AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION. OF STAND APPLICABLE TO SEWING MACHINES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Josiah Turner, Manager of the Coventry.
Machinists' Company, Coventry, in the County of Warwick, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION. OF STAND APPLICABLE TO
SEWING MACHINES."
Sealed the 9th April 1874, and dated the 30th October 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Josiah Turner at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th October 1873.
I, JOSIAH TURNER, Manager of the Coventry Machinists' Company,
Coventry, in the County of Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF STAND APPLICABLE TO
SEWING MACHINES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to. a novel mode of constructing stands for,
hand sewing machines, which stands will admit of being readily
attached to and detached from the base or cloth plate of the machine.
The general practice hitherto has been to form the base and stand in one
piece of cast iron, this necessitated the japanning of the stand and the

page_text: ornamenting of it with colors after the manner of japanned ware, a style
at once coarse and ugly, and altogether unsuited to a lady's boudoir.
Moreover if it were desired to employ a treadle action for driving the
machine the stand from being an integral portion of the machine would
present a difficulty to such application. .
According to this Invention I cast a skeleton frame of any desired
form to receive the base or cloth plate of the machine, taking care that
proper provision is made for the free working of a cam shaft shuttlo
driver, feed plate, or their equivalent within the frame. The frame I cast
with internal lugs or projections which will stand flush with the top face
of the frame, and these lugs I' drill vertically to receive screw bolts for
securing the base plate to the frame. The frame I overlay with an O. G.
moulding or other ornamental device in wood, securing the same to the
frame by means of internal screws; and the legs of the frame I similarly
cover with ornamental wood or its equivalent, and secure in position by
means of internal screws. A composite stand thus formed may be pro-
duced at small cost, inasmuch as the requisite strength is obtained by
the skeleton metal frame, and waste pieces of ornamental wood would
suffice for covering the metal and giving the effect of an ornamental
stand carved from solid wood.
It will be obvious that when it is required to apply a treadle action to
a machine mounted on a stand, such as that just described, the detach-
ment of the same from the stand may be readily effected by simply
withdrawing the coupling screw bolts. This construction of stand
admits also of being applied to reading and music stands and other
articles of cabinet makers' work.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Josiah Turner in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 30th April 1874.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I JOSIAH 3
TURNER, Manager of the Coventry Machinists' Company, Coventry, .
in the County of Warwick, send greeting.

page_text: our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give. and grant unto me, the said Josiah Turner, Her special licence
that I, the said Josiah Turner, my executors, administrators, . and .
assigns, or such others, as I, the said Josiah Turner, my executors,
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.
CONSTRUCTION OF STAND APPLICABLE TO SEWING MACHINES," upon the condition.
(amongst others) that I, the said Josiah Turner, my executors or ad-
ministrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and scals, 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 calender months next and immediately after the date of,
the said Letters Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Josiah Turner, 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, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto
annexed and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say)
:
This Invention relates to a novel mode of constructing stands for
hand. sewing machines, which stands will admit of being readily.
attached. to and detached from the base or cloth plate of the machine..
The general practice hitherto has been to form the base and stand in one
piece of cast iron, this necessitated the japanning of the stand and the
ornamenting of it with colours after the manner of japanned ware, a
style at once coarse and ugly and altogether unsuited to a lady's boudoir.
Moreover if it were desired to employ a treadle action for driving the
machine the stand from being an integral portion of the machine would
present a difficulty to such application.
According to this Invention I cast a skeleton frame of any desired
form to receive the base or cloth plate of the machine, and overlay it with
ornamental wood and thus produce a composite stand which is sus-
ceptible of any desired amount of ornamentation.

page_text: In the accompanying. Drawing, Fig. 1. shews.in side elevation a stand
for a sewing machine constructed according to my Invention, the
position of the machine on the stand being indicated in outline; and
Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the stand.
A, A, is the skeleton frame formed in cast iron with a central opening
to allow for the free working of a cam shaft, shuttle driver, feed plate,
or their equivalents within the frame. This frame I cast with internal
lugs or projections a which will stand flush with the top face of the
frame, and these lugs I drill vertically to receive screw bolts for securing
the base plate B of the machine to the frame. The frame I overlay with
an.O. G. moulding or other ornamental device in wood, as shewn at C, C,
and I secure the same to the metal frame A by means of internal
screws c; the legs A³ of the frame I also cover with ornamental wood or
its equivalent, as at C¹, and secure in position by means of internal
screws. A composite stand thus formed may be produced at small:
cost, inasmuch as the requisite strength is obtained by the skeleton
metal frame, and waste pieces of ornamental wood will suffice for
covering the metal and giving the effect of an ornamental stand carved
from solid wood.
It will be obvious that when it is required to apply a treadle action a
to a machine mounted on a stand, such as that just described, the
detachment of the same from the stand may be readily effected by
simply withdrawing the coupling screws.
Having now set forth the nature of my Invention of "An Improved
Construction of Stand Applicable to Sewing Machines," and explained 2
the manner of carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood
that under the above in part recited Letters Patent I claim, the
improved construction of composite stand, as described, with reference
to the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Josiah Turner, have hereunto set 3
my hand and seal, the Twenty-eighth day of April, in the -
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.