Witnesses: Inventor : No. 365,918. ' Patented July '5, 1887.)

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UNI T ED. ST AT ES
JAMES G. GREENE, OF ELI ZABET H, NEW V JERSEY , ASSI GNOR T O T HE SI NGER
MANUFACT URI NG COMPANY OF NEY V JERSEY .
DRI VI NG MECHANI SM FOR SEW I NG- MACHI NES.
SPECI FI CAT I ON for mi ng p ar t of Letter s Patent No. 3 6 5 ,9 1 8 , dated July 5 ,1 8 8 7 .
Ap p li c ati on fi led June 1 2,1 8 8 6 . Ser i al No. 20 5 ,0 3 5 . (No model.)
T o aZZ w hom i t may c onc er n:
Be i t know n that I , JAMns G. Gnnnnma
c i ti z en of the Uni ted States, r esi di ng at Eli z a
b eth, i n the c ounty of Uni on and State of New
5 Jer sey, have i nvented c er tai n new and useful
I mp r ovements i n Dr i vi ng Mec hani sms for Sew
i ng - Mac hi nes, of w hi c h the follow i ng i s asp ec i
? c ati on, r efer enc e b ei ng b ad ther ei n to the ac
c omp anyi ng dr aw i ng s. -
My i nventi on r elates to a dr i vi ng mec han
i sm for sew i ng - mac hi nes of suc h c onstr uc ti on
that the i nc onveni enc e i nc i dental to r emovi ng
the b elt fr om the dr i vi ng - p ulley w hen the ma
c hi ne i s tur ned up on i ts hi ng es to g i ve ac c ess
I 5 to the mec hani sm b eneath the b ed- p late may
b e avoi ded.
I n c ar r yi ng my i nventi on i nto effec t I p r o
vi de a c omp ound dr i vi ng - p ulley, the ax i s of
w hi c h i s i n li ne,or near ly so,w i th the p i vots or
2: - hi ng es b y w hi c h the mac hi ne i s sec ur ed to i ts
tab le, or to b r ac kets sup p or ted ther eb y, and
on w hi c h sai d mac hi ne sw i ng s w hen i ti s tur ned
up ,or dow n. T hi s c omp ound p ulley has tw o
g r ooves for the r ec ep ti on of tw o endless b elts,
25 one of w hi c h r uns fr om a p ulley on the dr i v
i ng or p ow er shaft b eneath the tab le to the
sai d c omp ound p ulley, and the other fr om the
latter to the p ulley on the dr i vi ng or mai n
shaft of the sew i ng ~mac hi ne.
I p r efer to c onstr uc t my c omp ound p ulley i n
the for m of a c lutc h, one p or ti on of w hi c h may
r un loose fr om the other at ti mes, the tw o p ar ts
of the p ulley b ei ng adap ted to b e c oup led and
r un tog ether , w hen desi r ed. T he c lutc h i s op
er ated to ap p ly or di sc onnec t the p ow er b y
a c lutc h- lever c onnec ted w i th a tr eadle c on
tr olled b y the op er ator .
I n the dr aw i ng s, Fi g ur e 1 i s an end vi ew of
a Si ng er b utton- hole sew i ng unac hi ne w i th
my i nventi on ap p li ed ther eto. Fi g . 2 i s a
p ar ti al elevati on of the same, and Fi g s. 3 and
4 ar e sec ti ons, of c omp ound dr i vi ng p ulleys.
A denotes the tab le of the mac hi ne, and B
one of the si de fr ames of the stand b y w hi c h
the tab le i s sup p or ted. .
O i s the b edp late of the mac hi ne, and D the
ar m.
Vi th or di nar y fami ly mac hi nes the b ed
p lates ther eof ar e usually hi ng ed di r ec tly to
the tab les; b ut w i th b utton- hole sew i ng - ma
c hi nes i t i s found most c onveni ent to hi ng e the
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b ed- p lates to b r ac kets, as E, attac hed to the
tab le.
