An Improved Device for Holding Material while being Sewn.
Year: 1899

page_text: An Improved Device for Holding Material while being Sewn.
I, HENRY MITCHELL, of 14, Buckingham Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Horse Clipper Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object an improved device for holding material while
being sewn which will be found to be of great service and exceedingly useful
for ladies while sewing.
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In carrying my invention into practice I form the front portion of my device
at the lower end with an arm extending outwards provided with a thumb screw
to the end of which a loose head or piece is attached, and on the upper end of
the front portion another arm is formed preferably flat. This upper arm extends
slightly forward at the front end and finishes with a flat portion the surface of
which is serrated or roughed. Also 'formed on the upper surface of this front
arm are two ears or projections to which I hinge or pivot a short lever the front
end or jaw of which fits onto the flat serrated portion of the upper arm.
flat steel spring is fitted under the rear end of this short lever which has a
tendency to keep the jaw always closed. To fix my device in position the upper
and lower arms are fitted onto or made to embrace a table or other article and
the thumb screw tightened up thus firmly fixing the device. The rear end of
the short lever is then pressed so as to open the jaw and one end of the material
to be sewn placed between so that when the end of the lever is released it is
firmly held between the jaws.
Dated this 9th day of March 1809
HENRY MITCHELL.
By George Barker,
Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.
An Improved Device for Holding Material while being Sewn.
I, HENRY MITCHELL, of 14, Buckingham Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Horse Clipper Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
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page_text: 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 has for its object an improved device for holding material while
being sewn which will be found to be of great service and exceedingly useful
for ladies while sewing.
In carrying my invention into practice. I forin the front portion of my device
at the lower end with an arm extending outwards provided with a thumb screw
to the end of which a loose head or piece is attached and on the upper end of
the front portion another arm is formed preferably flat. This upper arm extends
slightly forward at the front end and finishes with a flat portion the surface of
which is serrated or roughed. Also, formed on the upper surface of this front
arm are two ears or projections to which I hinge or pivot a short lever the front
end or jaw of which fits onto the flat serrated portion of the upper arm. A
flat steel spring is fitted under the rear end of this short lever which has a
tendency to keep the jaw always closed. To fix my device in position the upper
and lower arms are fitted onto or made to embrace a table or other article and
the thumb screw tightened up thus firmly fixing the device. The rear end of
the short lever is then pressed so as to open the jaw and one end of the material
to be sewn placed between so that when the end of the lever is released it is
firmly held between the jaws.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings
upon which I have illustrated my device for holding material while being sewn.
Figure 1 is a side elevation shewing my holding device fixed to the side of a
table.
Figure 2 is a right hand end view of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a plan view of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a perspective view shewing the figure of a lady sewing with the
material being sewn held in my device.
In carrying my invention into practice I form the arm of the lower portion
or bracket or cramp A of my device with a boss or lug which is tapped to receive
the thumb screw W provided at the upper end with the loose or swivelling
head. The upper surface of this head is preferably serrated or roughed so as
to form a better grip against the underside of the table B. The other arm a
of this cramp A is formed flat so as to fit onto the upper surface of the table
as clearly shewn on the drawings and this arm is provided with a forwardly
extending portion at the front end finishing with the flat portion or lower jaw a
the surface of which is serrated or roughed. Also formed on the arm are the
lugs or projections and to these lugs or projections I hinge or pivot the lever D
the front end of which is formed with the enlargement or jaw di fitting onto the
lower jaw the meeting surface of which may or may not be serrated or roughed.
The rear end of this lever extends upwards and bearing under this end dis
one end of the flat steel spring S the other end being fixed by the screw s¹ or
other-wise to the arm as clearly shewn at Figures 1, 2, and 3. This spring S
is provided for the purpose of keeping the jaw closed upon the jaw at or in its
normal position so that by pressing the end d³ of the lever D downwards it moves
upon its pivot and raises or opens the end or jaw d thus allowing the material
to be passed between the jaws at and d by which it is firmly gripped.or held
immediately the lever D is released as the action of the spring S instantly closes
the jaw down on-to the jaw a. To fix my device into position the arm a
of the cramp A is fitted onto or made to embrace the table B and the thumb
screw W or its equivalent tightened up the head of which firmly grips the under-
side of the table thus securely fixing the device when by pressing the end of the
lever the jaw is opened and a corner or portion of the material to be held
while sewing placed onto the lower jaw at the lever D is now released and the
jaw closes upon the material which is firmly gripped between.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
CLAIMS.
First The improved device for holding material while being sewn consisting
of a table cramp A in combination with a clip holder consisting of part formed
in connection with the back of the holder A and the ears also in connection
with the part A in which the lever 1 is hung so as to allow the jaw end of the
lever da full opening to receive and secure the material to be sewn substantially
as set forth and shewn.
:
Second In devices for holding material to be sewn the combination with a
table cramp of the portion and the ears made or cast in one piece so as to
receive the lever ) as and for the purpose substantially as herein set forth and
as shewn.
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P T 1
1000
HENRY MITCHELL
By George Barker,
Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.