IMPROVEMENTS DANGHAWERS FAR HOLDING NEEDLES AND OTHER LIKE ÅRTICLES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Welch, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester,
Needle Case and Crochet Hook Maker, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
DANGHAWERS FAR HOLDING NEEDLES AND OTHER LIKE ÅRTICLES.”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Welch at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd April 1880.
JOSEPH WELCH, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Needle Case and
Crochet Hook Maker. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES OR PRESERVERS FOR HOLDING
NEEDLES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES,"
or
My Invention consists, first, of the following improvement :-In cases
preservers for holding needles or other like articles, such, for example, as pins or
sewing machine needles, whereby the needles, pins, or sewing machine needles
may be removed one at a time from the case or preserver. I make the case
cylindrical and with one end closed. At the open end I bend or project inwardly
a small piece of the metal or other material of which the case is made in such a way
that it prevents the needle or such like article passing through the hole in the cap
or cover (except when the cap is put into a proper position, as hereinafter described)
at the open end of the caso. I also throw up a small tit or raised piece on the
outside which prevents the cap or cover rotating further than is required, and also
prevents the cap from falling off. The cap or cover consists of a cap having a
longitudinal slot in its side or rim, and when sprung on to the case over the tit or
raised piece allows the cap only a limited rotary motion on the end of the case. In the
top of cap I pierce a cup shaped hole in a suitable position for the needle or other
such like article to pass through. By turning the cap or cover in one direction
the hole in the cap is moved from over the projecting piece at the open end of case
and allows a needle or other such like article to pass through, and by turning the
cap or cover in the other direction the hole will be over the projecting piece & be
closed, so that the needles or other like articles are safely enclosed.
In using the case, after partly rotating the cap or cover, so that the cup shaped
hole is clear of the projecting piece inside, bold the case in a nearly vertical position
with the cap downwards, give a slight rotary movement with the finger & thumb

page_text: and a single needle will pass out. In this way the needles may be taken out one
at a time from the needles in the case.
Instead of the single case described a double case may be made by dividing the
cylinder into two compartments, and putting a cap or cover on each end as
described, one cap or cover serving for the removal of the needles from one com-
partment, and the other cap or cover from the other compartment.
My Invention consists further that I make a plain cylinder closed at one end,
& I make a cap or cover, which cap consists of a cap or cover having a cup shaped
hole in the top and a revolving disc underneath. I make the disc with a part cut
away, and when partially revolved the hole is uncovered. I join the disc to the
cap or cover by a pin fixed in the centre of disc, and passing it through a hole in
the centre of the cap, & use the pin to revolve the disc so as to cover or uncover
the cup shaped hole through which the needles pass.
In using the case turn the pin attached to the disc in one direction, and the cut
nway part will come directly under the cup shaped hole in the cap, turn the case
into an almost vertical position, and with the cap downward, give a rotary motion
to the case and a single needlo will fall out. In this way all the needles may be
removed, one at a time, from the store in the case.
Instead of the single case described a multiplex case or cases may be made by
dividing the cylinder into two, three, four, or more compartiments, and the cap or
cover having an equal quantity of cupshaped holes corresponding to and directly over
each of the several compartments to allow the needles to pass through, the disc
and pin of such cap being the same as before described. Cases or preservers con-
structed as described may be used for holding needles, pins, sewing machine needles,
and other like articles.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Welch in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd October
1880.
JOSEPH WELCH, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Needle Case and
Crochet Hook Maker. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES OR PRESERVERS FOR HOLDING
NEEDLES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES."
My Invention consists, first, of the following improvements in cases or preservers
for holding needles or other like articles, such, for example, as sewing machine
needles or pins whereby the needles, sowing machine needles, or pins may be
removed, one at a time, from the case or preserver. I will describo my improve-
ments principally as applied to a necdlo case. I make the case cylindrical, and
with one end closed. At the open end I bend or project inwardly a small piece of
the metal or other suitable material of which the case is inade in such a way that
it prevents the needle or such like article passing through the hole in the cap or
cover except when the cap is put into a proper position as herein after described.
At the open end of the case I also throw up a small tit or raised piece on the
outside which prevents the cap or cover rotating further than is required, and also
prevents the cap from falling off. The cap or cover consists of a cap having a
longitudinal slot in its side or rim, and when sprung on to the case over the tit or
raised piece allows the cap only a limited rotatory motion on the end of the case.
