AN IMPROVED SEWING MACHINE ATTACHMENT FOR MANUFACTURING TUBING OR PIPING FOR ORNAMENTING DRESSES AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the "International
Patent Office," Southampton Buildings, London, Consulting
Engineer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED SEWING MACHINE
ATTACHMENT FOR MANUFACTURING TUBING OR PIPING FOR ORNAMENTING
DRESSES AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."-A. communication from
abroad by George Henry Collins, of the City and State of New
York, United States of America.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition
and Declaration, on the 27th August 1870,. pursuant to the 9th
Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
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Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office," Southampton
Buildings, London, Consulting Engineer, send greeting.

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WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for AN IMPROVED
SEWING MACHINE ATTACHMENT FOR MANUFACTURING TUBING OR PIPING FOR
ORNAMENTING DRESSES AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," and have petitioned
Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and have made solemn
Declaration that it has been communicated to me from abroad by George
Henry Collins, of the City and State of New York, United States of
Figure 1 is a top view or plan of the attachment is it is placed upon
the machine ready for use; Figure 2 is a top view showing the attachment
open or with the cover removed; Figure 3 is a transverse section at a, a, 3
Figure 1.
The Drawing represents the Invention as adapted to the so-called
"Wheeler and Wilson" sewing machine, but it can be fitted upon any
machine desired. It is not necessary to use a hinged cover for small

page_text: sized tubing when made from soft pliable material, but in the manu-
facture of heavy and large sizes it is much more convenient.
A is the frame, which is screwed upon the cloth plate of the machine,
and secures the attachment in its proper position; B, the arm of the cover
or guide which closes over the material and holds and guides it to the
action of the needle; C, the curved guide or cover that holds the material
in place upon the pipe or tube E that governs the size of the tube to be
made and through which it is turned and fed as fast as it is stitched; D is
the arm or brace supporting the pipe E on one edge, the cover B is hinged
at f; E is the pipe or tube which sizes and shapes the piping and
through which it is turned as it is sewed; G, the hole through which the
needle operates; a and a¹, are the holes through which it is screwed upon
the cloth plate of the sewing machine.
The operation of the said attachment is as follows:-I fasten the
frame A upon the cloth plate of the machine at a, and when it is provided
with a hinge open it as shown in Figure 2; the material being cut to the
necessary width is then placed around the pipe E in such a manner that
both edges come inside the pipe sufficiently to receive the action of the
ucedle, space being provided for that purpose; the cover C is closed
over the pipe, holding the material upon it, the end of the material being
turned and drawn a short distance into the small end of the tube, which
may be done by a thread passing through the pipe attached thereto, by
which the operator will guide the material as fast as sewed through the
tube. If it is desired to fill the piping, or stuff it, as is sometimes
done to give it a round appearance, an end of wicking or cord can be
inserted into it at the small end of the pipe, and the piping will be
sewed, turned, and delivered from the large end of the pipe with the
stuffing inside. The machine being threaded is put in operation, the
needle operating. upon the material through the needle hole G forms the
seam, and the feed of the machine moving the material as it is sewed
towards the end of the pipe where it enters and is turned forces it
through the pipe in the opposite direction, and thus forms the tube or
piping, having the filling made inside if desired, and delivered ready for
use.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated

page_text: machine for automatically sewing and turning a tube simultaneously,
substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of
August, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
Witness,
W. J. LowE.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE. (L.S.)