IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NEEDLE CASES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jules Eugène Asselin, of No. 42, Rue de Turbigo,
in the City of Paris, in the Empire of France, Gentleman, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NEEDLE CASES."
-A communication from Jules Doderet, residing at No. 127, Rue
Oberkampt, Paris.
Sealed the 24th May 1867, and dated the 8th March 1867.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Jules Eugène Asselin at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 8th March 1867, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JULES
EUGENE ASSELIN, of No. 42, Rue de Turbigo, in the City of Paris, in the
Empire of France, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NEEDLE CASES," and have petitioned Her Majesty to
grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters
Patent for the same, and have made soleiDB Declaration that the same has been

page_text: communicated to me from Jules Doderet, a person resident at No. 127,
Rue Oberkampt, Paris, aforesaid.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jules Eugène Asselin, do hereby declare
that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and seal, fully
describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following statement,
and accompanying Drawings, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in furnishing needle cases with an elastic conical or
other shaped cushion of india-rubber or other elastic substance, through which
as well as through a cylindrical spring bottom piece in metal, supporting and
securing the cushion, a hollow metal rod is passed, the top terminating in a
conical button forming the head of the case, whilst the other end is rivited,
soldered, or otherwise fastened to the bottom piece above mentioned. The
cushion is moved up and down in the interior of the case by means of the rod
which, as well as the cushion, is steadied by the bottom piece, the springs of
which (being bent outwards), besides clasping the cushion, press against the
sides of the tube or case for producing the required rigidity. When the
case is open the needles in the cushion are spread out so that any one can
be readily selected from its fellows, and when the case is closed they take a
vertical position.
"The above description will be readily understood by the aid of the
accompanying Drawings.
A, Figs. 1 and 2, is a tube of any kind of metal, wood, ivory, bone, or
other suitable substance, and forms the case; B is the mouth thereof, at which
part it is slightly incurved to prevent the bottom piece to which the cushion is
attached from passing out; C is a hollow metal rod terminating at the upper end
in a conical button forming the head of the case D, whilst at the other end is
the cylindrical spring bottom piece E which consist of two parts, see Figs.
4 and 5. Fig. 4 fits into Fig 5, the former serving to support the cushion F,
whilst the latter bears the springs 9, 9, 9, for securing the same in position.
Fig. 1 shews the case open, and Fig. 2 closed; Fig. 3 is the elastic cushion
of india-rubber or other suitable elastic substance, covered with velvet or
otherwise. Fig. 6 is the top of the case. It will at once be perceived that
the opening or closing of the case is effected by either drawing out the cushion
by means of the button D or by pressing it inwards.
Having thus described my Invention, and the mode of carrying it into
effect, I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine myself either
to the form of the case or cushion, or the substances of which they are
formed, as in the first case any metal or suitable substance, and, in the latter,

page_text: any elastic material may be employed, or I can replace the cushion by a
series of small tubes, or by hinged spring pieces, each one to hold a needle
by the point or otherwise. What I claim and desire to secure as my
Invention is the principle thereof. as explained herein and by the accompanying
Drawings
Drowings
In witness whereof, I, the said Jules Eugène Asselin, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventh day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
J. E. ASSELIN. (L.S.)