Improved Work Holder Device for Suction Attachment to Articles of Furniture
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Work Holder Device for Suction Attachment to Articles
of Furniture."
I SARAH NOLAN of 1 Victoria Terrace, Kingstown, co Dublin, Ireland.
Gentlewoman. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: -
This invention has for object an improved work holder device for suction
attachment to articles of Furniture.
For the purpose of my invention I fit within a bellied shaped base or foot an
india rubber washer with a recessed under surface which leaves a broad ring
shaped exterior and I form an annular rim on the upper surface in order to retain
a corresponding thickness all over the rubber the central upper surface having a
shoulder for locating it on the stem of a bottom plate which fits within the recess
of the under surface. This stem is screw threaded and after being passed through
the eye of the rubber and through the top of the bellied foot it engages in a
threaded neck of the work holder proper this being of cup shape for holding a
cork pad, a bag of felt or of bran or other soft or comparatively soft material
covered with say plush or velvet into which pins can be stuck for holding the
work to be sewn as required.
When using the article the exposed portion of the rubber is wetted and then
pressed against an article of furniture, the cup shaped head is turned to draw in
the central part of the rubber and create a suction within it sufficient to fix the
article firmly when so applied.
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11907
H. GARDNER
Patent Agent. 166 Fleet Street. London
Agent for the said Sarah Nolan.
5 "Improved Work Holder Device for Suction Attachment to Articles
of Furniture."
I, SARAH NOLAN, of 1 Victoria Terrace, Kingstown, Co Dublin, Ireland.
Gentlewoman. 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:-
This invention has for object, an improved work holder device for suction
attachment to articles of Furniture

page_text: For the purpose of my invention and as I show at Figures 1 and 2 of the
annexed drawings, I fit within a bellied shaped base or foot A an india rubber
washer B with a recessed under surface C which leaves a broad ring shaped
exterior D and I form an annular rim E on the upper surface of said washer B
in order to retain a corresponding thickness all over the central upper surface
of the rubber, this having a shoulder F for locating it on the stem G of a bottom
plate H which fits within the recess of the washer's under surface. This stem (
is screw threaded and after being passed through the eye or shoulder F of the
rubber B and through the bell shaped top A¹ of the bellied foot A it engages in a
threaded neck I of the work holder cup J in which is a cork pad, a bag of Felt or
of Bran, or other soft or comparatively soft material K covered with, say, Plush
or Velvet L into both of which pins can be stuck for holding the work to be sewn
as required.
Figures 3 and 4 show a modification of the suction appliance operative device,
and in which the screw G is dispensed with and a turn about head is pivotted to
the stem G in order that the neck I by pressure on the bell shaped top A¹ of the
base A shall by a throw up action as indicated lift the central part of the india
rubber washer B and so cause suction for adhesion to a table top or slab M.
When using the article the exposed portion of the rubber is wetted and then
pressed against an article of Furniture, say, a Table top, the cup shaped head is
turned to draw in the central part of the rubber and create a suction within it
sufficient to fix the article firmly when so applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:
The improved work holder Figures 1 and 2 and the modification Figures 3 and 4
for suction attachment to a Table top or other article of Furniture, as described.
The 7th day of November 1807
H. GARDNER
Patent Agent, 100 Fleet Street, London
Agent for the said: -Sarah Nolan.