An Improved Appliance to be used in Daruing.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 6th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 6th Jan.,
1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance to be used in Daruing.
I, ARTHUR MCKENZIE CARDWELL, of 29 St. James's Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Barrister-at-Law, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, (a com-
munication to me from Holme Cardwell, of 52 Via Margutta, Rome, in the Kingdom
of Italy, Sculptor,) to be as follows:-
The invention has for its object an improved appliance to be used in darning, and
relates to an improved construction of clamping plates for holding between them the
part of the article to be darned and for permitting the darning needle or needles to
be passed through passages arranged for the same and at the same time through the
material to be darned.
Heretofore the material to be darned has been held in a gathered or corrugated
state to enable a needle or row of needles to be passed through a number of such
gathers or corrugations at a time; this however results in the darning stitches
appearing side by side in straight lines across the darn.
Now according to the present invention the clamping plates are so constructed as
to hold between them the material to be darned in a series of depressions and rises
alternating with each other so that the stitches appear on the material in a
quincuncial arrangement.
For this purpose each clamping plate is made with series of alternate short rises
and depressions in parallel lines, but with the rises of one line opposite the depres-
sions of adjacent lines, and the said rises are formed with grooves across their
centres to enable a needle to be passed therethrough.
Two plates thus constructed are placed together, the fabric being between them,
so that the rises of each plate pass into the depressions of the other plate; then,
with the fabric held firmly between them, a needle or a row of needles can be
passed down the grooves in the rises and through the material as it is held by the
rises and depressions of the clamping plates. After the darning stitches have been
made in one direction across the material to be darned, the said material is
re-arranged at right angles to its former position between the clamping plates
and darning stitches are passed through the same at right angles to those first
made.
The clamping plates above described may be made either flat or slightly convex
on their acting faces.
The clamping plates above described may be used when darning by hand, or they
may be arranged in any suitable form of darning machine.
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ARTHUR M. CARDWELL,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance to be used in Darning.
I, ARTHUR MCKENZIE CARDWELL, of 29 St. James's Street, Piccadilly, in
the County of London, Barrister-at-Law, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, (a communication to me from Holme Cardwell, of 52 Via Margutta,
Rome, in the Kingdom of Italy, Sculptor,) and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following

page_text: statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the figures and
letters marked thereon:
The invention has for its object an improved appliance to be used in darning, and
relates to an improved construction of clamping plates for holding between them
the part of the article to be darned and for permitting the darning needle or needles
to be passed through passages arranged for the same and at the same time through
the material to be darned.
Heretofore the material to be darned has been held in a gathered or corrugated
state to enable a needle or row of needles to be passed through a number of such
gathers or corrugations at a time; this however results in the darning. stitches
appearing side by side in straight lines across the darn.
Now, according to the present invention, the clamping plates are so constructed
as to hold between them the material to be darned in a series of short depressions
and rises alternating with each other, so that the stitches appear on the material in
a quincuncial arrangement.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Fig. 1 is a plan, Fig. 2, a longitudinal edge view and Fig. 3, a transverse edge
view, of a darning plate constructed according to the invention.
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal edge view and Fig. 5 is a transverse edge view of two of
such plates in juxtaposition with material to be darned between them, the darning
needle being shown in its working position in Fig. 5, and
Fig. 6 is an edge view of the material being darned at it would appear separate
from the plates.
According to the invention, each clamping plate a is made with series of alternate
short rises b and depressions or spaces c in parallel lines, but with the rises b of one
line opposite the depressions or spaces e of adjacent lines, and the said rises b are
formed with grooves across their centres to enable a needle d to be passed there-
through.
Two plates, a a, thus constructed, are placed together, the fabric e being between
them, so that the rises of each plate a pass into the depressions or spaces c of the
other plate a; then, with the fabric e held firmly between them, a needle d, or a row of
needles, can be passed down the grooves in the rises and through the material e
as it is held by the combined action of the rises and depressions or spaces c of the
clamping plates a a.
After the darning stitches have been made in one direction across the material to
be darned, the said material is re-arranged at right angles to its former position
between the clamping plates a a and darning stitches are passed through the same
at right angles to those first made.
The clamping plates a a above described may be made either flat as shown or
slightly curved in one direction on their acting faces.
The clamping plates above described may be used when darning by hand or they
may be arranged in any suitable form of darning machine.
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 :-
A darning appliance consisting of a pair of plates, each having a series of alternate
short rises and depressions or spaces arranged quincuncially and transverse grooves
across said short rises for the passage of the needle or needles therethrough,
substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
Dated this oth day of December 1895.
Dated this OLD URLY OL December 1895.
A. M. CARDWELL,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.