A Guard Attachment for Sewing Machines, applicable also as a Foot Rest.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Guard Attachment for Sewing Machines, applicable also as a
Foot Rest.
I, WILHELM FEHLING, of Küstrinerstrasse 11b, Vietz a.d. Ostbahn, Mark
Brandenburg, Germany, Locksmith, 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 subject of the present invention is a guard attachment for sewing machines,
which aims at preventing the entanglement of the clothing with the moving parts.
such as the driving wheel band &c., when working. When the machine is at rest,
the guard attachment can be used as a foot rest.
The invention is represented in the accompanying drawing ;-
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Fig. 1 is a front view shewing the guard attachment as fitted to a sewing
machine.
Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1 shewing part of the attachment folded down to
serve as a foot rest.
Figs. 3 to 7 illustrate various details of the guard attachment.
The attachment consists of a plate a curved to correspond' to the shape of the
circumference of the driving wheel, and fastened to the side frames c of the
sewing machine. The plate a has a slit bin its under part corresponding with a
second slit in the side frame c of the sewing. machine. The fastening is effected
by means of a screw d and this arrangement allows the plate a to be adjusted
vertically, as desired. The plate a bears a bolt e above the slit. b before
mentioned, which said bolt is screw-threaded at both ends, which serves
On the bolt e is a
connect the plate a with its support to the side frame c.
tube or case g to which is fixed a second. plate f. A spring i in the inside of the
At one end of
tube or case g keeps the plate continually pressed to one side.
the tube or case g is fixed a triangular projection or nose k which engages in a
corresponding groove in the fastening rail c'.
by the
If the machine is now working the plate f is raised into
when the projection k is forced into the groove
desired to use the arrangement as a foot rest the plate f is
whereby the latter is laid on a projection n on the support
horizontal position.
to
the vertical position
spring i. If it is
turned downwards
and remains in a
The above described guard attachment for sewing machines serviceable as a
foot rest, can be fitted to any make or system of machine as well as to sewing
machines already in use without any alteration to the same being necessary.
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 guard attachment for sewing machines, serviceable as a foot rest, distin-
guished by a plate a arranged in a fixed position, but vertically adjustable and a
plate fmovable on a bolt e connected to the plate a substantially as described and
shewn in the drawings.
2. In the guard attachment indicated in the preceding claim the connection
of the movable platef serving as a foot rest with a tube or case g which encircles
the bolt e connected to the plate a, said tube or case g carrying a spring i, and

page_text: being furnished with a projection which engages a groove in the fastening
rail for the purpose of ensuring a fast hold on the apparatus when in the
erected position substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 6th day of August 1896."
F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.