Needle Threader.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 18th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Needle Threader.
THOMAS HAYHURST Sewing Machine Agent 55 Skiddow Street Blackburn do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The needle threader consists of a conical shaped thin split steel tube well
tempered, so as to spring open to admit a needle of any size, there is another split
tube underneath the conical split tube which also springs open to admit a needle of
any size and holds the needle in position in the conical split tube until the needle
is threaded, when the needle is threaded there is nothing to do but to draw the
needle out of the threader.
Dated January 14th 1802
THOMAS HAYHURST.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Needle Threader.
I, THOMAS HAYHURST of 55 Skiddau Street, Audley, Blackburn in the
County Lancaster, Engine Fitter, 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 :→
This invention relates to an improved appliance for facilitating the threading of
a needle, the object being to enable a person to thread a needle without seeing its
eye, but merely by the sense of touch.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in
which:-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved needle threader shewing the needle in
position and the thread passed through its eye.
Fig. 2 is an end front view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an end back view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of a piece of metal as stamped from a thin sheet and
before being bent to the form shewn by the remaining figs.
Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation of the improved needle threader, the needle
being shown in position and the thread as about to enter the eye all shewn as
enlarged about four times.
Fig. 6 is a side elevation of improved needle threader with rubber band thereon.
According to this invention the threader consists of a hollow conical shaped
piece of metal 1 at the apex of which and at right angles thereto is the split clip
or holder 2 formed by the two lugs 3. 3. The threader is made of tempered metal
so that the split clip or holder 2 will spring and so accommodate itself to various
thicknesses or sizes of needles.
To thread the needle 4 the eyed end of the latter is inserted into the holder 2 so
that the end of the needle comes in contact with the interior of the cone 1 (see
Fig. 5) and the eye 5 is opposite or linable with the cone 1 and hole 6. The
threader is held by the holder 2 between the finger and thumb of the operator, and
the end of the thread 7 is passed into the wide end of the cone 1 and is guided by
the internal sides of same to the apex of the cone 1 to and through the eye 5 of the
needle and then through the hole 6. the needle is then withdrawn and the thread
is drawn through the slot or split portion 8.of the threader.
In order to give more spring or elasticity to the holder 2, and also to enable the
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page_text: threader to be more easily held, I in some cases put a small rubber band 9 (see
Fig. 6) around the holder 2.
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 :-
An appliance for threading needles comprising a hollow split cone 1 and spring
holder 2 with or without the rubber band 9 as herein fully described and as
illustrated by the drawings annexed.
1000
THOMAS HAYHURST,
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.
THOMAS
HAYHURST,
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.