IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWING MACHINE APPLIANCES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Brigham Bishop, of 48", Regent Street,
in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SEWING MACHINE APPLIANCES."-Partly a communication from
abroad by George Henry Bishop, of Newport, State of Maine, United
States of North America.
Scaled the 18th February 1876, and dated the 19th August 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Brigham
Bishop at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 19th August 1875.
I, THOMAS BRIGHAM BISHOP, of 482, Regent Street, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “Im-
PROVEMENTS IN SEWING MACHINE APPLIANCES," partly my own Invention
and partly a communication to me from abroad by George Henry
Bishop, of Newport, State of Maine, United States of North America,
to be as follows..

page_text: The first improvement consists in an oil can which when laid in the
drawer of the machine on the table, or dropped on the floor will retain
the oil. I accomplish this by taking a perfectly flat can, no matter
of what thickness, and insert the tube or spout into the side of it, the
sides may be round or other shape, and the common screw which is used
to turn in the tube, but always narrower than the width of the can,
'I now make sufficiently extended beyond the outer sides of the body
of the can to raise the point of the tube higher than the oil when the
can may be laid down upon either side. I can accomplish the same
object by adding a small wire or clip to a perfectly flat can upon either
side of the can at the end in which the tube is screwed in, but I prefer
the former.
The second improvement consists of a needle case made of metal,
wood, or other suitable material; the same I prefer of a round shape,
and at one end cover with a cap which may be held down by a spring
which is fastened to the centre or at the sides. The case has several
holes in which are placed the different sizes of needles required for a
sewing machine. The cover of necessity has but one hole in which the
needles are placed or withdrawn. When the case is not required to be
used this hole is placed over a certain point and all the needles are
closed in, but when necessary turn the hole to the size required, as
indicated upon the case, and while that particular size is free to come
out all others are closed in. When not required turn back the hole to
the closing point.
The third improvement consists of an adjustable cone-shaped shaft or
stud upon which is turned the driving wheel of a sewing machine; by
such a stud the lost motion of the wheel may be taken up, thereby
securing steadiness.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Thomas Brigham Bishop,
Her special licence, that I, the said Thomas Brigham Bishop, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Thomas Brigham Bishop, 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 MACHINE APPLIANCES,'
partly my own Invention and partly a communication to me from
abroad by George Henry Bishop, of Newport, State of Maine, United
States of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Thomas Brigham Bishop, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, 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 Thomas Brigham Bishop, 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:-
My improvements consist in an improved oil can, needle case, and
shaft or stud upon which is turned the driving wheel of a sewing
machine.
The first improvement consists in an oil can which when laid in the
drawer of the machine on the table, or dropped on the floor, will retain
the oil. I accomplish this by taking a perfectly flat can, no matter
of what thickness, and insert the tube or spout into the side of it, the
sides may be round or other shape, and the common screw which is used
to turn in the tube, but always narrower than the width of the can,
I now make sufficiently extended beyond the outer sides of the body

page_text: the hole d is the cover hung over one of the cells; e, the dent in the
case over which the hole d is brought by turning the cover when it is
desired to cover all the cells c, c, c, c, c, and c; f is the spring between
nail g and the cover a, by the recoil of which spring the cover is kept
firmly pressed against the case d.
Figure 8 is a sectional elevation of the adjustable conc-shape shaft
and driving wheel. a is the cone shaft; b, the wheel; c, the adjustable
vent, which can be regulated to obviate any looseness created by wear,
and thus give steadiness to the driving rigger in its rotation; d is the
frame of machine.
Having thus described the nature and object of the said improvements
I declare that what I claim and desire to be secured to me by the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is,―
1st. The improved oil can, as herein-before described and as shewn on
Figs. 1 and 2, or any mere modification thereof.
2nd. The needle case, substantially as herein-before described, and as
illustrated on the Drawings, Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
3rd. The adjustable cone-shaped shaft, as herein-before described and
as shewn by Fig. 8 on the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Brigham Bishop, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of
February, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six.
T R BISHOP