On the dr i vi ng shaft F of the mac hi ne i san
or di nar y p ulley, G, c onnec ted b y an endless 5 5
b elt, I I ,w i th a c omp oundp ulley, I 1 3 , the ax i s
of w hi c h i s i n li ne, or near ly so, w i th the
hi ng es or p i vots ate, on w hi c h the mac hi ne
tur ns w hen sw ung b ac kw ar d to the p osi ti on
i ndi c ated b y dotted li nes i n Fi g . 1 . >
* J i s a sec ond endless b elt c onnec ti ng the
c omp ound p ulleyw i th a p ulley, K, on a p ow er
or dr i vi ng shaft, as L, b eneath the tab le.
I p r efer to c onstr uc t my c omp ound p ulley i n
the for m of a fr i c ti on- c lutc h, as mor e c lear ly 6 5
show n b y Fi g . 3 ,the p ar t i ,on w hi c h the b elt
J r uns, b ei ng adap ted to b e p r essed tow ar d the
p ar t I b y the c lutc h- lever M, c onnec ted b y a
r od, N, w i th the tr eadle O. T he p ar tI of the
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c lutc h or c omp ound p ulley r uns loose on a stud 7 o
or p i n, a,sustai ned b y a standar d, I ), on the
tab le A, and the p ar t 2' r uns loose on the hub
z " of the p ar t I . Betw een the sai d p ar ts I p r e
fer to emp loy a sp r i ng , a,made i n the for m of
a w asher or a sp i der - sp r i ng , and a w asher , (l, 7 5
ag ai nst w hi c h the sai d sp r i ng 0 b ear s, these
devi c es for mi ng the fr i c ti onal c onnec ti ons b e
tw een the p ar ts of the c lutc h. T he c lutc h
lever O p r esses ag ai nst a c enter p lug or b ut
ton, I t. I f desi r ed7 a tr ac ti ng sp r i ng , as P, 8 0
(i ndi c ated b y dotted li nes i n Fi g . 2,) may b e
emp loyed to di sc onnec t the p ar ts of the c lutc h.
T he c omp ound' p ulley may b e of any sui t
ab le si z e to i mp ar t the r eq ui si te sp eed to the
dr i vi ng shaft of the mac hi ne fr om the p ow er - 8 5 _
shaft, and may c onsi st of a fr i c ti on- c lutc h, as
show n i n Fi g . 3 ,or of a si ng le soli d p ulley, I ,
w i th tw o b elt- g r ooves, (see Fi g . 4 ,) or of tw o
sep ar ate g r ooved p ulleys mounted on the same
shaft. ' ' 9 o '
Fr om the for eg oi ng i t w i ll b e ap p ar ent that
as the ax i s of the c omp ound p ulley i s i n li ne
w i t- h the hi ng es of the mac hi ne the latter may
b e tur ned over to the p osi ti on i ndi c ated b y
dotted li nes i n Fi g . 1 w i thout di stur b i ng the 9 5
dr i vi ng - b elts, and that the p ow er may b e c on
veni ently ap p li ed to the mac hi ne b y the
tr eadle- op er ated c lutc h mec hani sm ab ove de
sc r i b ed.
Havi ng thus desc r i b ed my i nventi on, I c lai m I 0 0
and desi r e to sec ur e b y Letter s Patent~
1 .. T he c omb i nati on, w i th a sew i ng - mac hi ne
2 3 6 5 ,9 1 9
b ed- p late, a tab le, and p i vots or hi ng es for en~
ab li ng the for mer to b e tur ned up on the lat
- ter ,of a c omp ound p ulley c onstr uc ted to for m
a fr i c ti on c lutc h, and havi ng i ts ax i s i n li ne as set for th.
w i th the hi ng e- p i vots, the dr i vi ng - p ulley, the.
p ow er - p ulley, and the tw o endless b elts,sub
stanti ally as set for th. '
2. T he c omb i nati on, w i th the tab le, the sew
' i ng - mac hi ne b ed- p late, and the b r ac kets to
w hi c h the latter i s hi ng ed or p i voted, of a c om
p ound p ulley havi ng i ts ax i s i n li ne w i th the
hi ng e- p i vots, the dr i vi ng - p ulley, the p ow er ~ .
p ulley, the endless b eltsp the c lutc h- lever , the
c onnec ti ng - r od, and the tr eadle, sub stanti ally
I n testi mony w her eof I affi x my si g natur ei n
p r esenc e of tw o w i tnesses. ,
JAMES G. GREENE.
W i tnesses:
PHI LI P DI EHL,
ALBERT D. VENT Z.
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