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US 144.333 John Milton Griest
of Delavan, in the county of Tazewell and State of Illinois
Hemmers for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to sewing machine hemmers and it consists of an extensible hemmer with an inch-scale on the off edge, showing the precise width of the finished seam, the several parts being so constructed as to slide together without separating. The object of this invention is to improve hemming attachments for sewing machines of all varieties and consists in the employment of a flexible or folding support for the upper folded portion of the hem between the adjustable and fixed plates, as will be hereinafter explained; also, in the construction and novel arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully described.
November 4, 1873
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US 268.398 John Milton Griest
resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Tucker or Plaiter for Sewing Machine
... what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the combination, in a tucker or plaiter consisting of two independent groups or parts, one adapted for attachment to the presser-foot bar of a sewing machine and the other for connection to the cloth-plate, ...
Assignor of one-half to Walter Scates
December 5, 1882
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US 280.926 John Milton Griest
resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machine
... I do not here intend to claim this method of riveting these parts together, as I have in a pending application, No. 82.632, filed with this application-viz., January 22, 1883, shown, described and claimed the like method of riveting two parts together. ...
Assignor Walter Scates & Thomas S. Ridgway
July 10, 1883
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US 297.596 John Milton Griest
resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Holder for Sewing Machine Attachment
The purpose of my invention is to make a simple and inexpensive device by means of which sewing machine attachments, or portions thereof, may be attached with accuracy and facility to the bed-plate of a sewing machine.
Assignor to The Chicago Attachment Company
April 29, 1884
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US 297.597 John Milton Griest
residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Binding Attachment for Sewing Machine
My chief novel feature of construction relating to the presser-foot is that I cut it off at the needle-hole, as shown at a'.
Assignor to The Chicago Attachment Company
April 29, 1884
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US 306.742 John Milton Griest
residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Combined Ruffler and Shirrer Attachments for Sewing Machine
... what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the combination, in a ruffler and shirrer, of a pivoted separator plate or blade having two or more openings therein in the arc of a circle having the pivotal point as a center and a fixed stud or pin adapted and arranged to enter the said openings alternately, for the purpose of thereby temporarily retaining the said blade in its different positions, substantially as specified.
Assignor to The Chicago Attachment Company
October 21, 1884
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US 306.743 John Milton Griest
residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Plaiter for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to a class of plaiters an example of which is shown and described in Letters Patent US 268.398, granted to me the 5th day of December, 1882.
Assignor to The Chicago Attachment Company
October 21, 1884
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US 319.701 John Milton Griest
residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Embroidering Attachment for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to that class of embroidering attachments adapted to carry an embroidering-thread around the needle and its thread at each stitch, the object of my invention being the production of an embroidering attachment of this kind which is simple in construction and which will perform its work in a reliable manner.
Assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company
June 9, 1885
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US 319.702 John Milton Griest
residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Presser Foot for Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to provide a sewing machine presser-foot of such construction that it is adapted for an attachment-holder. I accomplish this object by making the presser-foot somewhat shorter than usual and providing it with parallel transverse grooves at its heel and toe. When so constructed, an attachment-carrying slide bifurcated to fit in said grooves may readily be connected with said presser-foot.
Assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company
June 9, 1885
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US 319.703 John Milton Griest
residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Throat Plate Attachment for Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to provide an attachment-plate adapted to be removably secured to the throat-plate of a sewing machine of such construction that it may be quickly and easily fastened to or removed from the throat-plate without the use of attaching screws or similar devices. I accomplish this object by making my attachment-plate of thin metal and providing it with several depending lips or lugs adapted to impinge against the throat-plate, the resilience of the attachment-plate permitting these lips or lugs to be sprung into engagement with the throat and thus hold the attachment-plate securely in place.
Assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company
June 9, 1885
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US 319.704 John Milton Griest
residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Under-Braider for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to that class of braiders (generally known as "under-braiders") adapted to guide the braid to the needle of a sewing machine beneath the fabric to which it is to be stitched, the fabric to be braided being placed on the cloth-plate of the machine face downward, the design or pattern to be followed in braiding being stamped on the reverse or upper side of the fabric. The object of my invention is to provide an under-braider which, while simple in construction, so that it may be cheaply manufactured, is efficient in operation and may be quickly and conveniently attached to or removed from the sewing machine.
Assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company
June 9, 1885
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US 319.705 John Milton Griest
residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Attachment Holder for Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to provide convenient means for removably securing sewing machine attachments in operative positions on the machines. I accomplish this object by constructing a short presser-foot with parallel horizontal grooves extending laterally of the said foot at the heel and toe thereof, leaving a rib between the said grooves, which rib is adapted to be embraced by a forked spring-plate, to which the attachment is secured.
Assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company
June 9, 1885
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US 319.706 John Milton Griest
residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Tuck-Markers for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to that class of sewing machine tuck-markers in which a vibrating arm receiving its downward movement from the needle-bar of the machine carries at its free end a notched marking device, which is caused at each stroke of the needle-bar to strike against the fabric running over an up turned edge or blade on the base-plate of the marker, thus making a continuous crease in the fabric as the sewing progresses, said crease indicating the line on which the fabric is to be folded for the tuck next to the one being sewed. The object of my invention is to improve this class of attachments by yieldingly connecting the notched marker with its carrying arm, so that while the latter may be strong and rigid the marker carried thereby will strike gently against the fabric and also by providing such constructions of the marker carrying arm and its bearings that side motion of said arm will be prevented and the marker be caused to register accurately with the marking-blade.
Assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company
June 9, 1885
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US 319.707 John Milton Griest
residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois
Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to that class of sewing machine ruffling attachments which are operated from the needle-bar of the machine, the present invention relating to improvements on the ruffling attachment covered by my Patent US 280.926 and embracing, among other features, certain means for rendering the device capable of being used either for ruffling or shirring and of being quickly and easily changed to adapt it for one or the other of these classes of work.
Assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company
June 9, 1885
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US 394.972 John Milton Griest
residing at Bayonne (Bergen Point), county of Hudson, State of New Jersey
Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to provide a sewing machine ruffler of simple construction, adapted to apply the power to the best possible advantage, so that there will be a strong leverage at the moment when the ruffling-blade is about completing its forward stroke to finish a gather and thereby cause as little drag as possible on the needle-bar and also to provide a simple and efficient ruffler, the parts of which are mostly behind the needle of the machine, so as to be out of the way of the operator as much as possible.
Assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company
December 25, 1888
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US 397.980 John Milton Griest
of Bayonne, county of Hudson, State of New Jersey
Box
This invention has for its object the production of a novel box, one especially adapted, among other things, to contain sewing machine attachments, the box being attractive in appearance and compact in construction. The improved box herein to be described is so constructed that it may be folded into a compact body or be unfolded or opened out flat, or substantially so, the end portions of the box standing up substantially at right angles to the sides and being angular in shape, the free ends of the end pieces meeting substantially at the center line of the box when closed. This invention consists, essentially, of a box composed of a plurality of sides flexibly joint ed together and of end pieces composed of a number of matching segments equal to the number of sides and secured to the opposite ends of the sides, the angular or inclined edges of the end pieces abutting together when the box is closed and meeting in line of the center of the ends of the box.
Assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company
February 19, 1889
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US 401.029 John Milton Griest
residing at Bergen Point, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey
Tuck Creaser or Marker for Sewing Machine
In the operation of that class of tuck-creasers in which a notched or grooved creasing roller or armis caused to travel back and forth in contact with the work lying on an upturned creasing-lip more or less difficulty has been encountered when creasing across previously made tucks, plaits, or seams, owing to the fact that the goods are moved back and forth with the creasing roller or arm and the proper feed of the work is thus interfered with. The object of my invention is to obviate this difficulty by providing an improved tuck creaser having a rigid creasing-arm which is yieldingly pressed against the work by a spring connecting the same with a rigid rocking bar operated from the needle-bar of the machine.
Assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company
April 9, 1889
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US 421.927 John Milton Griest
residing at Bergen Point, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey
Attachment-Holder for Sewing Machine
... My invention has for its object to provide a certain novel construction of parts by which a hemmer or similar attachment may be so secured to a sewing machine presser-foot as to attain the results above stated. ...
Assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company
February 25, 1890
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1890
In 1890, John M. Griest went to New Haven, Connecticut and started an assembling plant on Court Street.
Westville: Tales from a Connecticut Hamlet by Colin M. Caplan
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1892
In 1892, encouraged by E.B. Beecher, match machinery inventor and manufacturer of the Beecher Matches, John M. Griest purchased the old Clark Bit Factory in Blake Street
(446 Blake Street, Westville, New Haven, Conn.)
Westville: Tales from a Connecticut Hamlet by Colin M. Caplan
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1901
In 1901 about, John M. Griest changed the spelling of his name in John M. Greist. He lived in Bergen Point, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey and then later moved to New Haven, Connecticut.
"The Griest Family" by Samuel Benjamin Cross, 1953
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US 504.805 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Tuck Marker for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to that class of tuck marking devices adapted to form a slight crease in the goods parallel to the row of stitches being formed and simultaneously With the sewing operation, said crease being for the purpose of indicating the line on which the goods are to be folded for the next tuck. The object of my invention is to provide a tuck marking or creasing device which will be simple in construction, so that it may be made at the least possible cost and which will perform its functions in a reliable and efficient manner.
September 12, 1893
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US 504.875 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to that class of sewing machine rufflers in which the ruffling blade is operated from a bell-crank-lever receiving movement from the needle bar of the sewing machine and my invention has for its object to provide a ruffler, of the class referred to, which is simple in construction, so that it may be cheaply manufactured, which provides for a very delicate adjustment of the movements of the ruffling blade and in which the ruffling blade is detachably secured to its operating slide so that when worn it may be replaced by a new ruffling blade.
