pressure of the spring pin is overcome, and the
plate T and shuttle carrier U moved into the position shown in Figure 4. The
shuttle carrier now projects beyond the cover plate C³, and the shuttle V may be
readily removed or adjusted.
The upper thread is led from the commercial spool upon its spool pin O, through
the tension, take up and guide eyes, as shown at Figure 1 in dotted lines.
E' is a clamp or dog for the attachment of the machine to a table or bench.
It is secured at its rear end to the work supporting arm by a set screw y, which
passes through its ear f. Its forward end may be secured to the said arm by a
screw g, or it may be secured by hooks on the clamp which grasp the plate (2
below the shuttle. A clamp screw / secures it to the table.
The operation of this invention is as follows:-
By the opening and closing of the hand, the operating lever H is closed toward
the handle upon the frame, overcoming the action of the spring D, which serves-
to return said lever when the grip of the operator is relaxed. The closing move-
ment of the lever is controlled by the stop D'. The movement thus induced in
the lever is communicated to all the working elements of the machine through the
link J, which effects an oscillation of the needle lever on its pivotal point F, and
thereby the vertical movement of the needle bar is effected after-the manner common
to sewing machines.
At each downward stroke of the needle bar, the rearward movement of the exten-
sion Q, through the medium of the cross pin R, slide bar S, and horizontal slotted
plate T, swings the shuttle carrier U across through the required angle, and the
shuttle takes the loop in the ordinary manner.
Meanwhile the take up K has been carried forward, giving out the slack for the
loop, and after the loop has been transversed by the shuttle, the stitch, as the needle
ascends, is drawn tight in the fabric by the return motion of the take up.
The swinging of the feed lever Z, simultaneously with the downward stroke of the
needle effects the backward throw of the feed dog B₁ by striking the projection a³ on
the feed bar. The downward throw of the dog is effected by the spring a³, which
moves the feed bar about its guide pin a', to an extent sufficient to withdraw the dog
out of engagement with the goods on the work plate D.
The upward movement of the bar A', which carries the dog into engagement with
the goods, is accomplished by the contact of the end of the feed lever Z with the
inclined part a on the feed bar. The forward movement of the feed dog, whereby
the goods are moved beneath the needle ready for the next stitch, is brought about
by the contact of the feed lover with the shoulder a³ on the feed bar..
The clamp E, which may be separate, but which it may be advantageous to form
upon the machine, gives to the operator the option of operating the machine by
holding it in one hand while the goods are fed by the other. By means of the clamp
the machine may be firmly secured to some stationary object, as a table, and thereby
it may have a rigidity and steadiness in operation otherwise impossible.

page_text: As herein before set forth, the above mechanism for effecting the feeding of the
goods below the needle may be modified as follows, reference being had to Figures 6, 7
and 8 :-
A link X, adjustable at one end in a slot q in the downward extension of the
needle lever, connects the latter to the long arm of an _ shaped lever Y, which
extends across the bottom of the work plate, and is pivoted at its elbow to the said
plate as at y. The feed lover Z is fulcrumed as before, to the bottom of the work plate
as at z, and has it roar end pivotally connected to the short arm of the lever Y. A'is
the feed har, and B' is the feed dog carried thereby. The two extremities of the feed
bar are forked, (guide pins d and a passing through the forks into the work plate)
and the end engaged by the feed lever Z is bent slightly away from the work plate.
The end of the feed lever passes between the bent end and the work plate, and a pin c
upon said lever passes through a slot in the bar. The T-headed stud or guide pin d
engages the other forked end of the bar and holds the same to the work plate while
permitting limited longitudinal movement thereto. A spring c¹ is secured to the bar
near its centre, and its other end boars against the under surface of the work plate D.
By adjusting the position of the rear end of the link X in the slot in extension Q the
throw of the feed dog may be adjusted as desired.
The action of the above inodified mechanism is as follows:-
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The swinging of the feed lever Z simultaneously with the downward stroke of the
needle, effects the downward and backward throw of the feed dog. The downward
movement of the feed bar and dog is effected by the end of the feed lever, which is
wedge shaped in cross section, seo z¹, Figure 81, and which is forced between the feed
bar and the work plate thereby lowering that end of the bar out of engagement with
the plate. The other end of the feed bar is pivoted at d, but the downward move-
ment of the bar at the centre is sufficient to take the dog out of engagement with the
goods. The backward movement is induced by the engagement of the pin c on the
lover with one end of the slot in the 'bar.
