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Wardwell Patents (170)
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US 121.828 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Tables for Sewing Machine
The object I have in view is to produce a sewing machine table which may be applied to or used with any of the machines now in use by a very simple change in some of the connections of such machines and which when so applied will enable the operator to turn the bed-plate, with the working parts of the machine, in a horizontal plane to any desired extent, even to making a complete circle and still allow the operator to work the machine without moving from his position. I also produce a uniform or rather continuous rotary motion of the driving-wheel, even when the horizontal shaft giving motion to said wheel may have an alternate circular motion, which is very apt to be the case with other sewing machines. Another point attained is a comely cover, which when the machine is in use is removed entirely out of the way and yet remains attached to the table.
Assignor of one-half of his right to George W. Shaw
December 12, 1871
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US 128.684 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Sewing Machine
The main features of my invention consist in forming the lock-stitch with two ordinary spools, thus saving any rewinding of thread in forming it on the one-loop principle and, though doing away with a vibrating shuttle or its equivalent, completing one and the same stitch at each throw of the needle; in having a rotary take-up so arranged that it will draw the upper thread sufficiently to complete the stitch while the vertical needle is moving a very short distance; in having a universal feed and a self setting needle
Assignor to himself and George W. Shaw
July 2, 1872
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US 141.245 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Sewing Machine
This invention is an improvement, and modification in some particulars, of the machine for which Letters Patent were granted me in the United States July 2, 1872 and, like it, is designed to form the lock-stitch from two ordinary spools, the devices, however, by which this is accomplished being, in many respects, essentially different in the two machines, as will be hereinafter seen. This machine retains, also, the features of a universal feed and a self-setting needle.
Assignor of one-half of his right to George W. Shaw
July 29, 1873
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US 148.339 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Sewing Machine
This invention belongs to sewing machines of that class designed to form the lock-stitch from two ordinary spools. The invention here presented is an improvement in the following important features:
First, the bed-plate and arm or body of the machine is cast or formed in two parts or halves, being counterparts to each other, so that each part composing the machine, whether movable or stationary, finds half its bearings in the one half-counterpart, the other half of said part finding its bearings in the other half-counter part. Secondly, forming the driving-shaft with its spur-gear, eccentric and belt-wheel of one solid piece and the pitman in sectional halves, in combination with vibrating arm and sectional frame of the machine; also, in combination with driving-shaft, forming the arbor, its pinion and spool-case holder of one piece. Thirdly, to the improved construction of parts forming and composing the “take-up”. Fourthly, to the improved construction of spool-case holder and spool-case proper and the manner of passing the upper thread between said parts, so that no strain upon the thread results in its passing over spool-case. Fifthly, to the improved construction of parts and their arrangement to operate within the cloth plate and bottom plate, to produce the required feed for cloth. Sixthly, to the manner of setting and securing needle proper in jaws of needle-bar. Lastly, to certain detail construction of parts, all of which will now more fully appear.
Assignor to himself and George W. Shaw
March 10, 1874
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US 163.284 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Treadle for Sewing Machine
My invention, therefore, relates to an improved combination and construction of the various treadle parts, as will now more fully be described.
Assignor to himself and George W. Shaw
May 11, 1875
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US 198.170 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Sewing Machine Table
The invention relates to the construction of the stand or table, so as to be taken apart with great readiness. The end supports or legs have lugs locking in the top when the legs are vertical and the legs are held in this position by struts and stays, which are removable without the extraction of any screw, pin, or similar device. The pieces constituting the stand are so formed as to lie compactly in a case without liability to breakage and this enables the shipping at lowest rates. The construction is such as to enable the stand to be taken apart or put together without the use of skilled labor. The pieces are so formed as to be cheaply produced by casting and require little or no finishing.
Assignor of one-half of his right to George W. Shaw and Hugh Menown
December 11, 1877
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US 218.464 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Wax Thread Sewing Machine
The main object of my invention is to sew leather and other materials with two waxed threads that is, with threads thoroughly saturated with shoe-maker's wax, locking said threads at some point between the faces of the material and this I effect by means of a machine embodying new and improved mechanisms and devices, which will be hereinafter fully described.
Assignor to Hautin Sewing Machine Company
August 12, 1879
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US 218.668 Henry A. Dodge
Padlocks
Assignor to himself and Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
August 19, 1879
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US 220. 197 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Sewing Machine
The object of my invention is to facilitate the manufacture of reins and other round articles of leather and my invention consists in the combination, in a sewing machine, of knives and a gage, one knife being attached to the presser-foot and the other and the gage being adjustable on the bed-plate, as hereinafter described.
