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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
EUGENE G. LAURAINE, OF CUERO, TEXAS.
RUFFLING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,502, dated July 8, 1884.
Application filed September 13, 183. (No model.)To all wlon, it nmay concern:
Be it known that I, EUGENE G. LAURAINE,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Cuero, in the county of De Witt and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Sew-
ing-MIachine Attachment, of which the follow-
ing is a specification, reference being had to
the accompanying drawings.
This invention has relation to ruffling attach-
ro ments for sewing-machines; and it consists in
the construction and novel arrangement of
parts, as will be hereinafter fully described,
and particularly pointed out in the claims.
Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a por-
15 tion of a sewing-machine illustrating my im-
proved ruffling attachment in position. Fig. 2
is a front end view of a portion of the attach-
ment. Fig. 3 is a top view of the entire at-
tachment. Fig. 4 is a side view thereof, and
20 Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the
same.
Referring by letter to the accompanying
drawings, A designates the presser-foot, and
B is the bar that carries the same. To the
25 bar B my attachment is pivotally connected
by an eye, C, on the top end of its arm D, ar-
ranged on a lateral pin or screw, E, on bar
B. By means of this pivotal connection the
attachment can be thrown up out of the way in
30 plain sewing, and the necessity of removing
it from the machine is thus obviated. The
arm D carries a flat plate, F, that has one end
turned under, as shown at G, which end forms
a flat loop, and is provided with a tongue or
35 extension, IH, projecting from the top of said
loop and toward the pivot of the attachment.
A plate, J, having its free end recessed, as
at K, to receive the needle of the machine,
has its outer side edge at its other end brought
40 over parallel with the main portion and abovethe same, as shown at L, and is provided with
a spring tongue or plate, IM, on top, which is
inserted in the end loop, G, of the plate 15
toward the pivot of the attachment.
When it is desired to ruffle the goods, they 45
are placed underneath the plate J, and the
plain band (or straight piece of goods) be-
tween the scroll or body of the device and the
said plate J, thereby separating the ruffle
from the band. Then the stitch is lengthened 50
and the goods are sewed. The plate J merely
separates the goods to be ruffled from the
band, (or straight piece,) while the motion of
the feed of the sewing-machine, when the
stitch is lengthened, effects the ruffling. 55
Having thus fully described my invention,
what I claim as new, and desire to secure by
Letters Patent of the United States, is-
1. The combination, with the fiat main plate
having the loop, of the ruffling-plate having 60
its side at one end turned over parallel with
its main portion, and provided with a spring
tongue or plate that is inserted in the loop,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination, with the main plate 65
having one end turned over to form a loop,
and provided with a tongue or extension from
the top of said loop, of the ruffling-plate hav-
ing its free end recessed, while its other end is
turned over at its side parallel with the main 7c
portion of the plate, and is provided with a
spring tongue or plate that is received in the
loop, as set forth.
In-testimony that I claim the foregoing as my
own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in pres- 75
ence of two witnesses.
EUGENE G. LAURAINE.
Witnesses:
W. J. BAER,
T. J. BROWNSON.
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Lauraine, Eugene G. Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machines., patent, July 8, 1884; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170769/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.