September 12, 1893
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US 504.876 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Attachment Holder for Sewing Machine
In connecting the various kinds of attachments to sewing machines a very convenient way of attaching the same in operative positions relative to the needles of the machines is by securing the same to the presser feet of the machines. This has heretofore been done in various ways, but one of the most convenient and reliable modes of attachment is to provide the presser foot or the shank thereof with grooves on opposite sides of the foot or shank portion and between which grooves is a neck of metal, said neck being embraced by a bifurcated bracket formed on the holding portion or shank of the attachment, the arms of said bifurcated bracket fitting in the grooves of the presser foot or its shank. There has, however, heretofore existed a certain objection to this mode of securing attachments to the presser feet of sewing machines owing to the fact that the sheet metal from which it is desirable to form some of the attachments is much thicker than that from which the shank or holding portions of other attachments of the same set is or should be made....
September 12, 1893
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US 587.257 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Ruffler
My invention relates to sewing machine rufflers or ruffling attachments and has for one of its objects to provide a ruffler in which the throw of the ruffling-blade may be adjust ed with great nicety or delicacy, so that the said blade may have a great number of varying or different strokes and also to provide means whereby the proper timing thereof may be retained when the throw of the needle-bar is changed to adapt the ruffler to be operated from the needle-bars of sewing machines in which the needles have different or varying vertical movements without throwing the ruffling-blade out of proper timing. My improved ruffler also comprises means whereby the separator-plate may be withdrawn from operative position without being removed from the ruffler when it is desired to use the attachment for shirring in connection with a shirring-plate attached to the work-plate of the machine or to the throat-plate or shuttle cover slide.
July 27, 1897
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US 587.258 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Attachment Holder
My invention has for its object to provide a simple and convenient sewing machine attachment holder by means of which a hemmer or other attachment may be readily and conveniently applied in operative position relative to the needle of the machine or quickly and easily removed to give place to another attachment.
July 27, 1897
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US 665.441 Allen Johnston
Tuck-Marking Attachment for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to that class of sewing machine tuck-creasing attachments adapted to be secured to the presser-bar of a sewing machine and in which the creasing of the work is effected by a vibrating arm operated from the needle-bar of the machine in cooperation with a lip or projection upon which the work lies, the invention having for its object to provide a creasing attachment of the class referred to in which the operating mechanism for the creasing-arm will be mainly arranged behind the needle and will thus be as far as possible out of the way, as also to provide a yielding connection between the operating-lever and creasing-arm as well as a convenient means for throwing the operating-lever out of action when desired without removing the attachment from the machine.
Assignor to the Greist Manufacturing Company of Connecticut
January 8, 1901
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US 665.501 Frederick W. Beckert
Tuck-Marker for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to that class of sewing machine tuck-marking or tuck-creasing attachments adapted to be secured to the work-plate of a sewing machine and in which the creasing of the work is effected by a vibrating arm operated from the needle-bar of the machine in coöperation with a lip or projection upon which the work rests, the invention having for its object to provide a creasing attachment of the class referred to which will be simple in construction and efficient in operation.
Assignor to the Greist Manufacturing Company of Connecticut
January 8, 1901
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US 665.519 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to that class of ruffling attachments for sewing machines in which the ruffling-blade is operated from the needle-bar of the machine through the medium of a bell-crank operating-lever on the attachment and the invention has for its object to provide an attachment of the class referred to which may be constructed at comparatively little cost, which may be readily adjusted to vary the stroke of the ruffling blade and which, while efficient in operation, will be durable, so as to withstand wear.
January 8, 1901
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US 665.520 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to that class of ruffling attachments for sewing machines in which the ruffling-blade is operated from the needle-bar of the machine through the medium of a lever pivoted to a standard of the ruffler and the invention has for its object to provide an attachment of the class referred to which will be simple in construction as well as convenient and efficient in operation and in which simple and convenient means for adjusting and indicating the throw of the ruffler-blade are provided.
January 8, 1901
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US 665.521 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Binding Attachment for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to that class of sewing machine binders or binding attachments adapted to be secured to the presser-bar of a sewing machine in substitution of the ordinary presser-foot and the invention has for its object to provide a binding attachment of the class referred to which is simple in construction, so that it may be cheaply manufactured, which is convenient in use and which is sightly and neat in appearance.
January 8, 1901
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US 665.522 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Tuck-Creaser for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to that class of sewing machine tuck creasers or markers adapted to be attached to the presser-bar of a sewing machine in place of the ordinary presser foot and in which the creasing of the work is effected by a vibrating arm operated from the needle-bar of the machine in coöperation with a lip or projection upon which the work lies, the invention having for its object to provide a creasing attachment of the class referred to which is simple and compact in construction and in which the vibrating creasing-arm will be properly cushioned, so that the movements of the needle-bar may be imparted thereto in a smooth and easy manner, thereby avoiding any harsh contacts between the operating parts, as well as providing for a proper yielding action of the creasing-arm upon the goods. The invention also provides a convenient means for throwing the creaser out of action when desired.
