Year: 1886

page_text: We HENRY BLACKFORD PAYNE of Boulevard Works Radford within the Borough
of Nottingham Machinist and WILLIAM CAMPION of Boulevard Works aforesaid
Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
At the present time most of the jacquard cards are laced by hand.
Our improved machine consists of as many loop stitch machines as are required
to lace either, one two, three or more rows at a time.
Each of these loop stitch machines are worked from one cam shaft, one rocking
shaft, together with such other shafts as are necessary to support the needle rod or
bolt and the punch rod or bolt.
These loop stitch machines are constructed as follows,
The machine is provided with two rods or bolts the front rod or bolt carrying
and working the needle and the back rod or bolt carrying and working the punch
which punches the holes in the card.
These two rods or bolts are suspended at the top end on a lever and are made
adjustable. This lever is fastened on to the rocking axle shaft at the back of the
machine. The motion is supplied either by an eccentric or other cam or cams fixed
to the cam shaft which is connected to the lever by means of a connecting rod.
Between these two rods or bolts a steady peg is provided in order to secure the.
card in its proper position while both rods or bolts are in motion.
A suitable feeder is provided which receives its motion from the cam shaft.
At the back of the machine the card feeding apparatus is applied, so that the
attendant may place cards upon it.
It is then carried forward by a motion imparted to it by suitable mechanism
constructed for that purpose.
In front of the machine top plates are provided to carry the cards away from the
operative parts.
We also provide a counteracting motion to the feeder which prevents the feeder
from jerking on account of its sudden motion.
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Each of the above mentioned machines are all held in position and independently
adjustable upon certain framework of which the following is a description.
We provide two end standards with or without one or more intermediate
standards. These standards are supported and held together by suitable tie bars.
The top tie bar is so constructed as to form a bed upon which each respective
Bewing machine can be placed and slid into any position required.

page_text: The top part of each of the sewing machines is secured to a face plate which
stretches from one side of the machine to the other at the back of which long
screws or other mechanism are provided which are attached to each of the
respective sewing machines so that each machine can be adjusted to any distance
required independently of one another.
We would have it understood that we do not strictly confine ourselves to the
description hereinbefore contained so long as the novel features of our Invention
are retained.
We HENRY BLACKFORD PAYNE of Boulevard Works Radford within the Borough
of Nottingham, Machinist and WILLIAM CAMPION of Boulevard Works. aforesaid,
Machinist, 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 :-
These improvements have reference to the manufacture of jacquard cards by
means of lacing machines with consequent rapidity and certainty of uniformity of
excellence of manufacture.
At the present time most of the jacquard cards are laced by hand or in some
cases are sewn by machinery using a braid as the attachment of card to card.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shews an end view and Figure 2 a front
view of so much of a machine arranged to carry out our invention as is requisite to
the understanding of the present invention certain of the parts as the loop forming
devices beneath the needle plate being omitted in order to clear the drawing such
parts separately considered forming no part of the present invention and being
well understood by those acquainted with ordinary loop stitch sewing machines.
Our improved machine consists of as many loop stitch machines as are required
to lace either one, two, three or more rows at a time.
In the present drawing we will describe the invention with reference
such loop stitchers a. a¹.
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Each of these loop stitch machines a. a¹ is worked from one cam shaft b (grooved
longitudinally to facilitate adjustment of the same thereon) one rocking shaft o
together with a connecting shaft d which supports the levers d³ carrying the needle
rod or bolt e and the punch rod or bolt f.

page_text: These loop stitch machines a. a' are constructed or arranged as follows. Each
machine a or a¹ is provided with two rods or bolts e and f the front rod or bolt e
carrying and working, the needle e¹ and the back rod or bolt f carrying and'
working the punch f which punches the holes in the card g.
These two rods or bolts e and f are suspended at the top end on a lever d¹ and
are adjustable in slots d'. This lever is fastened on to the rocking axle shaft e
at the back of the machine.
The reciprocating motion is supplied either by an eccentric h or other cam' or
cams fixed to the cam shaft b which is connected to the lever by means of
a connecting rod h¹.
Between these two rods or bolts e and fa steadying peg f' is provided in order
to secure the cards g in proper position while both rods or bolts e. f are in motion.
A suitable feeder is provided which receives its motion from the cam shaft b.
At the back of the machine the card feeding apparatus 7 is applied so that the
attendant may place cards upon it from the pile of cards g*. g¹ is a card on the
tables about to be moved forward into the machine under a presser foot k operated
as in ordinary sewing machinery. It is then carried forward by a motion imparted
to it by the frame and its operating parts as described and arranged for that
purpose.
The card feeding device is operated as follows. The clawker lever m pendent
from and partaking of the reciprocating motion of the lever d¹ engages successively
the pins or studs o¹ projecting from the disc o carried adjustably by the axis p
which is grooved longitudinally for facility of adjustment of the sewing machinery.
thereon which also carries the cam wheel q upon the periphery of which the truck r
attached to the rectangular frame which supports and works the card carrying
table or support & rides and this truck r being carried by that frame / receives a to
and fro feeding motion. o' is a tension spring to draw the truck r and frame
towards the front of the machine. t is an adjustable screw stop for adjusting the
extent of motion of the frame in its return towards the front of the machine and
this stop strikes on the plate or bearing supporting and guiding the frame l.
u. u are the fast and loose pullies on the short shaft u also carrying a third
wheel connected by band u to the wheel u carried on a shaft or axis 6 by
means of which the machine receives its motion through the eccentrically placed
pins u and he respectively carried by the wheels u and h and connected to the
arms h³ h¹.
The machines are borne by and are capable of being slidden in the tie bars w
carried in the main framing A. x are the bobbins.
At the front of the machine, top plates g³ are provided to guide and carry the
cards away from the operative parts.
We also if desired provide a counteracting motion to the feeder in. order to
prevent the feeder from jerking on account of any sudden motion but as this is
well understood and forms no part of the invention we have not shewn it in the
drawing. Each of the above mentioned machines a. a¹ are held in position and
independently adjustable upon the bars or rods w. w carried by framework A A
The standards A A or framework are supported and held together by the tie
bars w. w and w¹.
Long screws supported in bearings ¹ or like mechanism carried by the
framing A are provided the threads of which engage with correspondingly threaded
parts formed to each of the respective sewing machines at their lower parts so that
each machine a. a¹ can be adjusted laterally as desired to any distance apart
required to accommodate various widths of cards to be sewn or laced independently
one machine of another by turning the screws by means of a key in one or other
direction.
We would have it understood that we do not strictly confine ourselves to the
precise details and arrangement of parts in this description herein before contained
so long as the novel features of our invention are retained,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is 'to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
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1. In jacquard card sewing or lacing machinery the combination or arrangement
and use of loop stitch sewing machinery and parts of apparatus cooperating there-
with to stitch together cards in series by the employment of a sufficiently stout
sewing thread which itself forms the connecting means without the use of braids
or cords stitched across from card to card, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
2. In jacquard card sewing or lacing machinery the combination or arrangement
and use of loop stitch sewing machinery and parts of apparatus cooperating there-
with and with means for punching the needle holes in the cards preparatory to
stitching the cards so as to effect the stitching together of jacquard cards in series
by the employment of a sufficiently stout sewing thread which itself forms the
connecting means without the use of braids or cords stitched across from card to
card, substantially as set forth.