Smock gathering apparatus
AssigneeJanice R. Filbert
InventorStewart S. Shive, Jr.
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Abstract
A smock gathering apparatus includes a base board having two spaced apart bearing blocks mounted thereon. A shaft adapted to support a roll of cloth material to be gathered is mounted for rotation in bearing apertures in the bearing blocks. The blocks are adjustably secured on the base board and means are provided for removably securing a smock gathering machine on the base board between the two bearing blocks and in operative relation to the shaft.
Claims11
Apparatus of the character described comprising a base board, two spaced apart bearing blocks carried by said board, a shaft adapted to support a roll of cloth material to be gathered mounted for rotation in bearing apertures in said bearing blocks, first means for adjustably securing said blocks in position on said base board, second means on said base board for removably securing a smock gathering machine thereto between said bearing blocks and in operative relation to said shaft, said first securing means including a mounting rod secured to said base board in substantially parallel relation thereto and received by clearance openings in said bearing blocks whereby said bearing blocks may be adjusted toward and away from each other in parallelism with said shaft.
Apparatus of the character described comprising a base board, a gathering machine removably secured to said base board, said gathering machine having two upstanding apertured end plates which are spaced apart and parallel, a shaft adapted to carry a roll of cloth therein in registry with said machine rotatably received by the apertures in said end plates, a holding rod extending parallel to said shaft secured to said board, said rod being disposed to the rear of said machine, two tension spring devices connected between said shaft and rod on opposite sides, respectively, of said machine, said spring devices holding said shaft against the rear portions of the apertures in said end plates.
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