January 8, 1901
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US 665.523 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Tuck-Creaser for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to that class of sewing machine tuck-creasing or tuck-marking attachments adapted to be secured to the presser-bars of the machines and operated from the needle-bars thereof, the invention having for its object to provide a compact and attractive device of the class referred to in which the parts will be housed as far as possible, which will be convenient in use and compact and solid in construction.
January 8, 1901
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US 665.829 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Tuck-Creaser or Marker for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to that class of sewing machine tuck-creasing or tuck-marking attachments adapted to be secured to the work plates of the machines and operated from the needle-bars thereof, the invention having for its object to provide a compact and simple de vice of the class referred to which is convenient in use, solid in construction and which may be manufactured at comparatively little cost.
January 8, 1901
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US 686.286 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Presser Foot Holder for Sewing Machine
This invention has for its object to provide a simple device whereby a sewing machine presser-foot may be conveniently and quickly placed in or removed from working position on the sewing machine, whether the said presser-foot be an ordinary presser-foot or whether it be an attachment presser-foot, such as is used in connection with hemmers, binders, rufflers, tuck-markers and the like.
November 12, 1901
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US 686.302 Allen Johnston
Sewing Machine Ruffler
This invention relates to that class of ruffling attachments for sewing machines in which the ruffling-blades are operated from the needle-bars of the machines and the present invention has for its object to provide a convenient regulating device for varying the throw of the ruffling-blades, so that ruffles or gathers of different sizes or fullness may be produced, as desired.
Assignor to The Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
November 12, 1901
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US 698.011 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Tuck Creaser for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to an improved form of the sewing machine tuck-creaser shown and described in my Patent US 665.523, dated January 8, 1901, the present invention relating to an improved means whereby the movement of the operating-lever is transmitted to the vibrating creasing arm or lever by a simple construction which provides for a yielding connection between the said operating lever and the said creasing arm or lever, so that the creasing portion of the latter is yieldingly pressed upon the goods in such a manner as to allow a continued downward movement of the operating-lever after the down ward movement of the creasing arm or lever has been arrested by contact with the work.
April 22, 1902
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US 740.643 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Tuck-Folding Guide for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to that class of sewing machine attachments by the use of which a series of parallel plaits or tucks may be formed in a garment on a sewing machine and the invention has for its object to provide a sewing machine plaiting or tucking guide which is simple in construction and convenient for use and which is readily adapted for forming tucks of any desired width or any desired distance apart.
October 6, 1903
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US 740.644 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Attachment Holder for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to that class of sewing machine attachments by the use of which a series of parallel plaits or tucks may be formed in a garment on a sewing machine and the invention has for its object to provide a sewing machine plaiting or tucking guide which is simple in construction and convenient for use and which is readily adapted for forming tucks of any desired width or any desired distance apart.
October 6, 1903
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US 747.163 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Presser Foot Holder for Sewing Machine
This invention has for its object to provide a simple device whereby a sewing machine presser-foot may be conveniently and quickly placed in or removed from working position on a sewing machine, whether the said foot be an ordinary presser-foot or whether it be an attachment presser-foot such as is used in connection with hemmers, binders, rufflers, tuck-markers and the like.
December 15, 1903
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US 747.164 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Presser Foot Holder
This invention has for its object to provide a simple device whereby a sewing machine presser-foot may be conveniently and quickly placed in or removed from working position on a sewing machine, whether the said foot be an ordinary presser-foot or whether it be all attachment presser-foot such as is used in connection with hammers, binders, rufflers, tuck-markers and the like.
December 15, 1903
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US 747.165 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Presser Foot Holder
This invention has for its object to provide a simple device whereby a sewing machine presser-foot may be conveniently and quickly placed in or removed from working position on a sewing machine, whether the said foot be an ordinary presser-foot or whether it be an attachment presser-foot such as is used in connection with hemmers, binders, rufflers, tuck-markers and the like.
December 15, 1903
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US 802.635 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Ruffler
This invention relates to that class of sewing machine rufflers which are operated from the needle-bars of the machines and in which the ruffling-blade may be operated to form a ruffle or gather at each stitch or may be so adjusted as to form one ruffle or gather only at several stitches and the invention has for its object to provide a ruffler of the class referred to which may be cheaply manufactured and which will be convenient and efficient in operation.
October 24, 1905
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US 802.636 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Ruffler
This invention relates to that class of sewing machine rufflers which are operated from the needle-bars of the machines and the invention has for its object to provide a ruffler of the class referred to in which the regulating mechanism by which the throw of the ruffling-blade may be varied will be compact and simple in construction and efficient in operation.
October 24, 1905
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US 802.637 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Ruffler
This invention relates to that class of sewing machine rufflers which are operated from the needle-bars of the machines and the invention has for its object to provide a ruffler of the class referred to in which the regulating mechanism, by which the throw of the rufiling-blade may be varied, will be simple in construction and efficient in operation. To this end the secondary lever, which operates the rufiling-blade and which is to be actuated from the main or needle-bar lever, is provided with suitable stops or projections to be engaged by stops on a regulating-dog moving with the needle-bar lever, but capable of adjustment to vary the amount of lost motion between said needle-bar lever and secondary lever through the medium of an eccentric device movable with the said needle-bar lever when the ruffler is in operation, but capable of being turned or adjusted independently of said lever.
