(No Model.) - 2 S h e e t s S h v e e t ' 1 .

P . DIEHL.
HANISM FOR SEWING MACHINES.
No. 4 6 4 , 27 7 . I P at ent ed Dec . 1 , 1 8 , 9 1 .
P . DIEHL. _
TREADLE MECHANISM FOR SEWING MACHINES.
No. 4 6 4 , 27 7 . P at ent ed Dec . 1 , 1 8 9 1 .
(No Model.) ' 2 Sheet s Sheet 2,
I v zv eni a 7 w
1 %
m: mama P ETERS c m, mow- mum, wAs mNu' fnn, n. c .
1 UNITED STATES P ATENT OFFICE.
P HILIP DlEl- IL, OF ELIZABETELNEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE SINGER
MANUFACTURING COMP ANY OF NEW JERSEY.
TREADLE MECHANISM FOR SEWING- MACHINES.
SP ECIFICATION for ming p ar t of Let t er s P at ent No. 4 6 4 , 27 7 , dat ed Dec ember 1 , 1 8 9 1 .
Ap p lic at ion ? led Aug us t 4 , 1 8 9 1 . s er ial No. 4 0 1 , 6 3 5 . (No model.)
To all whom it may c onc er n.
- Be it known t hat I, P HILIP DIEHL, a c it izen
. of t he Unit ed St at es , r es iding at Elizabet h, in
[ 5
25
4 0
4 5
5 0
t he c ount y of Union and St at e of New Jer s ey,
hav e inv ent ed c er t ain new and us eful Im
p r ov ement s in Tr eadle Mec hanis m for Sew
ing - Mac hines , of whic h t he following is a
s p ec i? c at ion, .r efer enc e being had t her ein t o
t he ac c omp anying dr awing s .
My inv ent ion has for it s obj ec t t o p r ov ide
an imp r ov ed t r eadle mec hanis m for s ewing
mac hines , by whic h t he op er at or is enabled
t o dr iv e a mac hine at hig h s p eed wit h a mini
mum ex p endit ur e of p ower . To t his - end I
p r ov ide a s t and wit h a c r os s - br ac e of s uit able
c ons t r uc t ion t o affor d bear ing s for t he dr iv ing
s haft and for ar ot ar y p edal- s haft , whic h lat
t er is p r ov ided wit h t wo c r anks ar r ang ed at
one hundr ed and eig ht y deg r ees ap ar t and
p r ov ided wit h s uit able p edals . The p edal
s haft and t he dr iv ing - wheel s haft ar e eac h
p r ov ided wit h t wo c r anks , p r efer ably ar
r ang ed ninet y deg r ees ap ar t and c onnec t ed
by s uit able p it men. The p edal- s haft , being
p r ov ided wit h t win c r anks and p edals , affor ds
an eas ier dr iv ing mov ement t han t he r oc king
or v ibr at ing p edals her et ofor e g ener allyin
us e, while t he t win q uar t er ing - c r anks , t hr oug h
whic h and t he p it men t he mov ement s of t he
p edal- s haft ar e t r ans mit t ed t o t he dr iv ing
wheel s haft , av oid any diffic ult ies whic h mig ht
ot her wis e ar is e fr om dead- c ent er s .
In t he ac c omp anying dr awing s , Fig ur e 1 is
a p er s p ec t iv e v iew of as ewing - mac hine s t and
embodying my inv ent ion. Fig . 2 is a fr ont
s ide v iew of t he s ame. Fig s . 3 and 4 ar e de
t ail' v iews t o illus t r at e t he ar r ang ement s of
t he c r anks on t he dr iv ing and p edal s haft s .
A denot es t he s ide fr ames of a s ewing - ma
c hine s t and s up p or t ing t he t able B, on whic h
is mount ed t he s ewing - mac hine O. The s ide
fr ames A ar e c onnec t ed by t he br ac e D, c on
s is t ing of t he out er up r ig ht s d and d , t he in
t er mediat e up r ig ht (1 2, and t he up p er and
lower c r os s - bar s d3 and d4 , t he s aid br ac e- be
ing c onnec t ed t o t he s ide fr ames by s uit able.
bolt s .
E denot es t hev dr iv ing fly- wheel c ar r ied by
t he s haft e, p r efer ably for med wit h c onic al
ends j our naled in t he c r os s - bar (Z3 , and an ad- '
j us t able s oc ket - s c r ew f, at t ac hed t o t he up
r ig ht d, t he s aid s haft e being p r ov ided wit h
q uar t er ing t win c r anks 6 , one of whic h is
p r efer ably at r ig ht ang les t o or ninet y de
g r ees fr om t he ot her . .
