Year: 1898

page_text: We, EMILE CORNELY and ROPERT CORNELY, both of 87, Faubourg St. Denis,
Paris, in the Republic of France, trading as E. Cornely & Son, Manufacturers, 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:-
This invention relates to a mechanism which is to be adapted to or upon beading,
cording, sewing or embroidering machines and it has for object to automatically
feed or supply stringed beads, cords or other materials through the central tube of.
the machine from where they are to be sewn upon the cloth.
In existing machines the beads, cords, or other materials which are to be
employed are not fed or supplied in a positive manner but are simply drawn through
the tube of the machine by the action of the feeding motion imparted to the cloth
upon which the beads are sewn on. This motion is not powerful enough for
supplying a sufficient length of stringed beads or cords and the consequence of
this is that the cloth is drawn together.
These inconveniences are obviated altogether by the bead-feeding or supplying
mechanism herein described which at every stitch of the machine supplies in a
positive and automatic manner the exact length of cords or stringed beads required
for the length of the stitch.
In Figures 1 to 10 of the accompanying drawings, the feeding mechanism is
represented as applied to a machine working with or having a rotating thread
carrier which winds its thread around the beads in order to secure them to the
cloth and in Figures 11 and 12 the feeding mechanism is represented when driven
from the main shaft of the machine as hereafter described.
Figures 3 to 10 represent the feeding mechanism in its different positions during
the formation of the stitch. The stringed beads 12 descend through tube G of the
machine and pass through a guide or nipple a in order to be sewn upon the cloth.
The feeding mechanism forming the object of the present invention works in the
following way.
Figures 3 to 8 represent the position at the moment when the feed of the cloth is
completed; the beads have been secured to the cloth at the preceding stitch and
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page_text: are drawn to the right of the nipple a and at this moment the bead supplier or
feeder has reached its highest position. Immediately after this the feeder d
descends and pushes the beads downwards, as represented at Figures 4 and 10, by
acting upon that part of the beads which is in an inclined position in consequence
of the feeding motion of the cloth and thus the right length of cords or stringed
beads is supplied for the formation of the stitch. Immediately after this the bead
feeder d rises again to its highest position for the formation of the next following
stitch. When the machine operates with a revolving thread carrier as represented
in Figures 3 to 10, the sleeve M upon which the thread carrier b is secured
receives its rotating motion from the main shaft of the machine, and the bracket 5
of the thread carrier b bears during its rotation upon the curve of a cam L
which can slide up and down the central tube G. A screw h of cam L projects
through a slot 6 of tube G and enters the tubular part 4 of the bead feeder d, sec
Figure 6, which thus moves up and down in the interior of central tube G, as repre-
sented at Fig. 6.
During its rotation the thread carrier bracket 5 presses upon cam L and pushes
it downwards together with the bead feeder whilst, a spring m produces a
counter-pressure which makes the latter rise at the right moment. Figure 9
represents a section of Figure 8 through line y; nipple a is provided with a screw 10
which presses against the end of the bead feeder & which is flexible to a certain
extent and thus the distance of said feeder & from the nipple « can be regulated in
order to supply more or less beads according to the work required.
Figures 11 and 12 represent the bead feeder when it is operated from the main
shaft N of the machine; said feeder is secured upon or forms part of a tube B
which is secured in the upper tube C by means of screw o.
This tube C is provided
with a collar with which engages the fork of slide D. A. descending motion is
imparted to this slide D) by the action of a cam E of main shaft N working against
a roller of the slide D whilst the ascending motion of this slide D is obtained by the
pressure of a spring n so that the motion of the feeder d is obtained at the right
moment. As the feeder d must also turn with the feed according to the direction
imparted to nipple a by the crank handle of the machine, this motion is obtained by
means of a cog wheel R which is secured upon the nipple tube G, see Figure 12,
which latter tube is provided at its interior with a flat-surfaced projection y which
works upon a corresponding flat surface which forms part of tube C; this
arrangement is represented on a large scale at Figure 11. Therefore whilst the
tube Ċ makes its up and down motions, it follows at the same time the turning
motions of the nipple tube G which turning motion is thus imparted to the feeder D.
Besides this positive action of the bead feeder d upon the beads or cords it is
necessary that those materials should unwind with great regularity from their spool
or bobbin which by reason of its weight produces or gives rise to a certain
resistance.
For this purpose bobbin K, represented in Figures 1 and 2, does not revolve upon
its shaft A but is secured upon said shaft by means of a washer c which is fixed
upon shaft A by means of screw 2 whilst a piu 3 of washer c penetrates into a hole
of the flange of bobbin K which in consequence of this arrangement cannot revolve
upon its shaft, but is compelled to turn with its shaft in brackets or supports E;
thus bobbin K unwinds in a very even and regular manner.
The feeder or supplier & can also be employed for other similar ornamental
articles or kinds of materials besides beads and cords, and will always produce very
even or regular and perfect work.
Nipple a is provided with a shield 7 which prevents the beads or cords from being
twisted around the nipple by the rotation of the thread carrier b.
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:
In sewing or embroidering machines, the arrangement of a cord or bead feeder or

page_text: supplier which in its descending motion supplies in a positive and automatic manner
the right length of. cords or beads to be sewn upon the cloth.
For the Applicants,
GEDGE & FEENY,
Chartered Patent Agents, 60, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.