A New or Improved Needle for Sewing Machines.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Needle for Sewing Machines.
I, GEORGIANA ELIZABETH MAURICE of Swiss Cottage, Bembridge, Isle of
Wight 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 form of needle for sewing machines,
intended to provide an arrangement whereby such needles can be threaded with
greater ease than those of ordinary construction. The invention is especially
applicable for use by persons with weak sight.
The improved needle furnished with the usual hole near the point, and is of
the shape commonly employed. The hole is preferably of oval form and at one
side is furnished with a slit extending for some distance above it. This slit is so
arranged that a thread can be drawn through it into the eye, by simply pressing the
thread slightly against the side of the needle and pulling it down, the slit
springing open sufficiently to allow of it passing. The part of the needle at the
outer side of the slit at the top is preferably slightly bent outwards, so that the
thread will be guided into the slit when pulled down the side of the needle, and a
small projection may be left at the bottom inside the eye to prevent the thread
slipping back through the slit. The top of the said slit should be sufficiently above
the eye to allow of the needle passing through the cloth to its lowest position
without penetrating so far as to allow the slightly projecting hook part of the
needle to catch in the material.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, which show the form of needle proposed to
an enlarged scale and the method of inserting the thread.
In the needle A at the usual distance from the point is formed the bole a of
oval shape. This eye in my invention is preferably placed a little to one side of
the needle to allow as much room as possible for the slit B which extends from the
side of the eye at the upper part to a point at some distance above. This thread C
is, as shown in Fig. 1, slipped down the side of the needle until it reaches the top
of the slit B, the part 6 of the needle being slightly turned outwards at 6' to serve
as a guide for the thread, and cause it to enter the slit more easily. A small
projection is also provided at the lower end of the slit which allows the
thread to pass into the eye freely, but prevents it escaping.
As shown in the drawings, the slit B extends for some distance above the eye to
prevent the point b¹ catching in the cloth.
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. An improved needle for sewing machines in which the eye is furnished with a
slit extending for some distance above it, and allowing the thread to be passed
through into the eye, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
2. An improved needle for sewing machines with an eye a¹ having a slit B
extending for some distance above it, and points 6' and 6' for the purpose
respectively of guiding the thread into the slit and of retaining it in the eye,
substantially as described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 20th day of October 1893.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.