Jour naled in t he lower p or t ions of t he up
r ig ht s (1 ' and d2 is a p edal- s haft G, p r ov ided
wit h op p os it ely- ar r ang ed t win c r anks g , c ar
r ying s uit able p edals h, t he s aid s haft hav ing
at it s r ig ht - hand end out s ide of t he up r ig ht
(1 2, t he q uar t er ing - c r anks g , c onnec t ed by p it
men t ' wit h t he q uar t er ing - c r anks e of t he
dr iv ing - s haft 6 . It will be obv ious t hat t he
p edal- s haft , wit h it s t win c r anks and p edals ,
may be r ap idly r ot at ed wit h an eas y mov e
ment , and t hat t he p ower ap p lied t her et o will
be p os it iv ely t r ans mit t ed t o t he dr iv ing - s haft
t hr oug h t he q uar t er ing t win c r anks on t he
p edal and dr iv ing s haft and t heir c onnec t ing
p it men.
Hav ing t hus des c r ibed my inv ent ion, I
c laim and des ir e t o s ec ur e by Let t er s P at ent
1 . A s ewing - mac hine s t and c ons is t ing of
s ide fr ames and a br ac e c onnec t ing t he s ame,
t he s aid br ac e being c omp os ed of up p er and
lower c r os s - bar s , t wo out er up r ig ht s , and an
int er mediat e up r ig ht , c ombined wit h a dr iv
ing c r ank- s haft and a r ot at ing c r ank p edal
s haft , bot h ofwhic h ar e s uit ably j our naled in
s aid br ac e, and a s uit able c onnec t ion bet ween
s aid s haft s . . v ' 4
2. A t r eadle mec hanis m for s ewing - ma
c hines , c ons is t ing of t he c ombinat ion, wit h a
s ewing - mac hine s t and, of a r ot at ing p edal~
s haft p r ov ided wit h t win dr iv ing c r anks and
p edals and wit h t win t r ans mit t ing - c r anks , a
dr iv ing - s haft , als o p r ov ided wit h t win c r anks ,
and t win p it men c onnec t ing t he t r ans mit t ing
c r anks of t he p edal- s haft wit h t he c r anks of
t he dr iv ing - s haft . _
3 . A s ewing - mac hine- t r eadle mec hanis m
c ons is t ing of t he c ombinat ion, wit ha s ewing
mac hine s t and, of a r ot at ing p edal- s haft
mount ed in t he lower p ar t t her eof and p r o
v ided wit h op p os it ely- ar r ang ed t win dr iv ing
c r anks and p edals and wit h q uar t er ing t r ans
mit t ing - c r anks , a dr iv ing - s haft mount ed in
s aid s t and abov e t he p edal- s haft and als o
p r ov ided wit h q uar t er ing t win c r anks , and
p it men c onnec t ing t he s aid q uar t er ing - c r anks
of t he p edal and dr iv ing s haft s .
4 5 . The c ombinat ion, wit h t he s ide fr ames
5 5
6 5
7 5
8 5
9 O
9 5
1 0 0
. 4 6 4 , 27 7
A, of t he br ac e D, c ons is t ing of t he out er up
r ig ht s d and d , t he int er mediat e up r ig ht CF,
and t he c r os s - bar s d3 and d , t he dr iv ing - s haft
e, c ar r ying t he dr iv ing ? y- wheel E and p r o
v ided wit h t win q uar t er ing - c r anks e , t he r o
t at ing p edal- s haft G, j our naied in t he 1 1 p
r ig ht - s d and d2 and p r ov ided wit h op p os it e
ly- ar r ang ed t win dr iv ing - c r anks g , c ar r ying
t he p edals h, s aid s haft als o hav ing t win q uar ~
1 o t er ing t r ans mit t ing - c r anks g , and t he t win 1
p it men 1 ' , c onnec t ing t he s aid t r ans mit t ing
c r anks g wit h t he s aid c r anks e" of t he dr iv
ing - s haft e.
In t es t imony wher eof I af? x my s ig nat ur e in
p r es enc e of t wo Wit nes s es .
P HILIP DIEHL. ,
\ V it nes s es :
J. G. GREENE,
JOHN T. EARL.