What is claimed is:
Tired of lifting your heavy sewing machine every time you need to store it away? Tailormade's 3-Position Air Lift eliminates the heavy lifting, and help you maneuver your machine with ease! Lift the machine to the top for Free Arm/Embroidery work. Jan 05, 1988 FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a typical sewing machine cabinet equipped with power lift in accordance with the invention, a part of an upper panel of the cabinet being broken away to show the sewing-machine-receiving platform and associated mechanism in a raised, free arm work position, with both the sewing machine and the lowered.
1. In a sewing machine cabinet comprising;(a) a top wall and a vertical back wall defining a storage area beneath the top wall, the storage area adapted for receiving and storing a sewing machine, the top wall providing a top work surface for the cabinet,
(b) a hinged top cover rotatably attached to said top wall along a horizontal hinge axis such that it can be moved between a horizontal closed position covering at least a portion of the top wall and a horizontal open position that extends the top work surface by rotating 180° about the axis;
(c) a sewing machine-receiving platform adapted to receive a sewing machine,
(d) a lift assembly for moving the platform between a lowered storage position within the cabinet and a upper work position such that at least a portion of a sewing machine on the platform is extending through an aperture in the top wall, the lift assembly comprising at least one vertical guide column secured to the cabinet and a carriage means movable along the guide column, the platform mounted on the carriage means such that the lift assembly is adapted to support and maintain a sewing machine on the platform in an upright position and to move the platform along a vertical axis between the work position and the storage position,
the improvement comprising;
(a) a compass link with a first end pivotally connected to the hinged top cover,
(b) a sliding member adapted to slide along a horizontal axis, with a second end of the compass link pivotally connected to the sliding member such that when the hinged cover is opened and closed the sliding member is moved along the horizontal axis,
(c) a cable with a first end attached to the member sliding and the second end attached to the platform, the cable being directed horizontally, over a grooved wheel, and then downward to the second end, such that horizontal movement of the sliding member along the horizontal axis caused by opening and closing of the top cover moves the platform between the work position and the storage position.
2. The improvement of claim 1 wherein the sliding member comprises a u-channel inverted over a horizontally disposed guide rail such that the u-channel slides horizontally along guide rail.
3. The improvement of claim 2 wherein the compass link is pivotally connected to the top cover on the back side edge close in proximity to the hinge axis so as to give maximum leverage to the top cover which acts a power arm and lever when moved between the closed position and the open position.
4. The improvement of claim 3, wherein said compass link links the top cover power arm lever pivotally to the sliding u-channel arm on the outside opposite the interior of the cabinet.
5. The improvement of claim 4, wherein said u-channel supports said hinged top cover when the top cover is open, and wherein the guide rail of the u-channel is a portion of the top edge of the back wall, and wherein said u-channel is attached to the first end of the cable on the interior of the cabinet, and wherein the u-channel is metal bent to formation.
6. The improvement of claim 5 wherein said cable is guided horizontally by said u-channel over the grooved wheel and the grooved wheel is secured to the back wall of the cabinet, and the second end of the cable is connected to the platform by means of an adjustable eye bolt.
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7. The improvement of claim 6, wherein said adjustable eye bolt is bolted to said sewing machine-receiving platform in the interior of the cabinet, and wherein said eye bolt is of sufficient length to adjust said platform to compensate for the maximum and minimum heights of different sewing machines.
8. The improvement of claim 7 wherein said eye bolt is located on the platform such that the platform is balance by force induced on the platform by the cable sufficient to prevent binding during the upward and downward movement of the platform.
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