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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
CHARLES MANDEVILLE, OF FARMER, TEXAS.
QUILTING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,699, dated April 2, 1889.
Application filed October 9, 1888. Serial No. 287,673. (No model.)To all won17 it neay concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES MANDEVILLE,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Farmer, in the county of Young and State of
5 Texas,have invented new and useful Improve-
ments in Quilting-Frames, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification.
My invention relates to quilting-frames, and
particularly to that class of devices applied to
to use in connection with sewing-machines.
It is the purpose of my invention to provide
a simple, novel, and convenient frame capable
of being attached to any pattern of sewing-
machine and adapted to carry the top and
15 lining of a quilt to the needle and to so con-
struct and combine the parts that an easy and
simple adjustment may be made to compen-
sate for the increased diameter of the take-up
roll to keep the fabrics constantly drawn' taut
20 and perfectly level upon the bed-plate of the
machine.
It is a further purpose of my invention to
provide means whereby the top and lining
shall be carried with equal speed and tension
25 and the slack caused by the unequal travel of
one or the other as well as the wrinkling pro-
duced by quilting the goods under unequal
tension shall be wholly avoided.
It is a further purpose of my invention to
30 provide simple means for holding and main-
taining the quilt in a horizontal position and
down upon the bed-plate of the sewing-ma-
chine, whereby both top and lining shall be
fed evenly and together and presented prop-
35 erly to the stitching mechanism, and finally
to provide simple and convenient means
whereby the wadding may be inserted, as re-
quired, to avoid carrying upon the frame the
completely-wadded quilt.
40 The invention consists in the several novel
features of invention and new combinations
of parts hereinafter fully set forth, and then
definitely pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
45 a perspective view illustrating my invention.
Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the
parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar sec-
tion of the same, the frame being turned end
for end and the guide-roll and one of the pay-
50 off rolls being removed from their bearings.
Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the frame withthe rolls in place. Fig. 5 is a detail section
on the line y y, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail per-
spective of one end of the rail and its sup-
ports. Fig. 7 is a detail end elevation of the 55
rail, showing the manner of attaching and de-
taching the supports. Fig. 8 is a detail plan
view of one of the leg-attaching plates re-
moved from the rail.
In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 6o
1 designates the similar parallel side bars of
the frame, which are preferably made of mal-
leable iron, of suitable thickness, stiffened, if
necessary, by a marginal flange, 2, or, if pre-
ferred, by a rib or bead formed upon each 65
end bar. These bars are broader at one end
than at the other, being beveled or tapered
more than half their length to lighten the
whole structure and throw the preponderance
of weight upon the broader ends, for a reason 70
presently to be explained.
At or near the center of the frame is at-
tached a stay-rod, 3, having elbow-piece or
braces 4, by which the side bars are stiffly
supported. This stay-rod is flush, or nearly 75
so, with the upper edges of the side bars.
Upon the side bars, 1, upon one side of the
stay-rod, are arranged two similar lugs, 5,risin g
somewhat above the upper edges of the side'
bars and preferably cast integral therewith. 80
In these lugs are formed two or more separate
bearings, 5', for the journal of a pay-off roll,
6, which is vertically adjustable in said bear-
ings. Upon the side bars, on the opposite side
of and at somewhat greater distance from the 85
stay-rod, are formed or mounted similar lugs,
7, extending below the lower edges of the side
bars and each provided with a series of bear-
ings for the journals of a vertically-adjustable
guide-roll, 8. 90
In the wider ends of'the side bars, 1,is jour-
naled a take-up roll, 9, the bearings 10 thereof
being two or more in number upon each bar,
so that the roll may have a vertical adjust-
ment to compensate for the increase in diame- 95
ter caused by the take-up of the quilted fab-
ric. At the opposite end of the side bars is
journaled, in any suitable manner, a pay-off
roll, 12, which is provided with a ratchet, 13,
a similar ratchet, 14, being mounted on the ioo
take-up roll 9. Both rolls 9 and 12 are pro-
vided with a projecting turn-button, 15, and
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Mandeville, Charles. Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines, patent, April 2, 1889; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172014/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.