The upward movement of the bar, which carries the dog into engagement with the
goods, is brought about through the withdrawal of the feud lever from between the
bar and work plate and the action of the spring c', and the forward movement, whereby
the goods are moved beneath the needle for the next stitch, by the engagement of the
pin c on the feed lever with the opposite end of its slot.
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 :-
1. A hand sewing machine in which a vertically and rectilinearly reciprocating
needle bar G, a pivoted curved take up K, a shuttle carrier U,
and a work
feeder A', B', are all assembled upon a rigid fork-shaped frame A, B, C, and are
connectod to a three-armed elbow lever pivotally mounted on the said frame, in such
a manner, that the upper arm E of the lever actuates the needle bar and the take up,
and the descending arm Q actuates the shuttle carrier and the work feeder, when-
ever the third or rearward arm I of the said lever is moved by an operating lever H
connected to said arm I and also mounted on the said frame, substantially as set
forth.
2. In a hand sewing machine such as herein described, the needle arm B, the work
plate arm and the rigid handle A, all integral, in combination with the spring
returned operating lever H pivoted on the arm B below said arm A, substantially as
set forth.
3. In a hand sewing machine of the kind herein set forth, an oscillatory needle
lever E pivoted on the needle arm B and adapted to reciprocate a vertically sliding
needle carrier G mounted upon the same, the said lever being provided with a rear-
ward extension I by which it is connected through the medium of a link J with an
oscillatory operating lever H substantially as described.
4. In a hand sewing machine, such as herein set forth, the arrangement of a curved
up K pivoted upon the needle arm or upon an extension thereof and worked
take

page_text: from the needle lever by a slot and pin connection, in combination with a spool pin,
tension device and guide eyes, all mounted upon the needle arm, substantially as set
forth.
5. In a hand sewing machine of the kind described, a shuttle carrier U pivoted at
its rear end upon the work plate arm and provided with an upright pin W, in com-
bination with a horizontal plate T furnished with a curved slot T adapted to engage
said pin, and with a sliding bar S carrying said plate and connected by a pin and
slot device, or its equivalent with a downward extension Q of the needle lever, whereby
the shuttle carrier is oscillated at each oscillation of the needle lever, substantially as
described.
6. In a hand sewing machine of the kind described, the combination of the feed
lever Z pivoted as at z to the work plate and engaging the feed bar in either direction
at its forward ond, and of suitable adjustable mechanism connecting the rear end of
said feed lever with the oscillatory extension of the needle lever Q, whereby the
feed bar is reciprocated below the needle as the extension Q is oscillated, and
whereby the amount of such reciprocation may be varied at will, substantially as
described.
7. In a hand sewing machine of the class described, the combination of the feed
lever Z pivoted as at to the work plate and engaging the feed bar in either direction
at its forward end, of the L-shaped lever Y also pivoted to the work plate and con-
nected by its rearward arm to the rear end of the lever Z and of the adjustable link X
connecting the other arm of lever Y with the slotted downward extension Qof the needle
lever, whereby the forward end of the feed lever is oscillated to and from the needle
as the extension Q swings backwards and forwards and whereby the extent of such
oscillation may be varied at will, substantially as set forth.
8. In a hand sewing machine such as herein set forth, the arrangement of the feed
har A carrying the feed dog B and capable of reciprocating in guides upon the
under side of-the-work plate, and of oscillating for a certain distance about one of its
ends substantially as described.
9. In a hand sewing machine of the kind described, the combination with the feed
bar A and feed dog B₁, of the spring c¹ adapted to effect the upward movement of
the said bar; of the wedge shaped end 21 of the feed lever, adapted to be forced
between the work plate and the bent end of the feed bar, so as to effect the downward
movement of the latter; and of the pin c in the said ond adapted to engage
either end of a slot in the bent end of the feed bar so as to effect the backward and
forward movements of the same, substantially as set forth.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.