October 24, 1905
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US 802.638 John Milton Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Attachment
This invention relates more particularly to a sewing machine braider or braid-guide, by which a braid may be directed to the needle of a sewing machine so as to be stitched to the work and the invention has for its object to provide a braider of such construction that the braid may be readily introduced into the guiding-passage, in which it will be reliably held and guided to the needle, as also to provide the base-plate or shank of the guide with a permanently-attached holding-screw of such construction that it will not be in the way and will not seriously interfere with work which may have to pass over it.
October 24, 1905
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US 822.892 John M. Greist, Dec'd
Mary F. W. Greist and P. Raymond Greist, Administrator of said John M. Greist, Decesed
Sewing Machine Ruffler
This invention relates to sewing machine rufflers of that class in which the ruffling or gathering blades are operated from the needle-bars of the sewing machines and the invention has for its object to provide a ruffler of the class referred to which is of such construction that the ruffling-blade is advanced to form a ruffle or gather during the early part of the descent of the needle-bar and be fore the point of the needle penetrates the work.
Assignors to the Griest Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
Application filed October 31, 1905 Serial No. 285.295
June 5, 1906
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US 851.232 Hubert M. Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Ruffler
This invention relates to that class of sewing machine rufflers in which the ruffling blades are operated from the needle-bars of the machines and the present invention has for its object to provide a ruffler of this class in which the movements of the ruffling blades can be conveniently regulated by a construction which preferably varies the forward position of the said ruffling blade somewhat less than the backward position thereof in changing the lengths of the strokes of the said blade.
Assignors to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
April 23, 1907
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US 854.942 Percy Raymond Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Tuck Creaser
My invention relates to that class of tuck marking or tuck-creasing attachments for sewing machines, such, for example, as shown by Patent US 665.441, granted January 8, 1901 and in which the creasing arm is formed by a right-angular bend in a piece of wire suitably attached to a rocking tube mounted in a tubular portion at the rear side of the attachment. This construction is one which may be manufactured at comparatively little cost, but in the practical operation of attachments of this class it has been found that the steel wire from which the creasing arms are made varies in temper and the creasing arms do not therefore al ways have sufficient elasticity to enable them to co-operate properly with the creasing lips of the attachments between which and the fingers of the creasing arms the goods to be marked or creased run. This invention has for its object to increase the flexibility of the creasing arms which are formed integral with torsional wire rods, without materially increasing the cost thereof and without providing objectionable projections such as would result if the arms were coiled or extended to increase their length and flexibility, the result being that in the improved tuck-marker or creaser compactness of construction is not interfered with, while any desired flexibility of the creasing arms may be provided for, this result being secured by flattening the wire forming the main part of the body of the creasing arm, by swaging or otherwise, so that the arms will be thin and flexible.
Assignors to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
May 28, 1907
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US 855.304 John M. Greist, Dec'd
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Mary F. W. Greist and P. Raymond Greist, Administrators of said John M. Greist, Decesed
Sewing Machine Hemmer
This invention relates to sewing machine hemmers of that class in which certain parts are made laterally adjustable so that the hemmers are adapted to form hems of different widths and the invention has for its object to provide an adjustable hemmer, of simple construction, in which the parts are so arranged that the work, in making hems of any desired width, can be accurately and conveniently guided to the needle of the machine.
Assignors to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
Application filed April 3, 1907 Serial No. 366.223
May 28, 1907
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US 900.067 Hubert M. Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Attachment Holder
This invention has for its object to provide a sewing machine attachment holder of simple construction and inexpensive to make, whereby various attachments, such as binders, hemmers, quilters and the like, may be readily secured in working position on the presser-foot of a sewing machine and readily detached therefrom when desired.
Assignor to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
September 29, 1908
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US 900.068 John M. Greist, Dec'd
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Mary F. W. Greist & Percy Raymond Greist, Administrators of said John M. Greist, Decesed
Tuck Creasers for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to sewing machine tuck creasers and has for its object to provide an attachment of this kind most of the parts of which are of such construction as to be adapted to be formed from sheet metal, while the construction is such that suitable so as to hold the adjustable parts steadily in place when adjusted to any desired positions and so as to provide a convenient means whereby the adjustments of the parts, to provide for tucks of different widths or different distances apart, may be readily effected.
Assignor to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
September 29, 1908
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US 900.069 Percy Raymond Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Braider or Corder
This invention has for its object to provide a sewing machine braider or corder which is attached to or formed as part of a presser-foot and which may be made at the least possible expense.
Assignor to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
September 29, 1908
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US 900.070 Percy Raymond Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Attachment Holder
This invention has for its object to provide a sewing machine attachment holder which may be produced at little expense and which is of such construction that various attachments, such as hemmers, binders, quilters and the like, may be readily inserted into working position or removed therefrom, the attachments being frictionally held in place so as to avoid the use of binding screws which are more or less expensive to make and which require metal of considerable thickness for their proper mounting, the construction of the present improved attachment holder being also such that the presser-foot, constituting a part thereof, may be stamped from sheet metal, as may also the part mounted on the presser-foot and providing, in connection with the presser-foot, the attachment holder.
