AN BOD TERRADING NEEDLES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Abel Morrall, of Studley, in the County of
Warwick, Needle Manufacturer, for the Invention of "AN
BOD TERRADING NEEDLES"
Sealed the 31st August 1869, and dated the 6th March 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Abel Morrall at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th March 1869.
I, ABEL MORRALL, of Studley, in the County of Warwick, Needle
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED NEEDLE THREADER OR INSTRUMENT FOR THREADING NEEDLES,"
to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to enable persons using needles to
thread them without trouble, and it is especially designed for blind
people or persons of defective sight.
My Invention is particularly adapted for the threading of the double-
eyed needles patented by me the 28th July 1868, but it may also be
employed for threading all kinds of egg-eyed or long-eyed needles, and
for darning and stocking needles; and it may also be employed for

page_text: threading oval or round eyed needles, but in this case the wire or
other material employed must of course be made of a size and shape to
correspond with the eye through which it has to pass, as herein-after
explained.
The needle threader consists substantially of a piece of flattened wire,
having at the one end or point thereof a kind of hook or projection,
which is for the purpose of grasping and holding the thread.
The action of the instrument is as follows:-When it is desired to
thread the needle nothing is required than to pass the point of the
instrument through the eye of the needle required to be threaded, and
allow the thread to engage or take in the hook or projection provided
at the end of the instrument, and herein-before described. The thread
is then drawn through the eye of the needle, and the operation of
threading is accomplished.
Although the needle threader is by preference of wire it may, if
required, be constructed of bone, ivory, or any other desired material.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Abel Morrall in the Great Scal Patent Office
on the 6th September 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ABEL
MORRALL, of Studley, in the County of Warwick, Needle Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Abel Morrall, Her special
licence that I, the said Abel Morrall, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Abel Morrall, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

page_text: Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED NEEDLE THREADER OR INSTRUMENT FOR THREADING NEEDLES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Abel Morrall,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Abel Morrall, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement (that is to say):
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The object of this Invention is to enable persons using needles to
thread them without trouble, and it is especially designed for blind
people or persons of defective sight.
My Invention is particularly adapted for the threading of the double-
eyed needles patented by me the 28th July 1868, but it may also be
employed for threading all kinds of egg-eyed or round-eyed needles, and
for darning and stocking needles; and it may also be employed for
threading oval or round eyed needles, but in this case the wire or other
material employed must of course be made of a size and shape to corre-
spond with the eye through which it has to pass, as herein-after
explained.
The needle threader consists substantially of a piece of flattened wire
having at the one end or point thereof a kind of hook or projection,
which is for the purpose of grasping and holding the thread.
The action of the instrument is as follows:-When it is desired to
thread the needle nothing more is required than to pass the point of the
instrument through the eye of the needle required to be threaded, and
allow the thread to engage or take into the hook or projection provided
at the end of the instrument, and herein-before described. The thread
is then drawn through the eye of the needle, and the operation of
threading is accomplished.
Although the needle threader is by preference of wire it if
may,
required, be constructed of bone, ivory, or any other desired material.

page_text: That my Invention may be fully understood, I have annexed Drawings
thereof, in which the Figures are drawn to a scale of twice the actual
size of the needle threader.
Fig. I. shows a side elevation and edge view of a needle threader made
from a piece of flattened wire. a is the round wire; b is the flattened
portion, the thickness of which is shown at c; d is the hook which is
to hold the thread during the withdrawing of the needle holder from the
eye of the needle which is to be threaded.
Fig. II. shows a needle threader, of which the round portion a is
much shorter than that shown in Fig. I., and is inserted into an
ordinary universal handle or holder e, having a screw capf, which is for
the purpose of securing the needle holder. The construction of these
universal handles or holders is well known, and not forming any part
of my Invention need not be described herein.
Fig. III. shows a double-ended needle-threader made from one piece
of round wire a, each end of the wire a being flattened as at b, and
provided with a hook c.
Fig. IV. shows a needle threader suitable for threading the needles
of sewing machines. The wire a is formed into a looped handle
at c.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is or may be performed, I desire it to be
understood that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the needle threader,
consisting substantially of a piece of flattened wire or other suitable
material, having at the one end or point thereof a kind of hook or
projection, as herein-before set forth and described and illustrated in the
Drawings hereunto annexed.
In witness whercof, I, the said Abel Morrall, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Third day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
ABEL MORRALL. (L.S.)