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` MPETERS. PHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

WILLIAM HENRY MORRISON, OF NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING BONNET AND CAP FRONTS', &c.

Specification of Letters :Patent No. 25,84*?, datedOctober 18, 1859.

To all :whom fit `may concern.'

Be it;known that yI, WILLIAM HENRY MOR- msoN, of Nottingham, manufacturer, a subject `of the Queen of Great Britain, have in- ;vented or discovered new and useful Improvements in Means or Apparatus E1nployed inthe-Manufacture of` Bonnet and Gap Fronts, ]3.uches,.and Such Like Artiicles 4oflwillinery; and I, the said l/VILLIAM HENRY MORRISON, do hereby declare the nature ofthe said invention and-in what manner thesame is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the followingvstatement thereofthat is to say:

The improvements relate to means ofA folding goffered .or fiuted lace .or net and-for the application to .the backor` folded partthereof `of-ibands 4or tapes.. The band ortape,-

`gummed or otherwise cemented, isfirstiplaced the foot of the operator vin A,effecting some of over a groove in the table and between a pair of slidingzbars, in position for the edge of a Ablade or knife, acting as a presser, to come down thereon as operated by a `treadle and give a crease `or fold thereto.v Above these bars there is a pair of sliding plates, which have a tendency to approach by spring or other pressure to within a short distance of each other, but are capable of being caused rto separateas required by the actionof a'treadle, and so soon as the tape is correctly laid .over the groove these plates, which had by .the `action of the treadle been kept back for .the purpose, .are allowed to approach each other, by which they prevent the .tape rising with :the knife. The goered or fluted lace =is then placed on this `pair of sliding platesand between other adjustable bars Aor straight edges which are capable of simultaneous motion when operated by a treadle, so as to lay the lace luniformly over the band or tape, and when the lace or net is thus adjusted with thewcenter of the width thereofover such slit the knife edge isagain caused-to descend .by the action ofthetreadle, so as to cause such lace or net to be folded with theuouter edges projecting uniformly upward and the foldededge to come on to the band :or tape, `when the sliding bars between the supporting plates and the table, and which are capable also of being s1- Inultaneously Vacted upon by a -treadle, are caused to pinch :between them the lace or net thus folded'with the band or tape thereon.

The knife edge acting` as a presser is then allowed to rise -out of the way, and by the action of the .treadle these bars between .the

supporting plates yand the table are again caused to pinch the band or tape on to the folded edge of the lace or net. Butthat .the nature of these my improvements andthe means which I adopt may be more fully understood I will proceed to describe the means pursuedby me, aided;by the accompanying drawings, inthe various gures of which the same letters are employed to indicate like parts wherever they occur.

Figure lshows Va .front view, Fig` 2 an end view, and Fig. 3 a planofapparatus according to my invention. Other figures show some ofthe parts in the .different positions assumed during operation.

a, a is the main framing, Z1 the table. c, Z and e are treadles :to be lactedupon .by

the movements of the parts of the apparatus.

The band or tape to Ybe :appliedto the folded part ofthe goftered oriuted lace or other fabric, after being cut the length desired, has applied to it, as is well understood, gum `or other. adhesive cement by :which to .cause Vit to adhere to such lace or other fabric, or when such fabric has previously been dressed `by the aid of starch or 'other glutinous matterv simplyV .clear water may be used. It `is then creased `or partially folded length-wise, andv in that state it is `.pplacedover, and partly between .the plates j', f, which haverbeen previously drawn asunder by the .operator acting on the treadle c, and .also over the groove i in the` table ZJ, as indicated by red line in the diagram, Fig. 4, in position for the lower .edge of a blade y', when brought downward,.to press the band7 or piece of tape with the folded edge toward the groove f, and then by releasingY the treadle 0 the plates f, f will,l,by the spring pressure applied 4to them, simultaneouslyV approacheach other, .as indicated by Fig. 5.

The blade is `held by its endin position yet: so as to be capable of sliding vertically on stationary guides a', a, and it is borne with a tendency upward by -means of the springs of india rubber y, y", while thedowntreadle :acted upon by. the foot and .connected todthe blade or knife by suitable bands or ro s.

