US1643351A - Quilting frame - Google Patents

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UNITED! STATES 1,643,351 Partnr ortica.

ERNEST n. simens, or sL. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

QUIT-urne FRAME.

Application led September 1 1926.5 Serial No. 132,967.

My invention relates to quilting frames and the object is to4 provide a simple, etlicient and inexpensive device particularly useful as a quilting frame but also usefuly -for a number of other purposes such as the tacking of comforters and quilting of quilts and embroidering of bed-spreads.

. In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top or plan view of one end of my improved quilting frame.

` Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thedevice.

`Fig. 4 is an enlarged top view of one end of my device with some additional parts..

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail yas on line 5-5 in d. v

Fig. 6 is an inside elevation of one of the end standsof my device including a collapsible work table.

Fig. 7 is a bottom view of one of the table sections 35-36.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, the main frame of my device comprises a pair of vertically disposed end stands connected by a horizontal bar 10. Each end stand comprises two diagonally crossed legs 11 the lower ends of which support the entire device on a floor 12 and their upper ends are fixed in the lower. edge of a horizontal top bar 13. The end stand parts are preferably made of wood and connected by the previously mentioned bar 10, the latter preferably a light tube or pipe threaded at both ends, and said threaded parts being inserted one in the crossing of each pair of legs 11. 14 are threaded flange washers adjustable to engage the legs 11 at each side and thus clamp the legs rigidly betweeny them and making the entire device stand solidly upon a floor.

It will be readily understood that the main supporting frame resembles an elongated saw-buck the end frames of which each carry a fixed horizontal bar.

15 are two rollers mounted preferably equi-distant from and parallel to the bar 10, the ends of said rollers having stub shafts 16 journaled each in the end part of a bar 13 and protruding through said vbar. On the said protruding part one on both stub shafts on each r'oller 15 may have keyed to it a ratchet wheel 17 each such wheel adapted to be engaged by a pawl 18 pivotally iXed at 19 adjacent each ratchet. On either or both rollers 15 I secure, asat 20 in Fig. 1, one

edge of a long` strip of strong fabric 21 such as canvas and adjacent the free longitudinal edge'of said strip a quilt, sheet, vcurtain or other flat piece 22 (see Fig. 1) to be worked, on, is pinned as atv 23 to the piece 22-and the latter is 'then rolled about the roller 15 until its opposite edge is in position to be pinned to the corresponding strip 21 on the opposite' roller 15." It will be readily understood that any flat piece thussecured can bestretched. between both rollers and wound more or less upon either of them as desired and that the pawls 18 engage the ratchets 17 in opposite dir'ections and the rollers may thus be held infsuchrelation to each other that any part or desired area of the piece 22 may be stretched between them. For example, a quilt on which it is desired to embroider or otherwise apply designs, may be held taut between the two rollers and any part of itsv stretched area is readily accessible from both sides of the device and several persons may work on it simultaneously.

Fig. 4 illustrates auxiliary stretching device adapter to engage and stretch that part of anvarticle 21 adjacent the end stands to pull said parts taut in direction transversely of the stretching action of the rollers 15. This auxiliary device comprises aroller 25 -mounted rotatably and parallel to the `inner side of each bar 13 in brackets 26 secured at 27. Each roller carries a ratchet latter is fixed pivotally., at 29a, a pawl 29 to engage said ratchetl' 30 are suitable strong cords each secured to the roller 25 with one end and its other end secured at 30a to a horizontal bar 31 arranged parallel to the roller 25 and adjustable with relation to the latter by turning the roller and manipulating of ratchet 23 and its pawl, the rollers 25 thus being utilizedas winding drums. One edge of bar 31 is provided with a series of' hooks 32 preferably made with sharp points adapted to engage the adjacent edge of an article 22. Thus with this auxiliary device in each end of my quilting frame stretching a quilt or other article endwise and the rollers 15 adapted to stretch the article transextending downwardly below the bar 10. 34 are two parallel grooves in the board extendingl upwardly and cont-inning on the inner side of the board or bar 13 to apoint near the top edge of the latter where each groove tending pins `37 suitably fixed at corresponding inner ends of the cleats 36. These pins 37 in each board are slidably engaged in corresponding grooves 34 of the opposite end frames and normally rest vin the bottoms of said grooves with the board 35 extending upwardly and outwardly as in Fig. 6 with the upper part or" each cleat 36 resting against a pin 38 fixed in bar 13 inwardly of' each roller 15. It is obvious that the boards 35 maybe raised toi a horizontal plane by sliding their lower ends up to the transverse grooves 34A and guiding the pins 37 to rest in either of the pockets 34B. With the pins 37 in the latter position the boards are on a common horizontal plane, as shown dotted in Fig. 6, with the cleats 36--36A supporting them on the rollers 15. The table thus provided may be used for various purposes such as preparing quilts, comforters, or any articles beforeror independently of placing same on the stretching device. This modified construction is of course possible to install in the :torni of my ldevice having the end rollers 25, in which case the said rollers may be mounted on the outer sides of the bars 13 (not shown).

The use of my quilting frame has been fully disclosed in the foregoing specification,`

l What I claim is:

A quilting frame comprising two vertically disposed end stands and a horizontal frame bar connecting said end stands, rollers rotatably mounted between said end stands in a. common horizontal plane above said frame bars, means for detachably securing a quilt to the said rollers and for holding a portion of it taut between said rollers, a collapsible table member between said end frames and comprising two corresponding sections adapted to be laid in a common horizontal plane upon said rollers and means for retaining the adjacent edges of said sections in said horizontal plane, said latter means `comprising a fixed pin projecting endwise from each of the inner corner parts of said tables; a-vertical guide board extending vertically and downwardly from the upper central part of each end frame or stand and said board andend stand being provided with parallel vertical grooves each or' which is slidably engaged by one of said pins, and said grooves communicating each with a horizontal groove at the upper end of the vertical groove and said horizontal groove havingdownwardly directed pockets for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ERNEST R. SIMONS.

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