In the top of the cap I pierce a cup shaped hole in a suitablo position for the
needle or other such like, article to pass through. By turning the cap or cover in
one direction the hole in the cap is moved from over the projecting piece at the
open end of the case and allow a needle or other such like article to pass through,
and by turning the cap or cover in the other direction the hole will be over the
projecting piece, and be closed so that the needles or other like articles are safely
enclosed. In using the case after partly rotating the cap or cover so that the cup
shaped hole is clear of the projecting piece inside, hold the caso in a nearly vertical
position, cap downwards, and give a slight rotary movement with the finger and
thumb and a single needle will pass out. In this way the needles may be taken
out, one at a tinc, from the needles in the case. Instead of the single case
described a double case may be made by dividing the cylinder into two compart-
ments, and putting a cap or cover as described on each end, one cap or cover
serving for the removal of the needles from one compartment and the other cap or
cover from the other compartanent. My Invention consists further that I make a
plain cylinder closed at one end. The cap or cover consists of a cap having a cup
shaped hole in the top and a revolving disc underneath. I make the disc with part
cut away, and when partially revolved the hole is uncovered. I join the disc to
the cap or cover by a pin fixed in the centre of the disc and passing through a hole
in centre of the cap, and use the pin to revolve the disc so as to cover or uncover
the cup shaped hole through which the needles pass. In using the case turn the
pin attached to the disc in one direction, and the cut away part will come directly
under the cup shaped hole in the cap, turn the caso into an almost vertical
position, with the cap downwards, give a slight rotary motion to the case, and a
single needle will fall out from the store in the case. Instead of the single case
described a multiplex case may be made by dividing the cylinder into two, three,
four, or more compartments, and the cap or cover having an equal quantity of cup
shaped holes corresponding to and directly over each of the several compartments
to allow the needles to pass through, the disc and pin of each cap being the same
as before described. Cases or preservers constructed as described may be used for
holding needles, pins, sewing machine needles, and other liko articles. Fig. 1
represents in back elevations with and without cap or cover, and in cross section;
Fig. 2 is a plan of same closed; Fig. 3 is a plan of same open for removal of a needle;
Fig. represents the lid, cap, or cover of the needle caso detached; Figures 1 to 11
are drawn correct sizes. A is the cylindrical body of the needle case made by

page_text: preference of metal closed at one end as B or by a fixed cap as C, and at the other
end a portion of the case D is cut and turned down inside the case, and a small
tit E thrown up from the inside and acts as a stop, and allows only a partial rotary
motion to the lid F, which fits on and covers the cylinder A. In the lid F is a
slot G, which, when sprung over the tit E, limits the rotary motion of the lid to the
distance required to open and close the hole H in lid, through which the needles
pass. Fig.
represents in back elevation, and Fig. 5A in cross section, a double
case for holding two sizes of needles constructed according to my Invention. In
this arrangement the cylindrical body of the case is open at both ends and divided
by a longitudinal partition I into two compartiments marked respectively J and K.;
each end has a rotatory cap or cover of the construction herein before described
and marked respectively L, M; the cap L serves to remove the needles from the
compartment K and the cap M from the compartment J. Both ends of the
cylinder are also constructed in the same way as the open end in Fig. 1; Fig. 6
represents in front elevation and cross section a case for holding one size of
needles or other like articles; N is a cylindrical body open at both ends and
closed at bottom by a cap O, and closed at top by cap P, in which is a cup
shaped hole to let the needles pass through; Fig. 7 is plan of cap P, open to
let needle pass through holo Q; Fig. 8 is a disc with small portion U cut
away to let the needle pass and worked by the pin or holder R; Fig. 9, which
passes through cap P at hole S, and is fixed to disc, Fig. 8, at hole T, by turning
the pin or holder R till the cut away part U of disc is opposite hole Q in cap P ;
the needles may be removed from case one by one.
Fig. 10 represents in front elevation, and Fig. 11 in cross section a case to
hold five sizes of needles constructed according to my Invention. The cylinder is
divided into five compartments V, V, V, V, V, by longitudinal divisions, and the
cap contains five holes to allow the needles to pass through; in all other respects
it is the same as Figs. 6 and 9.
Although I have only described my improvements with reference to cases or
preservers for holding needles, yet my said improvements are equally applicable
to cases or preservers for holding sewing machine needles, pins, or other like
articles.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention,―
The improvements in cases or preservers for holding needles, sowing machine
needles, or other like articles as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 11, both inclusive, of the
accompanying Drawing, whereby the said needles, sewing machine needles, and
other like articles may be removed, one at a time, from the cases or preservers, that
is to say, making the body of the case or preserver cylindrical, and providing the
said body either with a rotating cap or lid, or else a fixed cap or lid with a rotating
lisc with apertures suitable for needles or other like articles to pass through for
the purpose and substantially as herein before described and illustrated. Also the
double or compound arrangements of the said cases or preservers herein before
described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Welch, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty first day of October, in the year of our Lord One
L
Witness,
Tho. FLETCHER,
Needle Manufacturer,
Redditch.
JOSEPH WELCH. (L.S.)