US2634543A - Apparatus for making tufted upholstery blankets - Google Patents

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April 14, 1953 B. GOTH 2,634,543

APPARATUS FOR MAKING TUFTED UPHOLSTERY BLANKETS Filed Dec. 19, 1949 Bernhard 60th INVENTOR.

Patented Apr. 14, 1953 APPARATUS FOR MAK ING TUFTED UPHOLSTERY BLANKETS Bernhard Goth, Bronx, N. Y.

Application December 19, 1949, Serial No. 133,7 75

1 Claim. 1

This invention appertains to an apparatus for making a tufted upholstery blanket and has for its primary object to enable blankets of this character to be produced without the employment of skilled upholsterers, to reduce to a minimum the time required for the production of such items, and to enable the tufting design to be widely varied and yet uniformly produced.

Another important object is to insure uniformity of production of tufted upholstery blankets, while still permitting variations in the design.

Another important object of this invention is to provide a compact and inexpensive apparatus which may be dependably employed by unskilled persons in the upholstery art.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this invention which embodies among its features a table having a plurality of spaced sockets in its upper face, internally threaded adapter rings frictionally fitted in said sockets with peg threaded in the rings and projecting upwardly from the base, each peg having its opposing end externally threaded and formed with axially disposed sockets to receive and support the heads of upholstery pins so that the shanks extend upwardly from the pins and are axially aligned therewith.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a fragmentary sectional view through a part of the equipment and a blanket illustrating the first step in the process of form ing a blanket;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the second step or process and illustrating the means provided for forming the pleats in the upholstery covering;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 illustrating the third step in forming the blanket;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1 illustrating the last step in forming the blanket;

Figure 5 is a View in perspective of the pleatforming members; and

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 1, with the pegs shown in vertical section to illustrate the means provided for detachably securing the pegs perpendicular to fissures on the table.

In the accompanying drawings, the equipment employed in producing an upholstery blanket includes a flat table l0 having a plurality of spaced sockets I2 formed in the upper surface 14 thereof. Adapter rings I6 are formed with knurled outer surfaces 18, whereby the rings are frictionally fitted in the sockets and the rings are internally threaded as at 20, to receive pegs 22. The pegs are formed with externally threaded ends 24 so I 2 that the pegs may bereversely seated in the rings with either of their opposing ends threadingly secured therein. The pegs are formed attheir opposing ends with axial sockets 26 to receive and retain the button heads 28 of upholstery pins-30.

It is to be particularly noted that the sockets 26 formed in the opposing ends of the pegs are of different diameters so that button heads 28 of different sizes may be employed. Of course, the pegs are seated in the supporting rings in the sockets l2 with their sockets 26 disposed upwardly, the sockets being selected according to the size of the button to be employed.

A presser board 32 is provided and is formed with a plurality of vertical passages or openings 34, so that when the board is in use, the openings align axially with the recesses l2 in the table it and are thus in alignment with the pegs 22, as seen in Figure 4.

In use, the pins 22 are secured in the adapter ring I6, in the manner shown in Figure 6, so that the pegs extend perpendicularly from the table In. The table is supported in a horizontal position from pair of vertical supports and upholstery covering 36 is draped over the pegs and the shanks of the pins 30, which are seated in the upper ends of the pegs 22, are pierced through the covering. The tufts being spaced, the openings through which the shanks of the buttons extend in the upholstery material are spaced apart to allow a fullness of the covering material between the upholstery buttons and the finished product. After thus positioning the fabric, a layer of cotton felt 38 is placed on the fabric, as seen in Figure 2.

Elongated tubular members 40 are provided and are employed for the purpose of forming pleats in the covering 36. The tubes are formed at their lower ends 42 with diametrically opposing, longitudinally extending slots or slits 44 and 46. The tubes are of a diameter to encompass the pegs, so that the lower ends 42 of the tubes are positioned over the pegs and the tubes are then forced down into the position as seen in Figure 2. The covering is gathered up in the slots 44 and 46 and pleats are thus formed therein, as seen in Figures 3 and 4.

The space between the tubes 40 is filled with a resilient compressible stuffing 48, such as hair which has been previously curled to improve its resilient qualities. After placing the stuffing in position, as shown in Figure 2, the tubes 40 are extracted and a sheet of backing fabric 50 is laid over the stuffing. The board 32 is then positioned on the backing fabric 50 and the board is forced toward the table 10, under the influence of any type of clamping means, such as clamps secured to the table and to the board. Under the influence of the clamps, the board 32 is advanced toward the table, and the backing fabric will be advanced against the force of the resilient stufling 48, until it is pierced by the shanks of the upholstery pins 30. Suitable washers 52 are then introduced into the openings 34 in the board to surround the shanks of the pins and the shanks are then clinched, as at 54, so as to hold the stuffing under compression and cause the covering material to fall downwardly. The board is then removed and the tufted blanket is removed by extracting the heads 26 from the sockets in the pegs. r

From the foregoing, it will be obvious that the equipment above described when employed asset forth will produce tufts of uniform character, and a that the blanket thus made may be employed Wherever a tufted upholstery finish is desired,

In viewof the simplicity of the operation and 4 my pending application, Serial No. 733,245, filed March 7, 1947, now abandoned.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In an apparatus for making tufted upholstery blankets, a table having a plurality of spaced sockets in the upper surface thereof, internally threaded bushings fitting into each of said sockets. said bushings having knurled external surfaces Cushman Jan. 29, 1907

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