Class 35.
The Singer Hand Carpet Sewing-Machine
STRETCHING AND SUSPENDING DEVICE.
Top of Post, 4 feet 6 inches; Top of Windlass, 4 feet 2 inches; Greatest Distance between Clamps, 45 feet.
THIS machine, so well and favorably known, is in extensive use. It makes a double elastic seam, taking thread from two spools, as illustrated on the opposite page.
It is distinguished for speed of operation and simplicity of mechanism, elasticity, strength and durability of stitch.
It is light, compact and easily managed, sewing any grade or weight of carpet.
Tapestries, Brussels, Velvets, Moquettes, Wiltons and Axminsters can be sewed with facility and at a large saving in expense over hand sewing, the quality of the stitch being better. The carpet is suspended, as illustrated above, between two end clamps, one of which is stationary and the other is attached to a windlass by which the breadths are drawn taut. It is supported, at convenient intervals between the clamps, by hooks depending from an overhead frame or from the ceiling; these hooks grasp the carpet near the edges to be stitched, the height of these edges being so they will just pass under the operator's arm. The figures are matched as the suspending clamps are adjusted.
The sewing-machine, when in operation, rests upon the edges of the carpet that are being sewed, the feed rolls acting upon both sides and moving the machine one-quarter of an inch toward the operator at each stitch, each revolution of the hand crank producing a stitch.
There are two varieties of this machine hav- ing, respectively, spool and disc tensions: The tension on thread delivery from spools is regulated by a spring pressing against a cone on the spool bracket.
Our regular form of disc tension is provided for both looper and needle-thread if desired.
The machine and its accessories complete, consist of the sewing-machine, hanging clamp, stretching clamp and spring, matching awl and hook, needle gauge and wrench, looper threader and a windlass.
The following is lifted from John Langdon's Comprehensive Model List
| 35-1 | Industrial | Carpet stitcher. | ||
35K1
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Industrial | For stitching carpets. Driven by hand. Two thread chain stitch. Spool tensions. (Photos: Mike Anderson) | 35x3 (size 26) | |
| 35K2 | Industrial | As 35K1. Disc tensions (it's threaded differently). | 35x3 (size 26) |