US2675755A - Dye attachment for sewing machines - Google Patents

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P ZQ' 1954 A. J. HALL DYE ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES Filed Sept. 4, 1951 I INVENTOR firZ/z u?" :ZHaZZ ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 20, 1954 UNITED PTENT OFFICE DYE ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES Arthur J. Hall, Bakersfield, Calif.

Application September 4, 1951, Serial No. 244,945

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to attachments for sewing machines,

A dye or other coloring substance may be applied to a fabric or other desired perforatable material, through the operation of a needle passing through the material in a manner similar to the ordinary operation of sewing, the needle dipping into a well or container of the substance after passing through the material, collecting the substance in the eye of the needle, and then applying the coloring to the material on its return stroke through the material by a wiping action.

A further important object of the invention applies to the provision of the eye of a needle as a carrier of a dye or other liquid coloring substance for application to fabrics, leather, parchment, suitable papers, and other materials to d e or color the same in any desired pattern or arrangement, the needle working in conjunction with a suitably positioned well or series of wells containing the desired coloring substances.

By the use of this invention all sorts of color schemes may be quickly and readily applied to a desired perforatable surface with no more efiort and with as much ease as would take place in the ordinary operation of a sewing machine. By this means lamp shades, cover fabrics, and a great variety of objects can be rapidly and cheaply decorated.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawing and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing,

Figure l is a vertical section of a dye attachment for a sewing machine, constructed according to an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral it] designates generally the table of a sewing machine, and the numeral I i designates a vertical reciprocating needle Which is adapted to engage through a guide i2 having an opening l3. The guide 12 is disposed through the table it, and the upper end of the guide I 2 is flush with the upper surface of the table 1 0.

A disc-shaped receptacle carrier i4 is disposed beneath the table ill and is formed with a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart openings l5 within which dye receptacles it are adapted to dependingly engage. The dye receptacles It are formed with an upper annular flange ll seating on the upper side of the carrier M. The carrier I4 is adjustably or rotatably supported from the table It by means of a bolt I8, and preferably a washer I 9 is interposed between the upper side of the carrier l4 and the lower side of the table l8.

A spring 28 engages about, the bolt It below the carrier Hi, bearing at its upper end against the lower side of the carrier [4, and bearing at its lower end against a spring tensioning nut 2| which is threaded onto the bolt IS. The tension of the spring 20 will yieldably hold the carrier 14 in adjusted position with one of the receptacles l6 disposed below the needle opening 13 in the guide l2.

The table it is formed with an opening 22 oppositely from the guide [2, and a cover plate 23 removably engages in the opening 22. The opening 22 provides a means whereby the several receptacles it may be refilled with a dye liquid.

In the use and operation of this device, the carrier M is suspended beneath the table it] by the bolt [8, in a position where a selected one of the dye holding receptacles l6 may be disposed in substantial registry with the needle opening it. A fabric or other flexible article 2 5 is placed on the upper side of the table l0, whereupon the sewing machine may be operated in the conventional manner without a thread extending through the needle II. The needle H on its downward stroke will pierce the fabric or work 24 and will dip into the dye in the receptacle I6 which is at this time in operative position beneath the needle. The liquid dye will not only coat the needle but will also engage in the eye of the needle so that as the needle is pulled upwardly the dye will be wiped from the needle by the fabric 24.

The work 2 5 is moved on the surface of the table Ill either by the normal fabric feeding means or by a manual movement of the fabric so that the needle will progress about a predetermined outline of a design which is marked on the upper side of the fabric or work piece 24. By providing a series of dye receptacles [6, each receptacle may have a separate color so that a substantial number or" colors may be impregnated in the fabric to form the desired coloring of the design. The thickness of the needle and the weave of the fabric will determine or regulate the width of the marking which is formed by the dye.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of construction herein disclosed, but claim 3 all variations falling within the purview of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

spring about said bolt yieldably holding said plate in adjusted position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 102,398 Hibbs Apr. 26, 1870 199,991 Pearson Feb. 5, 1878 847,578 Hudson Mar. 19, 1907 1,303,124 Specs Ma 6, 1919 1,373,545 Wiegman Apr. 5, 1921 2,281,849 McCoppin May 5, 1942 2,619,031 Rothenborg Nov. 25, 1952

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