Assignor to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
September 29, 1908
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US 928.838 Frederick W. Beckert
Tuck Creaser for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to certain improvements in tuck-creasing or tuck-marking attachments for sewing machines and has for its object to provide such attachments with improved operating means.
Assignor to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
July 20, 1909
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US 933.819 Frederick W. Beckert
Tuck Creaser for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to certain improvements in the tuck marking or tuck creasing attachment for sewing machines shown and described in the Johnston patent US 665.441, granted January 8, 1901 and the invention has for its object to provide a construction which may be manufactured more cheaply than the construction shown and described in said patent, as also to provide convenient means whereby the creaser may be thrown out of operation without removing the same from the sewing machine.
Assignor to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
September 14, 1909
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US 983.048 Percy R. Greist & Frederick W. Beckert
Sewing Machine Ruffler
This invention relates to ruffling attachments for sewing machines and more particularly to that class of ruffling attachments shown in Patent US 629.736, adapted to make a plait or gather at each stitch, or, if it be desired to make wider plaits, to form only a single plait while several stitches are being made, although certain features of the present improvement are adapted for use in rufiling attachments other than the class just referred to.
Assignors to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
January 31, 1911
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US 1.011.907 Emanuel John Boyler
Sewing Machine Ruffler
This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of sewing machine rufflers shown in Patent US 629.736, granted July 25, 1899 and adapted to make a plait or gather at each stitch, or if it be desired to make wider plaits, to form only a single plait while several stitches are being made. This class of rufflers is commercially known as "five-stitch" rufflers, in that they are usually so constructed that when the wide plaits are being made they make one gather or plait for each five stitches of the sewing machine. ...
Assignors to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
December 19, 1911
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US 1.011.908 Emanuel John Boyler
Sewing Machine Ruffler
This invention relates to that class of sewing machine rufflers in which the ruffling blades are operated from the needle-bars of the machines in such a manner that the for ward strokes of the rufiling blades are effected during the upward movements of the operating levers connected with the needle bars of the sewing machines and in which the backward movements of the ruffling blades take place during the downward movements of the needle-bars. ...
Assignors to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
December 19, 1911
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US 1.011.957 Frederick L. Humeston
Sewing Machine Ruffler
Assignors to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
December 19, 1911
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US 1.012.000 Winslow R. Parsons
Sewing Machine Ruffler
This invention relates to that class of sewing machine rufflers in which the ruffling blades are operated from the needle-bars of the machines in such a manner that the for ward strokes of the rufiling blades are effected during the upward movements of the operating levers connected with the needle bars of the sewing machines and in which the backward movements of the ruffling blades take place during the downward movements of the needle-bars. In some sewing machines as now made the take-ups are so timed as to complete their stitch-tightening movements after the needle-bars have commenced their downward movements. In the operation of sewing machine ruffler's for such machines it is desirable that the extreme forward throws of the ruffling blades should occur simultaneously with or immediately after the take-ups have completed their stitch-tightening movements and when the needle thread is held somewhat taut; as otherwise the ruffling operations cannot be performed in the best manner. ...
... The present invention is herein shown as being applied to a “five-stitch ruffler such as that shown and described in the Greist and Beckert Patent US 983.048, dated January 31, 1911, but it will be understood that this invention may be embodied in other kinds of rufflers than the five-stitch ruffler referred to. ...
... and by means of this double pawl construction a ruffle may be made at each stitch of the machine, or at each five stitches, according to the adjustment of said pawls, as fully described in the application of Emanuel J. Boyler, Serial No. 601.905, filed Jan. 10, 1911. In the ruffler of Patent US 983.048, herein before referred to, the entire forward movement of the rufiling blade is effected during the upward movement of the forked operating lever, which is actuated from the needle-bar of the sewing machine. ...
... as such combination, broadly considered, is the invention of Emanuel J. Boyler and is claimed in his application Serial No. 602.337, filed January 12, 1911, the present invention be ing an improvement upon the ruffler of the said Boyler application. ...
Assignors to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
December 19, 1911
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US 1.030.276 Emanuel John Boyler, Percy R. Greist & Hubert M. Greist
Buttonhole Attachment for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to a buttonhole attachment adapted for use with ordinary family sewing machines and the invention has for its object to provide an attachment which is simple in construction and reliable in operation and which is of such a character that its efficient use can be readily acquired by any person of fair intelligence familiar with the operation of ordinary family sewing machines. In the operation of the present improved device, in stitching a buttonhole, the work is reciprocated laterally beneath the needle of the machine, for the formation of the buttonhole stitches and is also fed lengthwise of the buttonhole, these movements being effected automatically by mechanism operated from the needle-bar of the machine; but when the stitching of one side of a buttonhole has been completed the work-holder is turned manually by the operative to stitch around one end of the buttonhole and to reverse the direction of the feed of the work for stitching the other side of the button hole. The improved attachment comprises a work-holder or work mover having a roughened or serrated lower face which is yieldingly pressed downward against the work by the stress of the presser-foot spring, the attachment being secured to the presser bar of the sewing machine.
