Improvements in and connected with Devices for Darning Socks and other Articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Devices for Darning Socks
and other Articles.
I, HANS FREDERICK KAISER, of 34, Great Charles Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Cycle Manufacturer, 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
My invention has for its object a new device for use in darning socks and other
articles which will enable socks and other articles to be darned without having
to stretch the particular part of the article being darned with the hand which so
frequently causes cramp in the fingers and as well as being liable to prick the
lingers with the darning needle. My new device not only overcomes these
difficulties but also forms a receptacle for storing darning needles &c.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings
upon which I have illustrated my new device to be used for darning, various
articles such as socks and the like. It must however be understood that I do not
confine myself to the particular shape shewn as this may be varied considerably.
Figure 1 is a perspective view shewing a sock held with my device in a position
ready for darning.
Figure 2 is a view of my device.
Figure 3 is a sectional view of the handle of my device shewing the receptacle
for holding needles and the like.
Figure 4 is a sectional view of the head of my device into which the handle
screws.
In carrying my invention into practice I make my device A either from wood,
bone, ivory papier mache or other suitable material or metal or a combination of
any of such material and metal with the rounded head a¹ having the hole a² in
or about the centre which hole is tapped to receive the screwed end 6 of the
handle B as clearly shewn at Figure 4. Or the hole may be plain and the end 61
of the handle B fit therein by friction instead of screwing. The handle B is formed
hollow or provided with the hole 62 as shewn at Figure 3 which may be used as
a receptacle for darning or other needles, pins or the like. Or in some cases I
may form my device in one piece with the handle either solid or hollow. In the
latter case the lower end of the handle B would be detachable. When using my
device for darning socks it is inserted into the sock and the part required to be
darned is drawn tightly over the head a' and held around the handle B as clearly
shewn at Figure 1. By the use of my device it is not necessary to insert the
hand into the sock which so frequently causes cramp in the fingers as the head a¹
of the device spreads out the particular part of the sock or other article which
requires darning.
It will be evident that the shape of my device may be varied considerably but
I find the mushroom shaped head shewn answers the purpose satisfactorily. This
head may be covered with india rubber or other similar material if desired.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
CLAIMS.
First A new device such as A for use in darning socks and other articles
consisting essentially of a such like head as a¹ and a handle such as B either solid
or hollow and either forming part of the head a¹ or detachable therefrom sub-
stantially as herein set forth.
Second: The device A having a head piece a¹ and a handle attached thereto
by a screw or by friction which handle may be used as a receptacle for needles
and substantially as herein described and as shewn upon the accompanying draw-
ings.
HANS FREDERICK KAISER,
By George Barker,
Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.