An Improved Needle.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 11th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1890-Accepted, 30th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Needle.
I, ALFRED ERNEST SHRIMPTON, of Britannia Works, Redditch, in the County
of Worcestershire, Needle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows
My invention relates to an improved needle which secures the end of the thread
in the eye, instead of having a running thread as in the case of ordinary needles.
The eye of the needle is round or oval at the bottom and tapers away chisel shape
at the tip or head thereby causing sufficient elasticity at the top of the eye to hold
the thread perfectly rigid.
This invention does away with all cutting of the thread which is the case with
ordinary needles where a running thread is used.
The object of this invention is that the cotton thread is easily passed through the
hole and pulled up towards the head, so as to fix the thread in the chisel shape slit,
and thereby prevent the thread from slipping out as is the case with ordinary
needles.
Dated this 10th day of June 1890
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION..
An Improved Needle.
I, ALFRED ERNEST SHRIMPTON, of Britannia Works, Redditch, in the County
of Worcestershire, Needle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved needle which secures the end of the thread
in the eye, instead of having a running thread as in the case of ordinary needles.
The eve of the needle is round or oval at the bottom and tapers away chisel shape
at the top or head thereby causing sufficient elasticity at the top of the eye to hold
the thread perfectly rigid.
This invention does away with all cutting of the thread which is the case with
ordinary needles where a running thread is used.
The object of this invention is that the cotton thread is easily passed through the
hole and pulled up towards the head, so as to fix the thread in the chisel shape slit,
and thereby prevent the thread from slipping out as is the case with ordinary
needles.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the needle a, showing the thread e passed
through the hole b.
Figure 2 denotes the same view as figure 1, describing the mode or position of the
thread when fixed in the eye.
Figure 3 is the front view of the eye and head of the needle drawn to an enlarged
scale. This figure is broken off for want of space.
Figure 4 represents a section down the centre of figure 3.
This invention consists of the eye of a needle with a oval or round hole b and
the taper chisel shape slit d situated at the head c of an ordinary needle now in
common use.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination of the round hole band the chisel shape slit d, to form the eye
of a needle at the head c, substantially as herein described and according to the
accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of the eye with an oval hole in the head of the needle, substan-
tially as herein described.
3. 1 claim that the thread may be easily passed through the hole and pulled up
towards the head in the eye of the needle, to fix the thread, and thereby prevent the
thread from slipping out, substantially as herein described and according to the
accompanying drawings.
1000
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.