Class 36.

THE illustration on the opposite page (above) represents the latest and most efficient automatic mechanism yet devised for practical work in the Carpet Room. This device, unique and ingenious in its construction, is compact and self-contained, uses any form of mechanical power and surpasses anything heretofore known in the category of sewing mechanism It will sew each minute from four to five yards of seam, corresponding to eight to ten lineal yards of any kind of carpet.

This machine is a model of compactness and economy in the use of floor space. The uprights are placed forty-three inches from centres and are arranged to carry two independent stitching outfits if desired, thus doubling the capacity previously stated without increasing the space occupied, other than that required by the attendants for handling the carpet.

It is truly automatic and, at exactly the proper time, does every part of its work except matching and clamping the carpet, while for this it offers superior and exclusive facilities which not only enable the operator to do this work with ease and great rapidity, but to secure perfect matching of difficult patterns.

Although it is an entirely new device, it has been practically tested and is now in operation in some of the largest carpet-fitting rooms in the country, greatly decreasing expense of carpet-sewing and increasing the capacity for prompt delivery of goods.

The machine will sew any kind of carpet, without change of tension, requiring only a change in the guides, which can be removed and replaced instantly. It makes a perfect flat seam on all grades of carpet, and presses the pile down below the line of stitching.

The spreader can be adjusted to enable the sewing of carpets having extremely bad selvage.

The fabric is united by a very strong and elastic stitch which is formed in a way peculiar to this machine; the depth of bight may be adjusted as desired to meet the varying requirements of all varieties and grades of carpet.

The seams made by this machine are of unusual strength and do not require pressing; the carpet is ready to be laid as soon as sewn and will wear as long at the seams as elsewhere.

The Automatic Stretching and Clamping device is simple,. swifter and in every way more effective than any other method of handling a carpet. The sewing-machine is carried over the work by means of an overhung cable and travels entirely independent of the carpet; as the operator matches the carpet in sections and pulls down a lever each section is simultaneously clamped and stretched, the sewing-machine is automatically released and follows the operator, sewing each succeeding section as fast as it is clamped, thus saving a great deal of time.

In case the operator does not have a section matched when the preceding section is sewed the sewing-machine stops and starts again at the instant the clamping lever is pulled down on the next section to be sewn.

When a length of carpet has been sewed and the threads cut, the raising of the last clamping lever releases the entire length and the sewing-machine may be instantly gripped to the reverse cable and carried back to the point of beginning, ready to sew the succeeding length; it may also be reversed in the same manner at any point and carried back any distance desired.

Two hundred and twenty-eight yards (double breadth) of Wilton carpet have been sewn on one machine in one hour. It is indeed a triumph of mechanical efficiency although perfectly simple and easily operated.

The complete machine consists of ten sections, each forty-three inches in length; these are furnished, as desired, with single or with double track for steam, electrical or other power.

The illustration only shows six sections of the machine in order to better present its proportions within the limits of the page. The machine is sold outright, no royalty being charged for its use, and may be seen in operation at any time at our Manufacturers' Show Rooms, 561 and 563 Broadway, New York.

The following is lifted from John Langdon's Comprehensive Model List

36-1	(Cancelled 07/46)	Industrial	Singer suggested replacement 36-4.
36-3	(Cancelled 08/27)	Industrial	Singer suggested replacement 36-4.
36-4		Industrial	Positive feed. For seaming all grades of carpets and rugs, light, medium or heavy.Has lever driven needle slide with great penetrating power. Speed 800. (10/1952)