Assignors to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
June 25, 1912
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US 1.035.942 Emanuel John Boyler, Percy R. Greist & Hubert M. Greist
Buttonhole Attachment for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to a buttonhole attachment adapted for use with ordinary family sewing machines and the invention has for its object to provide an attachment which is simple in construction and reliable in operation and which is of such a character that its efficient use can be readily acquired by any person of fair intelligence familiar with the operation of ordinary family sewing machines. In the operation of the present improved device, in stitching a button-hole, the work is reciprocated laterally beneath the needle of the machine, for the formation of the button-hole stitches and is also fed length wise of the button-hole, these movements being effected automatically by mechanism operated from the needle-bar of the machine; but when the stitching of one side of a button-hole has been completed the work holder is first turned slightly, by automatic or mechanical action and the semi-rotation or turning movement of said work-holder is then completed manually by the operative, to stitch around one end of the button hole, after which the feed of the work, for stitching the other side of the button-hole, is effected automatically or mechanically. The improved attachment is adapted to be secured to the presser bar of the sewing machine and the stress of the presser bar spring will therefore be utilized to clamp or hold the work in place, while leaving it free to be moved on the work-plate of the machine.
August 20, 1912
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US 1.043.097 Hubert M. Griest
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Ruffler
This invention relates to sewing machine rufflers and has for its object to provide a detachable attachment for a ruffling blade to its carrier and which detachable attachment is of such construction as to permit the ruffling blade to be readily removed, in case it should become worn or bent when in use, so that a new ruffler blade may be readily inserted in its place. It is impracticable to secure ruffling blades to their carriers by screws, owing to the fact that the screws are liable to work loose and it has usually been the practice to permanently secure ruffling blades to their carriers by means of rivets, so that it is practically impossible for the ordinary user to remove them, when bent or worn.
Assignors to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
November 5, 1912
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US 1.046.250 Frederick W. Beckert
Tuck Creaser for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to certain improvements in the sewing machine tuck creaser or tucker covered by Patent US 928.838, dated July 20, 1909 and which improvements render the attachment covered by such patent more efficient and convenient in use. In the use of a tuck creaser, of the class to which this invention relates, it is desirable to vary the creasing pressure for different classes of work and to this end the present improvement comprises means whereby the stress of the spring which cooperates with the creasing devices may be varied so that the creasing pressure on the work may be correspondingly varied. The present invention also comprises convenient means whereby the operating lever, which is to be engaged by a pin or projection on the needle-bar of a sewing machine, may be conveniently retained in an operative or an inoperative position.
Assignor to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
December 3, 1912
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US 1.101.274 Hubert M. Griest
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
Sewing Machine Guide
This invention relates to a sewing machine guide adapted to be supported from the presser-bar of the machine and which is provided with right and left hand open ended slots the inner or guiding ends of which overlap each other in the line of the feed of the work in such a manner as to en able two pieces of lace or other material to be guided to the needle in overlapping positions so that they may be stitched together. ... The clamping bolt by which the improved guide is secured to the presser-foot is, or may be, similar to the clamping bolt shown in Patent US 900.067, dated September 29, 1908. ...
Assignor to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
June 23, 1914
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US 1.365.682 Hubert M. Griest & George L. Hinman
Sewing Machine Attachment Box
This invention has for its object to provide a sewing machine attachment box with top and bottom linings suitable for printing thereon the names of the different attachments adjacent the interior clips by which said attachments are to be held in place in the box, so that the attachments may be properly assembled in the box and after having been taken out of the box for use can be readily replaced in their proper positions, thus avoiding the disorder and inconvenience sometimes arising from improper arrangement of the attachments in the box and enabling the user to ascertain at a glance whether or not the attachments are all in the box. The top and bottom linings, or the linings for the inside of the cover and the bottom of the box, will preferably be of some suitable ornamental paper, as, for example, green paper with a pebbled or slightly roughened surface, this paper being preferably thin and pasted to pieces of cardboard of a suitable size and shape to fit with in the box; or the lining may consist of this cardboard only, having a suitable ornamental finish and on which the names of the attachments may be printed. The attachment-holding clips are preferably struck up from and are thus formed integral with racks consisting of thin metal plates which are secured, preferably by rivets, to the card board lining parts, small reinforcing metal pieces being at the backs of the card board linings to give the rivets a proper hold in the cardboard. Suitable means are provided for securing the stiff cardboard or other lining parts, on which the names of the attachments are printed, in place in the cover and box, as will hereinafter appear.
Assignors to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
January 18, 1921
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US 1.986.056 Hubert M. Greist & George L. Binman
Hemstitching Attachment for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to devices for doing hemstitching work and more particularly to a simple attachment for the ordinary household sewing machine in order to enable the operator to perform hemstitching thereupon. Heretofore while machines have been constructed with which hemstitching may be done and while devices have been proposed which are designed for attachment to the usual household sewing machines, such devices for various reasons have not been entirely satisfactory and have been of complicated and intricate construction so that they are not only more or less expensive to manufacture but are difficult to maintain in proper working order.
