Fan Attachment for Sewing-Machines. Page: 2 of 2
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
CHARLES W. LUTTRELL, OF BRONTE, TEXAS.
FAN ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.1,125,141.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Jan.19,1915.
Application filed April 15, 1914. Serial No. 831,999.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES W. LoT-
TRELL, a citizen of the United States, resid-
ing at Bronte, in the county of Coke and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and
useful Fan Attachment for Sewing - Ma-
chines; and I do hereby declare the follow-
ing to be a full, clear, and exact description
of the invention, such as will enable others
10 skilled in the art to which it appertains to
make and use the same.
This invention relates to a new' and use-
ful improved fan attachment for sewing
machines, and an object of the invention is
15 to construct a fanning attachment having
connections with the pedal of the sewing
machine, so as to automatically actuate the
fan, as the pedal is operated.
One of the features of the invention is the
20 provision of adjustable connections between
the fan and the pedal, so as to increase or
decrease the movement of the fan.
In practical fields the details of construc-
tion may necessitate alterations, falling
25 within the scope of what is claimed.
The invention comprises further features
and combination of parts, as hereinafter set
forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.
In the drawings:-Figure 1 is a view
30 showing the improved fanning attachment
as applied to a sewing machine. Fig. 2 is
an enlarged detail view of the fanning at-
tachment detached, showing the details of
construction.
35 Referring to the drawings, 1 designates
the usual form of sewing machine, while 2
denotes the bracket standard secured by a
clamping connection 3 to the machine top.
This clamping connection comprises the
40 clamp 3b having the spaced apart lugs be-
tween which the machine top bed plate en-
gages, there being the thumb screw 3a pass-
ing through one of the ears for clamping
the clamp in place. This standard is held
45 adjustable in the clamp by means of the set
screw 4. On the lower end of the standard
below the clamp is a guide member 5 se-
cured in place by thumb screw 6. The guide
part has a pivotal movement and is desig-
50 nated by the numeral 7, and through it the
pitman 8 is slidably guided. The lowerend of the pitman is connected at 9 to the
pedal 10 of the sewing machine. The con-
nection 9 comprises the bolt 9a, which passes
through the slot 9c of the arm of the pedal, 55
and is provided with a thumb nut 9b. By
this construction the lower end of the pit-
man is held adjustable with the pedal. The
upper end of the pitman has an adjustable
connection 11 with one arm of the bell crank 60
fan lever 12. In the arm 13 of which the
fan 14 is adjustably and removably at-*
tached, as shown at 15. The fan lever is ad-
justably connected as at 16 to a holder 17,
which is slidably and adjustably mounted 65
on the bracket standard 2, by means of the
set screw 19. It will be observed.that the
various parts may be adjusted, so as to in-
crease or decrease the movement of the fan.
Also a stiff fan may be substituted for a 70
flexible fan, and vice versa, or the fan may
be lowered or raised, so as to be arranged in
different positions relative to the machine
operator. As the pedal is operated the fan
is oscillated, thereby keeping the operator 75
cool.
The invention having been set forth,
what is claimed as new and useful is
In combination, a bracket standard, at
clamp holder through which the standard 80
passes and is adjustably arranged, said
clamp holder being clamped to a sewing
machine, a pitman having its lower end piv-
otally connected to the pedal of the machine,
an oscillating guide adjustably mounted 85
upon the bracket standard,. and through
which said pitman is guided, a holding
bracket -adjustably mounted upon. the up-
per end of the standard,. a bell crank fan
lever pivotally and adjustably mounted in 90
the holding bracket and having one arm ad-
justably connected. to the upper end of the
pitman, and a fan adjustably mounted in the
other arm of said lever.
In testimony whereof I have signed my 95
name to this specification in the presence of
two subscribing witnesses.
CHARLES W. LUTTRELL.
Witnesses:
R. S. CALLER,
J. A. PERCIFULL.Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the " Commissioner of Patents,
Washington, D. C."
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Luttrell, Charles W. Fan Attachment for Sewing-Machines., patent, January 19, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858353/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.