IMPROVE- MENTS IN CERTAIN APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO SEWING MACHINES
Year: 1859

page_text: Sealed the 15th July 1859,
2741
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Francis Bradbury
and Joseph Jackson King at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 27th January 1859.
We, GEORGE FRANCIS BRADBURY, of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster,
and JOSEPH JACKSON KING, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CERTAIN APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO SEWING MACHINES," to be as
follows:-
Our Invention relates to the guide for binding the edges of fabrics by
sewing machines generally called the binding guide, and consists of forming or
constructing it so as to ensure the tape or binder being doubled in the middle,
.making both sides of the binder equal, allowing a broader catch upon the edge
of the material, and the certainty of both sides being caught by the stitch;
we can also turn any angle and sharp curves as no metal or material intrudes
.between the article to be bound and the tape, the said tape or binding being
held close up to the article to be bound until the stitch is made. In turning
square corners the .binding cannot come out of the guide, and the operation
being very similar to the binding by hand, makes a firm and neat stitch.
The construction of our improved guide is shewn in the accompanying
.outline Drawing, in which a represents the tape or binder passing through the
Guide b

page_text: in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, med
by the said George Francis Bradbury and Joseph Jackson King in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 27th July 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, GEORGE
FRANCIS BRADBURY, of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, and JOSEPH
JACKSON KING, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us.
the said George Francis Bradbury and Joseph Jackson King. Her special
licence that we, the said George Francis Bradbury and Joseph Jackson
King, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we,
the said George Francis Bradbury and Joseph Jackson King, our
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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN CERTAIN APPA-
RATUS APPLICABLE TO SEWING MACHINES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that we, the said George Francis Bradbury and Joseph Jackson King. by
an instrument in writing under our hands and seals, or under the hand
and seal of one of us, 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 we, the said George Francis Bradbury. and
Joseph Jackson King, do hereby declare the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement (that
is to say)-
Our Invention relates to the binding guide employed in sewing machines,
and consists in forming it of an internal block, surrounded by an external case,
having a space between them through which the tape, braid, or binding
passes until it arrives at the end of the block, when it is drawn at or near
right angles to the space through a curved groove at the end or side of the

page_text: block of the desired form and size of the exterior of the binding, leaving the
interior free to cover the article to be bound, and held close to it until the
stitch is made. The guide is fastened on a plate having in it vertical pegs,
between which the tape, braid, or binding is passed in order to obtain the
necessary tension. The internal block swivels on a pin, so that its position
can be altered for different widths of tape, and when set right is fastened with
a screw. The plate to which the guide is fixed is fastened to the machine by
two screws passing through slotted holes in the plate, so as to allow the guide
to be moved to the right or to the left, or nearer to or farther from the needle.
Our improved guide doubles the tape, braid, or binding in the middle, thus
making both sides equal, and ensuring the certainty of both sides being caught
by the stitch; or it may be doubled so as to make the tape, braid, 'or binding
broader on either side, as required, and still ensure the certainty of the stitch
being caught on both sides. We are enabled to turn at any curve and at
any angle without the tape, braid, or binding getting loose from the guide, for
as no part of the guide intrudes itself between the material to be bound and
the binding, the two are brought as close together as possible, and in every
case a firm and neat stitch is obtained.
These improvements will be clearly understood by referring to the figures
and letters on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
Fig. 1 is a vertical elevation of our improved guide; Fig. 2, an end eleva-
tion of the same; Fig. 3, a plan thereof; Fig. 4, an end view of the case
detached; Fig. 5, a sectional plan of the same; Fig. 6, a section of the
internal block; and Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are various external views of the
same; Figs. 11, 12, and 13 represent the guide attached to a plate for fixing
it to the sewing machine, and also furnished with pins for giving the necessary
drag to the tape, braid, or binding; Fig. 14 represents the guide in a reverse
position; and Fig. 15 is a plan, Fig. 16 an elevation, and Fig. 17 a section
of a modified or different form of our improved guide.
The internal block of the guide is represented at a, over which is placed the
case b, working on a pin c, to render it capable of being adjusted for different
widths of binding, and when the block and case are set as required, they are
fixed firmly together by the screw d. The end of the block a is curved at or
near right angles, as at e, of the shape the tape, braid, or binding is desired
to be bent, and the latter is drawn through the curve e, and covers the edge of
the article to be bound, thereby enabling a neat and firm stitch to be easily
made. The case b is furnished with a guard g, to prevent the tape, braid, or
binding from being moved from its proper position, and also to allow it to
be more easily threaded between the block and case. The guide is fixed to

page_text: the plate h, on which are the vertical pegs i, through which the tape, braid, 'or
binding is interwoven, in order to obtain the necessary tension or drag, and
the plate his fastened to the sewing machine by screws passing through the
slotted holes j.
In Figs. 15, 16, and 17, representing a modification of our improved
guide, the tape, braid, or binding is intended to pass through one or more
holes in the plate m, upon which is an inclined projection n, having at the
end a curve o of the desired shape of the exterior of the binding; when the
latter is drawn through the hole or holes over the projection and between the
curve it is bent in the middle or at varying distances, and both arrangements
allow the article to be bound to be brought close up to the guide and be forced
into the binding, which is held firm until stitched; the needle at the same
time not being liable to miss the edge of the binding, and both forms of the
apparatus can be applied to the various sewing machines at present in use, and
taken off when required for ordinary stitching.
Having thus fully described the nature of our said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, we desire it to be distinctly
understood that we do not confine ourselves to the precise details herein set
forth, as such may be varied or modified without departing from the principle
thereof; but we claim as our Invention, and which to the best of our
knowledge and belief has not been hitherto used within the realm, our
improved binding guides for sewing machines, as such are herein described
and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Francis Bradbury, for and on
behalf of myself and the said Joseph Jackson King, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this Twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
GEORGE FRANCIS BRADBURY. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named George Francis Bradbury in the
presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.