The plates f, f are by preference movable and are borne with a tendency for them to approach each other by means of springs f', 7", connected at their ends to studs projecting from lever arms f2 f2, which are affixed to the axes f3 and at their upper ends pass into openings formed in projections from the plates acting with a tendency to draw them toward each other, and these plates f, f are drawn with a tendency to separate from each other by means of the treadle c, which by means of the links or wires f4, f4 is connected to the arms 75,7, also aflixed to the axes f3, by which when the outer end c of the treadle c is depressed the lates or bars f will be caused to separate from each other. The band or tape having been thus passed through the opening between the inner edges of the plates f, 7 and between the bars g, g, the edges of such band will separate somewhat, so as to come under the plates f, 7, which will then serve to prevent the band or tape from rising with the blade j when that blade is permitted to rise by the withdrawal therefrom. of the hands of the operator, as indicated by the diagram Fig. 6, which figure also shows the next stage of the o erations, when the length of goered or uted lace or other fabric (indicated by the yellow line) to which the band is to be applied is placed on the sliding plates f, 7", and between the bars or straight edges L, z, acting as gages, which bars h, Zz, are adjustable, as well as being capable of a simultaneous motion toward each other when operated by the treadle d. The object of this simultaneous motion of the bars h, 71, toward each other is to lay the fluted lace or other fabric equally over the opening formed between the plates 7, f and the band or tape. In order to eect this the bars 71., 71, have a tendency to separate from each other by means of the spring h acting upon the arm h2, aflixed t0 the axis 72,3, upon which, at each end of the machine, is aiiixed a lever h4, the opposite ends of which are by links h5 connected to levers 71,, h6, the lower ends of which turn upon fixed centers hl, while the upper ends receive pins projecting from the ends of the bars h, and the treadle d is caused to draw the bars h, h toward each other by means of the link or wire its, one end of which is attached to the treadle CZ while the other end is attached to the arm h2, aflixed on the axis h3. When the liuted or goifered lace or other fabric is thus adjusted with the center of the width thereof over the opening between the plates f, f, the blade j is again caused to descend, so as to cause such lace or other fabric to be folded with the outer edges projecting uniformly upward and with the folded e ges laid on to or within the band or tape, as indicated by the diagram Fig. 7, when other bars g, g will be acted upon. These bars g, g are connected by pin points to the upper ends of levers g1 at each end of the machine and turn upon centers of motion g2, while their lower ends are capable of being acted upon by a cam or tappets g3, affixed to the axis 9*. There are springs g5, one end of which is affixed to the frame a, while the other ends thereof are attached to the levers g', with a tendency to keep the bars g separated. And when the parts have been brought into the position as described in respect of Fig. 7 the treadle e is operated upon, by which the link gT, attached at one end thereto and at the other end to the arm g, aixed to the axis g4, will cause that axis to make a partial rotation, by which the cam or tappets g3 thereon will be brought to act on the lower ends of the levers g to cause the bars g to approach each other and thereby pinch between them the lace or net folded with the tape thereon, as indicated by F ig. 8.

gs is a spring attached to the lever g6 to pull the axis gt into its former position when the treadle e is released by the operator.

In most cases the band or tape will be found suiiiciently secured to the lace or other fabric; but if desired the blade j may be withdrawn and the bars g, g again pinched thereon.

Z Z are levers turning upon centers of motion Z, carried by the bar y', to act as stops to adjust the depth of motion of the bar j. When it is required for these stops to act, the operator depresses the ends Z2 of the lever Z toward the bar or blade y', when the lower ends of such levers Z will be moved slightly outward, in position to come on to the upper ends of the set screws m and thereby prevent the edge of the blade j descending quite to the bottom of the groove in the table, as that blade will be capable of doing when such levers Z are not thus acted upon.

I would here state that, although in the description given of the working of apparatus accordin to my invention I have only mentioned goflered fabric such as used for ladies7 cap and bonnet fronts, apparatus constructed according to the improvements is equally applicable in other cases where it is desired to apply bands or tapes of similar character in other articles of millinery. And in some cases in place of the band being applied to the folded fabric in the machine I only fold such fabric in the manner described in the machine, so that it may be ready to receive a band if desired, and apply such band separately afterward.

Having thus described the nature of my said invention and the means which I adopt in carrying the same into eHect, I would have it understood that I do not confine myployed in the manufacture of bonnet and cap fronts, ruches, and such like articles of millinery.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 15 name to this specification before tWo sub scribing Witnesses.

W. H. MORRISON.

Witnesses WILLIAM BRooKEs, JAS. DoNNsoN.

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