Assignors to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
January 1, 1935
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US 2.091.814 George L. Hinman
Ruffler Attachment for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to a sewing machine attachment and more particularly to a sewing machine ruffler or an attachment designed to make a ruffle or gather in the material fed to the machine. In devices of this character, it is desirable to provide for various adjustments, not only to make finer or coarser gathers or ruffles, but also to provide for the spacing apart of the ruffles, that is, to vary the number of sewing machine stitches between adjacent ruffles. It has been found convenient to provide a ruffler with such adjustments that a ruffle can be made at each sewing stitch, or can be made every sixth stitch of the machine, or every twelfth stitch of the machine; that is to say, besides making a ruffle at every sewing stitch, the device may be so adjusted that it may become a "six-stitch" ruffler or a "twelve-stitch" ruffler. Also, in the present device, provision is made for throwing out entirely the ruffling mechanism, even when the attachment is in place, so that the sewing machine will do plain stitch work and make no ruffles at all. There are, therefore, these four different adjustments or operations possible with the device shown in the present application and, in addition, the device is relatively simple in construction and comprised of a comparatively small number of simple parts, so that it may be manufactured economically and be within the reach of sewing machine users.
Assignor to the Greist Manufacturing Company, a Corporation of Conn.
August 31, 1937
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US 2.094.918 Hubert M. Greist
residing at New Haven, Connecticut
deceased, late of New Haven, Conn., by the First National Bank and Trust Company of New Haven, Conn., executor and Clifford J. Word and Walter C. Greist
Sewing Machine Guiding Attachment
This invention relates to certain improvements on the sewing machine guide shown and described in Patent US 1.101.274, dated June 23, 1914 and by virtue of which improvements the range of work, to be performed by the assistance of the guide, is largely increased, as will hereinafter fully appear.
Assignors to The Greist Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Conn.
October 5, 1937
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US 2.482.607 Nils T. Almquist
Cloth-Holding Device for Buttonhole Attachments
This invention relates to sewing machine attachments and more particularly to a buttonhole attachment for sewing machines. The invention also relates particularly to the provision of an attachment of this character for use with ordinary household sewing machines and in the operation of the present device in stitching a buttonhole the work is reciprocated laterally for the formation of the buttonhole stitches and also fed lengthwise of the buttonhole to stitch along one side thereof. ...
Assignor to The Greist Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Conn.
September 20, 1949
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US 2.536.620 William F. Allenby
Cloth-Holding Device for Buttonhole Attachments
This invention relates to sewing machine attachments and more particularly to a cloth-holding device for certain of such attachments, or a means to prevent the cloth being pulled upwardly by the needle when it is withdrawn from the cloth, or other material being sewed, upon the upward movement of the needle bar.
Assignor to The Greist Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Conn.
January 2, 1951
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US 2.547.925 John Connors
Cloth-Holding Device for Buttonhole Attachments
This invention relates to sewing machine attachments and more particularly to a cloth-holding device for certain sewing machine attachments, such for example as an attachment for stitching buttonholes. ...
... As illustrated, the cloth-holding device is mounted upon a buttonhole attachment such as that shown in Patent US 2.482.607, granted September 20, 1949, to Nils T. Almquist, but it will be understood that it may be attached to other buttonhole attachments and attachments for doing work other than the stitching of buttonhole. ...
Assignor to The Greist Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Conn.
April 10, 1951
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US 2.660.138 Herbert H. Russell
Buttonhole Attachment for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to sewing machine attachments and more particularly to a button hole attachment for sewing machines. It is contemplated to provide a relatively simple and inexpensive device for attachment to the usual household sewing machine in place of the presser foot, which device may be employed to effect buttonhole stitching.
Assignor to The Greist Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Conn.
November 24, 1953
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US 362.745 Hebert May 10, 1887
US 412.081 Fletcher Oct. 1, 1889
US 887.503 Nelson May 12, 1908
US 1.497.221 Mattingly June 10, 1924
US 1.560.282 Mattingly Nov. 3, 1925
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US 2.770.206 Carl G. Baehr & John Connors
Attachment for Sewing Machine
This invention relates to a sewing machine attachment and more particularly to an attachment designed to perform decorative or zig-zag stitching operations wherein the material is moved laterally and one or more stitches made in the material after such movements. In many attachments for making zig-zag stitching operations, the cloth is moved laterally each time a stitch is made in the material, but it is desirable in making many decorative patterns to be able to make a number of stitches between lateral movements of the cloth. For example, the material may be moved laterally after every alternate stitch or after every third, fourth, or fifth stitch and the construction herein illustrated may be readily adjusted to perform any one of a number of decorative stitches. It is also desirable that the device be easily adjustable so that the lateral movement imparted to the material may be varied over a relatively wide range so that, with the same attachment, a very fine or very coarse zig-zag stitch may be effected and also any stitch in between these two extremes.
Assignors to The Greist Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Conn.
November 13, 1956
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