IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWING AND EMBROIDERING MACHINES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Taylor, of the Firm of Lindley, Taylor,
and Company, of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWING AND EMBROIDERING
MACHINES."
Scaled the 3rd May 1870, and dated the 6th November 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Taylor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th November 1869.
I, FREDERICK TAYLOR, of the Firm of Lindley, Taylor, and Company,
of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWING AND
EMBROIDERING MACHINES," to be as follows:-
The Invention relates to improvements upon an Invention for which
Letters Patent were granted to William Clark, dated October 17th, 1863,
No. 2544, and consists in a novel combination and adaptation of parts
therewith whereby ornamental stitching, braiding, or embroidering may

page_text: be formed on the work with alternate stitches of different colors or
materials. For this purpose I mount two bobbins upon a suitable plate
or frame carried by a bracket or in any convenient manner; the threads
from these bobbins pass between tension discs or have tension applied
thereto in any suitable manner, and from the tension discs each thread
passes to separate holes formed for that purpose in the looper. Tho
looper, as heretofore, is caused to rotate upon its axis alternately in one
direction and then in the other, but instead of making only part of a
revolution I cause it to make a complete revolution at each action, so as
to bring the threads always to the back of the needle. The bobbins and
the looper are so geared together that they are always kept in the same
relation to each other in whatever direction the feed takes place. By
these means a stitch is first taken of one color or material and then of
another, whereby a highly ornamental effect is obtained.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Frederick Taylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 6th May 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
TAYLOR, of the Firm of Lindley, Taylor, and Company, of the Town and
County of the Town of Nottingham, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Frederick Taylor, Her special licence
that I, the said Frederick Taylor, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Frederick Taylor, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SEWING AND EMBROIDERING MACHINES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Frederick Taylor, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,

page_text: should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Frederick Taylor, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say -
The Invention relates to improvements upon an Invention for which
Letters Patent were granted to William Clark, dated October 17, 1863,
No. 2544, and consists in a novel combination and adaptation of parts
therewith whereby ornamental stitching, braiding, or embroidering may
be formed on the work with alternate stitches of different colors or
materials. For this purpose I mount two bobbins upon a suitable plate
or frame carried by a bracket or in any convenient manner; the threads
from these bobbins pass between tension discs or have tension applied
thereto in any suitable manner, and from the tension discs each thread
passes to separate holes formed for that purpose in the looper. The
looper, as heretofore, is caused to rotate upon its axis, but instead of
making only part of a revolution I cause it to make a complete
revolution at each action, so as to bring the threads always to the back
of the needle. The bobbins and the looper are so geared together that
they are always kept in the same relation to each other in whatever
direction the feed takes place. By these means a stitch is first taken of
one color or material and then of another, whereby a highly ornamental
effect is obtained.
And in order that my Invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying
Drawings, more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a sectional side view, and Figure 2 is a sectional end view
of a sewing and embroidering machine having my improvements applied
thereto.
a, b, are two bobbins mounted upon a plate c, which is provided with
an axis of motion c¹ turning in a bracket d. as shewn. Each of these

page_text: wound upon the other bobbin, and each thread passes first through
guides e, e¹, and then between tension discs e, or they may have tension
applied thereto in any other suitable manner. From these tension
discs e each thread passes through guides e³ to a separate hole f¹ or f
formed for that purpose in the looper f, so that the threads are alternately
lapped around the hook or embroidery needle. The looper, as shewn in
the Drawings, is, as heretoforc, caused to rotate upon its axis alternately
in one direction and then in the other, but instead of making only part of
a revolution I cause it to make a complete revolution at each action, so as
to bring the threads always to the back of the needle. This I effect in
the following manner :-On the axis g is fixed a cam h, to which a
continuous rotary motion is given from the driving shaft i by means of
toothed gearing, as shewn. The cam acts upon a truck or roller ¹
carried by the lever j to move it up and down as required; this lever j
is by suitable universal joints, as shewn, connected to a Llever k, the
upper end of which is by a clutch fork connected to a clutch fixed
on one end of the shaft or axis 1, to the other end of which is fixed the
worm or screw, which, when the lever is slided in the direction of its
length, by taking into the screw f³ formed on the looperf gives complete
rotary motion to such looper first in one direction and then in the other,
the spring giving motion to the lever j in the contrary direction to
that given to such lever by the cam h. The bobbins a, b, and the
looper fare geared together in the following manner in order to retain
them always in the same relative position to each other in whatever
direction the feed takes place :-To the plate c is fixed a toothed
wheel c², which is taken into by and receives motion from a toothed
wheel m' fixed on the lower end of the shaft or axis m, to the upper end
of which is connected a bevilled toothed pinion m³, which receives
motion from the bevilled pinion n¹ fixed on the shaft or axis n, which
receives rotary motion from the handle n' and bevilled pinions n², n³, as
shewn. The handle n' and bevilled pinion n', n, n', as heretofore, are
connected to the "feeder" by bevilled pinions o, o', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, as
shewn, whereby the feeder and looper are always retained in the correct
relative position to each other. The axis is capable of freely sliding
through the bosses of the bevilled pinions mounted thereon, whilst at the
same time it is capable of receiving motion from them when required by
means of a sliding pin or key , as shewn, passing through a slot or
opening in the hollow shaft or axis or, to which the bevilled pinions o, o',
are fixed.

page_text: I would here remark that although I have herein described and shewn
in the accompanying Drawings the looperf to be caused to rotate first
in one direction and then in the other, it is evident that a somewhat
similar description of work having alternate stitches of different materials
or colors may be produced by giving a continuous rotary motion to the
looper always in the same direction, in which case the screws and fƒ³
and the handle * and pinions operated thereby for varying the direction
of feed will be dispensed with, and a pair of bevilled pinions substituted
for the screws and f, which pinions may receive rotary motion in any
suitable manner from the main or driving shaft of the machine, and the
holes f, f, will then have to be opposite to each other; it is also
evident, although I have shewn and described my Invention as applied
to that description of machine patented by Clark, as aforesaid, that my
Invention is equally applicable to other machines in which a hook or
embroidery needle and a looper are employed in a similar manner.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode
in which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that
what I claim is, the production of ornamental stitching or embroidering
with alternate stitches of different colors or materials, in manner
substantially as herein shewn and described.
In witness whercof, I, the said Frederick Taylor, have hercunto
set my hand and scal, this Third day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
FREDERICK TAYLOR. (L.S.)
25 Witness,
B. J. B. MILLS,
Patent Agent,
35, Southampton Buildings,
London.