Assignor to Hautin Sewing Machine Company
September 30, 1879
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US 220. 198 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Shaft-Bearing
The object of my invention is an adjustable bearing for shafts, constructed as fully described hereinafter, whereby an exact longitudinal adjustment of the shaft may be secured and an anti-friction bearing against end-thrust' is afforded.
Assignor to Hautin Sewing Machine Company
September 30, 1879
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US 220.776 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Fishing-Reels
October 21, 1879
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US 262.159 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Clutch and Stop Devices
My invention is a clutch and stop device adapted especially to such machines as must be run with great rapidity, but arrested instantly when necessary and the objects of my invention are to arrest the machine at once, yet with little or no shock to the mechanism, to readily start the machine and in some instances to insure the stoppage of the machine only when its parts are set in predetermined positions.
August 1, 1882
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US 262.160 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Wax-Thread Sewing Machine
My invention relates to that class of sewing machines employed for sewing with two waxed threads and it consists in certain improved details of construction, more especially adapted to the machine for which Letters Patent of the United States were issued to me on the 12th day of August, 1879, as fully described hereinafter, the objects being to secure more effective working and adjustment and simplify the construction of the machine.
August 1, 1882
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US 262.161 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Shuttles for Sewing Machine
My invention consists of a shuttle for sewing machines constructed, as fully described hereinafter, to avoid jamming the thread be tween the shuttle and race, facilitate the insertion and withdrawal of the bobbin and prevent, the displacement of the tension device and the extension of the inner end of the thread outside of the bobbin.
August 1, 1882
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US 357.251 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Rotary Take Up for Sewing Machine
My invention has for its object to provide a take-up device especially adapted for use with machines running at high rates of speed and my invention consists of a take-up device in which the take-up function is performed by a rotary traveling shoulder, on which the needle thread is held by a retaining-bar until the bob bin-loop has been drawn up, the stitch tightened and sufficient thread drawn from the spool for a new stitch and in which, when the device is used for machines running at very high speeds, a preliminary drawing of the thread is effected, all as fully set forth hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Assignor to William P. Earle, Trustee of BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
February 8, 1887
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US 371.648 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Thread-Drawing Devices for Sewing Machine
My invention consists of the combination, with a sewing machine, of a device for positively seizing, gripping and feeding forward the thread and in the combination of such a device with the wax-pot and stripper and with the gripper of a wax-thread sewing machine, as fully set forth hereinafter, so as to relieve the other parts of the machine from the irregular strains resulting in drawing the thread from the wax-pot or bobbin to secure a uniform placing of the lock and a more even and regular stitch than would otherwise result. My invention further consists in the particular construction of the thread-feeding device.
Assignor to the Wardwell Sewing Machine Company of New York, N.Y.
October 18, 1887
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US 391.666 Simon Willard Wardwell Jr.
Revolving Hook for Sewing Machine
My invention relates to that class of sewing machines in which a revolving bowl or concavo-convex hook carries a loop of needle-thread around a stationary case holding a bobbin or spool and my invention consists in constructing and arranging the parts, as fully set forth hereinafter and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings, to facilitate the operation of the machine.
October 23, 1888
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US 739.796 Simon Willard Wardwell
Winding Machine
My invention comprises improvements in winding machines and relates particularly to devices for winding interchangeably on one machine packages of different types and also to means for controlling the delivery of yarn when winding from rotating supplies.
Assignor to Universal Winding Company of Portland, Maine, a Corporation of Maine
September 22, 1903
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Simon Willard Wardwell Jr. Residency Places
1871 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
(Specification forming part of Letters Patent US 121.828, December 12, 1871)
1872 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
(Specification forming part of Letters Patent US 128.684 dated July 2, 1872)
1873 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
(Specification forming part of Letters Patent US 148.339 dated March 10, 1874) Application filed December 16, 1873
1874 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
(Specification forming part of Letters Patent US 163.284, dated May 11, 1875) Application filed June 23, 1874
1877 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
(Specification forming part of Letters Patent US 198.170 December 11, 1877) Application filed November 2, 1877
1879 PROVIDENCE, PROVIDENCE COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND
(Specification forming part of Letters Patent US 262.161, dated August 1, 1882) Application filed August 1, 1879
1882 WOONSOCKET, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
(Specification forming part of Letters Patent US 262.160, dated August 1, 1882) Application filed February 23, 1882
1886 WOONSOCKET, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
(Specification forming part of Letters Patent US 357.251, February 8, 1887) Application filed January 7, 1886
1887 PROVIDENCE, PROVIDENCE COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND
(Specification forming part of Letters Patent US 391.666 October 23, 1888) Application filed May 6, 1887
1901 PROVIDENCE, PROVIDENCE COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND
(Specification forming part of Letters Patent US 739.796, September 22, 1903) Application filed October 2, 1901