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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
ROLLIN L. RODMAN, OF LOTT, TEXAS.
EMBROIDERING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.No. 823,442k
.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ROLLIN L. RODMAN, a
citizen of the United States, and a resident
of Lott, in the county of Falls and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and Improved
Embroidering Attachment for Sewing-Ma-
chines, of which the following is a full, clear,
and exact description.
My invention relates to attachments for
1o sewing-machines, and more particularly for
those doing embroidery while the machine is
operated by hand.
It consists in the various features and com-
binations hereinafter described and claimed.
15 Reference is to be had to the accompany-
ing drawings, forming a part of this specifica-
tion, in which similar characters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in all the views.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of one em-
20 'bodiment of my invention shown in place
upon a sewing-machine. Fig. 2 is an en-
larged side elevation of the attachment.
Figs. 3 and 4 are horizontal sections on the
lines 3 3 and 4 4, respectively, of Fig. 2, and
25 Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the connector.
I have here illustrated a sewing-machine
A having the usual needle - bar a, carrying
the needle b, secured in place by the screw
device c. Movable with the needle-bar is
30 the embroidering attachment B, which com-
prises a support 10, preferably in the form of
a flattened tube. This support has at its
lower extremity a lateral arm 11, having at
its outer end an eye or socket 12, which may
35 be passed over the needle and raised against
the lower extremity of the needle-bar. To
secure the support in place upon the needle-
bar, I have provided a connector C, prefer-
ably bent from an integral piece of wire and
4o having an angular portion 13 of such form
and length as to adapt it to the particular
conditions under which the attachment is to
be used. This angular portion has at one
extremity an eye 14, which may be passed
45 over the needle and brought into contact
with the lower side of the socket 12', and an
opposite eye 15 to surround some element
movable with the needle-bar, conveniently
the screw c. Each of these eyes may be fur-
50 nished by one or more convolutions of the
wire.
Movable through the tubular support is a
bar 16, having secured to its lower end a
presser-foot 16a, which may be formed of a
55 strip of metal similar to the bar, it being riv-Patented June 12, 1906.
eted to one side thereof and then bent gradu-
ally to occupy a plane at right angles to that
in which said bar lies, this bringing it parallel
to the work-plate of the machine. In this
horizontal portion of the presser-foot is an 60
opening in the form of a slot 16b extending
through the end of the foot farthest from the
bar. At the upper extremity of the bar is an
arm 17, and between this arm and an exten-
sion 18 of the arm 11lies a spiral spring 19, 65
exerting its tension to draw the presser-foot
normally downward, its movement in this
direction being limited by the contact of the
arm 17 with the top of the support.
The attachment is mounted upon the nee- 70
die-bar of the machine upon which it is to be
used, as has been above described, the form
and size of the connector being such as to
adapt it to the particular machine or the po-
sition in which the attachment is to operate 75
and so that it may move clear of all project-
ing portions of the machine-head. The silk
or other embroidering material to be em-
ployed is now passed through the eye of the
needle, this being accomplished without the 8o
necessity for threading it through the presser-
foot, since the slotted opening permits its
introduction from the end. The work being
placed upon the plate of the machine, it will
be seen that when the needle is lowered by 85
turning the balance -wheel by hand it will
begin the stitch and at the same time bring
the presser-foot into coperation with the up-
per face of the work and hold it firmly in
place while the stitch is being completed. At 9o
this time the movement of the bar through
the support against the tension of the spring
gives the desired yielding pressure. When
the needle rises, the presser-foot moves with
it, entirely releasing the work, so that it may 95
be turned or adjusted to the proper position
for the next stitch.
Having thus described my invention, I
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-- oo
1. The combination with a sewing-ma-
chine having a neede-bar, of a tubular sup-
port, a lateral arm at the lower end of the
support and provided with means for engag-
ing the needle-bar, an extension on the arm, 105
a bar movable within the support, a slotted
presser-foot on the bar, an arm on the upper
end of the bar, and a spiral spring connecting
the arm and the extension of the lateral arm.
2. The combination with a sewing-ma- i1Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed April 21) 1905, Serial No. 256,737,
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Rodman, Rollin L. Embroidering Attachment for Sewing-Machines, patent, June 12, 1906; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514985/m1/2/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.