Improvements in the Ornamentation or Finishing of Hosiery or Looped Fabrics by Sewing Machine, and the Adaptation of said Machine to Circular Work.
Year: 1888

page_text: Improvements in the Ornamentation or Finishing of Hosiery or
Looped Fabrics by Sewing Machine, and the Adaptation of said
Machine to Circular Work.
I, EDWARD WOODWARD WHITEHALL, Mechanical Draughtsman, of Caroline Street,
Nottingham do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention.
My Improvement, consists, in producing a kind of embroidery, upon. Hosiery, by
means, of two guides, (working in connection, with a sewing machine) and carrying
threads of cotton, silk, or other suitable material, & moving right & left, in a curved,
or rectilinear form, in front of the sewing machine needle, these guides, with their
respective threads, cross or pass each other, at each descent or ascent of the needle,
thus producing a sort of crossed, or double vandyked, ornamention, the machine
securing the different threads, at each stitch, & which if different coloured threads are
used, a very pleasing effect is produced, & especially in the binding of the edges.
My Invention further consists in adapting the sewing machine so as to produce,
the same pattern on circular, or tubular hose, & in doing this, I propose in looper
machines, that the looper & the feed, be fixed near the extremity of a long arm, so
that the tubular hose, may pass along this arm, as the hose is being ornamented, the
looper & the feed, receiving their motion, from the main shaft of sewing machine,
through counter shafts running parallel, with the arm, that receives the hose to be
ornamented.
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page_text: Improvements in the Ornamentation or Finishing of Hosiery or
Looped Fabrics by Sewing Machine, and the Adaptation of said
Machine to Circular Work:
I EDWARD WOODWARD WHITEHALL of Caroline Street Nottingham mechanical
draughtsman 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 :-
My Improvement consists in producing a kind of embrodiery upon Hosiery, by
means of two guides (working in connection with a sewing machine) & carrying
threads of cotton, silk, or other suitable material & moving right & left, in a
curved or rectilinear form, in front of the sewing machine needle, these guides, with
their respective threads, cross, or pass each other, at each descent, or ascent, of the
needle, thus producing a sort of crossed or double vandyked ornamentation, the
machine securing the different threads at each stitch, & which if different coloured
threads are used, a very pleasing effect is produced especially in the binding of the
edges.
And in order, that my Invention, may be more readily understood, I will proceed
to describe it in detail, with reference to the accompanying drawings forming part of
this specification. Fig. 1. represents what is known as a revolving looper machine,
showing my embroidery attachment (which may however be applied to any class
of sewing machines and the various textile fabrics operated upon) which consists of
the levers or guides A. A. which carry the embroidery threads (L) of silk cotton,
chenille, or other suitable material, B. B are two rods, which connect the aforesaid
levers or guides with the double ended lever C, which is secured to the axle E, which
axle is held in position by the fixed bracket D. The small pinion J, is fixed on the
main shaft of sewing machine, and is geared into the toothed wheel I the axle of
which is held in position by the fixed bracket K, the wheel I having double the
"number of teeth in it, as the pinion J in order to produce the alternate movement of
*the guides or levers A A. The axle or crank pin H, is fixed on the side of the wheel I
and carries the lower end of the connecting rod G. the top end of said rod being
jointed to lever F which is attached to the axle E, for giving motion to the double
ended lever C and guides A. A.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the guides or levers, Fig. 3 shows the pattern of em-
broidery, with needle thread in the centre. Fig. 4 shows the guides in a curved form
as mentioned in my provisional specification, the back rod (shown broken away)
receives its motion, from sewing machine shaft, by cam, eccentric or crank pin.
The guides may also be fixed on straight or curved rods in various ways and that
without departing from the principle of the Invention.
The modus operandi is as follows:-
The machine being supplied with needle and thread, it will be seen that after each
stitch has been made, the levers or guides A A. change their position, from right

page_text: to left or left to right, so that they leave secured to the fabric, operated upon a
double vandyked or crossed ornamentation.
If it is desired to ornament with thicker material the wheel I may be increased
to three or four times the size of the wheel J in order to leave time for two or
more stitches to be made between each crossing of the embroidery threads.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
First. The use or employment of two guides, working in connection with a re-
volving looper substantially as described.
Second. The combination of the aforesaid guides, with an eye pointed needle,
substantially as described..
Dated this Tanth day of Januar 1889
EDWARD WOODWARD WHITEHALL.