US1062564A - Manufacture of cushions. - Google Patents

Description

W. R. DONEGAN.

MANUPAGTURB 0F CUsHloNs.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1908.

Patented May 20, 1913 WITNE ES ATTORNEY.

NTED ,STATES PALIENT OFFICE.

WILLIAI B.. DONEGAN, 0F HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, '10 POPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION .0F CONNECTICUT.

MANUFACTURE OF CUSHIONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26,1913.

To all whom it may concern y Be it known that I, lViLLiAM R. DONE- GAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in the Manufacture of Cushions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more especially to the construction of the general class of cushions which are stuffed with hair or similar material, and` more especially to the manufacture of cushions known as tufted spaces provided in the follower.

cushions, with mattress springs The object of my invention is to provide a means and process of constructing such cushions that "shall enable a cushion to be quickly made and the seams in which shall be strong and durable.

A form of apparatus in which m inven 'tion may be practised is illustrate in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a view in section through a box embodying my invention and Showing a preliminary step in the construction of a cushion. Fig. 2 is a like view of a portion of the box showing a succeeding step in the construction of a cushion. Figj?) is a similar view showin a still further step in the construction of t e cushion. Fig. 4 is a like view showing a still further step in the process.- Fi 5 is another view rshovi'ing the last step. 1g. 6 is a detail view showing a modified form of the invention.

Prior to my invention it has been customary to place the top of a cushion, fre` quently constituted of leather, within the bottom of a box, this top being raised at intervals upon supports bearing clench buttons. Ilaiting pins 'are then inserted over the support and inclosing the clench buttons. hair is then placed in the box, and the plaiting ins are removed. A backing of canvas or li e material is then placed upon the hair and a follower placed within the box is pressed downward, forcing the clench buttons through the backing or linin into T e box being then removed tacks are' driven through the top and lining and clenched against a metal plate on the edge of the follower,... A

facing, with a welt already sewed to it ail turned inside out, is then placed in position,

yand enough tacks driven through the facin' welt, top and lining to hold the latter in position. The facing is then sewed in place by hand after the cushion has been removed from the baseboard. This Sewing by hand is a lon operation and the expense of the cushion is therefore increased to a considerable extent owing to the length of time required in construction.v

In constructing a cushion after the above described' means, the top, which is commonly formed of leather, as in the construction of automobile cushions, must be cut of a size much larger than is finally r uired, the edges being trimmed off in the y al operation, thus producing a great waste of leather and further increasing'ethe expense of menu: facture.

A device for making a. cushion as ebow described is illustrated in the accomp drawings, in which the letter a denotes the;

baseboard, b the box, a the sup g Socket pins, d the clench buttons, e the vplaiting pins, and f the follower'. l

In carrying out my invention in addition to the old devices above set out I provide the' bottom board a with a bottom iron 6`secured about the edge of the board and extending to a considerable distance above it, as plainly shown in the drawings. The lower ed of the box b 'has a recess 7 forming a 8 which is located outside of the bottom iron 6.

In the construction of a cushonin accordance with my invention the te 9 of :the cushion, commonly constructed o leather is cut to the exact size finally required. Il facing 10 and a welt 11 is secured to the top as by machine sewing as at 15, the attachment of the facing at this preliminary step in the construction enabling the facing toibo thus machine sewed in lace, which opera.- tion is quickly accomplis ed. The facing is turned inside out-,as shown in the drawings,

yand the whole placed upon the bottom or base a with the top restin upon the supf porting socket pins c as p ainly shown 1n Eig. 1 of the drawings. In this position the outer or top edge of the welt 11 rests u n the upper edge of the bottom iron-6 an is. supported thereby, to give the required thic ness Vto the finished cushion. The box b is now placed in position, as plainly shown in the drawings, the welt 11 being located to V`titan the recess 7 and the facing 1.0 and top 9 projecting downward alon oppositev sides of the bottoni iron 6. Gui es 12 are now ipiaced in position, these guides being pref-v 110 hel erably' constructed of thin sheet metal, a sparate guide being supplied to each side 0 the box. The lower edge of each guide projects downward below the top of the recess 7 and consequently below the joined edge of the facing, welt, and top, which are completely inclosed within the recess. The clench buttons having been inserted through holes in the to as the latter was placed 1n position, the p aiting pins e are now placed and the hair( distributed throughout the box, followin which the plait-ing pins e are removed. he lining 13, of suitable material, as canvas, is now placed upon the hair and the follower placed in position upon the lining and'pressure applied to the follower, compressin the hair and forcing the clench buttons d t rough the openings in the follower. y Washers h are pla upon the clench buttons and the latter bent or l clenched over, as shown in Fi s. 4 and 5 of the drawin -this holding t e lining securely in p aceand retaining the hair compressed to final form. A follow iron 18 is secured to the edge of the follower f 'extending'thereabout and rojecting below its under face, and this fo low iron serves to hold the backin 13 in roper position and to accurately 'ace it or the subsequent opera tions. 'T e guides 12 and box b are now removed. The lining is secured in position as by means of stitches 17 extending through the facing, welt, top and ining, the beveled edge 14 on the follower allowing access to the parts for the purpose of effecting such stitching.

If desired tacks vmay be driven through the facing, welt, top and lining against the follow iron 18, strips of leather, acting as clenchers, having been placed on the outer surface of the lining through which the points of the tacks project and against which the points clench. As no great strain is laced upon the lining this method of securv'ing it in lace by means of the tacks will be found su cient to hold the parts in place, although the stitching is pre erred, as then there are no heads of tacks to wear the con-p; tacting parts, or to leave impressions to show through on the outer face of the cushion. It will be noted that the final stitching is effected while the follower is still in place thus holding the parts securely in position. l

I claim- 1. A base having a welt supporting edge projecting upward therefrom, a box having a recess in its edge so formed that t-he sewed edge of the welt and cover will project above the lining when depressed for final fastening, a follower for packing the material within the box, and a guide to close said recess and prevent contact of the follower with the edges of the Welt and cover.

2. A base having a welt supporting edge projecting upward therefrom, a box having a recess so formed with respect to said welt supporting edge as to support vthe sewed edge of the Welt and cover .above the lining when depressed, and a follower to depress the stuffed cushion and lining a nd having means to permit sewing of the lining to the cover whlle so depressed.

3. A base having a welt supporting edge projecting upward therefrom, a box having a recess so formed with respect to said welt supporting edge as to support the sewed edge of the welt and cover above the lining when depressed, and a follower to depress the stuffed cushion and lining, the edge of the follower being beveled to permit the sewing of the lining to the welt and cover while in its depressed condition.

4. A base having a welt supporting edge rojectin upward therefrom, a box, and a lfgollower ocated within the box to depress the stuffed cushion and lining, the edge of the follower 4being beveled to ermit sewing of the linin to the cover w ile in its depressed con ltion.

WILLIAM R. DONEGAN.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. JENKINS, L. H. KELTING.

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