Improvements in Sewing Machines.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 9th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sewing Machines.
I, BRUNO NAUMANN, of "vor dem Briessnitzer Schlage" Dresden, kingdom of
Saxony, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention consists in the combination, with a sewing-machine, of a movable
foot-rest, adapted to be shifted into two positions, one in which the person working at
the machine, may make use of the rest for placing the feet thereon, and one in
which it is far enough out of the way as not to interfere with the working of the
treadle.
The said foot-rest may consist in a frame arranged to swing on two centres, as for
instance on the ends of the treadle-axle, and having suitable projections, adapted to
bear against parts of the machine-frame and to maintain the rest in the position
imparted to it; but the rest may also be mounted on rollers or guides, that allow it
to be moved forward and backward.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sewing Machines.
I, BRUNO NAUMANN, of Vor dem Briessnitzer Schlage, Dresden, Saxony, Manu-
facturer, 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 :—
My invention consists in the combination, with a sewing-machine, of a movable
foot-rest, pivoted or otherwise connected to the machine, and adapted to be shifted into
two positions, one in which the person working at the machine, may make use of the
rest for placing the feet thereon, and one in which it is far enough out of the way as
not to interfere with the working of the treadle.
In the annexed drawing fig. I represents a part of the frame of a sewing-machine
with a foot-rest attached thereto. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are an end-view, an elevation and
a plan of the rest separated from the machine. The part a of the rest on which the
feet are to be placed, is fixed to two legs b c d e, centered on the treadle axle f. These
legs are made in the shape shown by fig. 3, so that the angle formed by the portions o
and d constitutes a projection adapted to bear against the legs g or the bars of the
machine-frame, and to maintain the rest in either of its extreme positions shown in
fig. 1 respectively by full and by dotted lines. The foot-rest thus arranged may be
pulled forward by the foot of the operator when it is to be used, or pushed back when
it is not wanted. The bend formed by the portions c and b has been given to the
legs of the rest in order to keep the one, which is by the side of the connecting-rod
of the machine, clear from the said rod.
Instead of being connected to the treadle-axle, the foot-rest may of course be
pivoted in other suitable manner to the machine, and it may also be mounted on rollers
running on bars that are fixed to the machine-frame, this arrangement likewise
allowing the rest to be moved forward and backward with facility.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
The combination, with a sewing-machine, of a foot-rest pivoted thereto, or mounted
on rollers which run on bars fixed to the machine, so that the rest may be moved
forward and backward by the foot of the operator, the parts being provided with stops
whereby the rest is supported or maintained in its extreme positions, substantially
as described.
Dated the 9th dow of Tonn1800
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.