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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
IIUGII GLACKEN, OF CONROE, TEXAS.
QUILTING-FRAME.
SPECIFICATION -rormitg part of Letters Patent No. 670,872, dated March 26. 1901.
Application filed October 24, 1900. Rerial No. 34,182. (No model.)To all hzo7mo it 77tnayf concern:
Be it known that I, HUGH GLACKEN, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Conroe,
in the county of Montgomery, State of Texas,
5 have invented certain new and useful Im-
provements in Quilting-Frames; and I do
hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,
and exact description of the invention, such
as will enable others skilled in the art to
ro which it appertains to make and use the same
This invention relates to quilting-frames;
and it has for one object to provide a construc-
tion which will be cheap and simple in con-
struction and efficient in its operation and
r5 which may be adjusted to hold the quilt with
the proper degree of tension at all times.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a construction that may be set up and
taken down at will and with ease and when
20 folded will occupy a small space
In the drawings forming a portion of this
specification, and in which like numerals of
reference indicate similar parts in the several
views, Figure 1 is a perspective view show-
25 ing the complete frame, a portion thereof be-
ing broken away to permit a showing on a
large scale Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one
of the trestles Fig. 3 is a side elevation of
a trestle folded Fig. 4 is a section on line
30 4 4 of Fig. 3 and showing the means for hold-
ing the legs of the trestle in folded positions.
Fig. 5 is an elevation of the ratchet-wheel.
Referring now to the drawings, the pres-
ent frame includes two trestles, each of which
35 includes a beam 5, and inasmuch as the tres-
tles are similar in every respect a description
of one will suffice for a description of the
other The beam 5 is rectangular at its endj
portions, as shown at 6 and 7, and interme-
40 diate of these end portions the beam has a
cross-section that is a truncated triangle, the
side faces 8 and 9 thereof converging up-
wardly.
At one end of the tapered portion of the
45 beam 5 are pivotally mounted two supporting-
legs 10 and 11 upon a common pivot 12, while
at the opposite end of the tapered portion are
disposed on the opposite faces two support-
ing-legs 13 and 14, mounted upon a common
50 pivot 15, these several legs being disposed to
lie with their pivoted ends against the facesof the beam, whereby when moved to project
beyond the broadened lower edge of the beam
they will diverge, and when moved in an op-
posite direction 1hey will assume parallel po- 55
sitions and lie longitudinally of and upon the
side faces of the beam 5. Thus as the legs
are unfolded to their supporting or operative
positions they are automatically moved into
diverging position to best support the beam. 6o
To prevent pivotal movement of the legs be-
yond their proper supporting positions, where
one pair of legs lies divergingly from the
other pair, stops 16 are fixed upon the bean
and in the paths of movement of the legs. 65
When the legs are in their folded positions,
it is desirable that they be held from acci-
dental unfolding, and for this purpose the
legs 10 and 11 are provided with snap-hooks
18. The legs 13 and 14 are first moved into 70
folded positions, after which legs 10 and 11
are moved against them and their snap-hooks
are engaged with the legs 13 and 14. The legs
10 and 11 cannot then be drawn downwardly
without drawing upon legs 13 and 14, which, 75
because of the ends thereof resting against
legs 10 and 11, cannot move, and hence both
sets of legs will be held inoperative. Helical
springs 20, carried by the legs 10 and 11, en-
gage the under sides of legs 13 and 14 when 8o
the legs are folded and are compressed there-
by, and thus it the snap-hooks be disengaged
from legs 13 and 14 these springs will force
legs 10 and 11 downwardly to prevent redn-
gagement of the snap-hooks, and the legs may 85
be then unfolded at leisure
In the rectangular end portions of the
beams 5 are formed bearings, in which are
mounted the ends of rollers 22 and 23, the
trunnions 24 and 25 of which extend through 90
the beams and are adapted for attachment of
cranks,to be clamped thereupon by set-screws
or in a similar manner for rotating the roll-
ers to wind up the quilt and give proper ten-
sion thereto. To prevent unwinding, ratchet- 95
wheels 25 are disposed upon the rollers adja-
cent the ends thereof, and with these sprock-
ets cooperate pawls 26, pivoted to the beams
to prevent return rotation.
It will of course be understood that in prac- oo
tice various modifications of the specific con-
struction shown may be made Ind that any
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Glacken, Hugh. Quilting-Frame, patent, March 26, 1901; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509922/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.