IMPROVEMENTS IN REELS OR RECEIVERS UPON WHICH THREADS, SILKS, OR OTHÉR FIBROUS MATERIAL IN CONNECTION WITH NEEDLES (THREADED OR OTHERWISE) ARÉ FIBROUS ARRANGED, AS ALSO IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF NEEDLES THREADED WITH ANY MATERIAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING THE USE OR USES OF THE SAME FOR ALL. PURPOSES OF NEEDLEWORK
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Pidding at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd June 1867.
1, WILLIAM PIDDING, of Beresford Street, Camberwell Road, in the County
of Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN REELS OR RECEIVERS UPON WHICH THREADS, SILKS, OR OTHÉR
FIBROUS MATERIAL IN CONNECTION WITH NEEDLES (THREADED OR OTHERWISE) ARÉ
FIBROUS
ARRANGED, AS ALSO IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF NEEDLES THREADED WITH ANY
MATERIAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING THE USE OR USES OF THE SAME FOR ALL.
PURPOSES OF NEEDLEWORK," to be as follows:-
I
arrange
needles threaded or threadled with any fibrous material, such as
cotton, thread, silk, or that which may be spun or twisted on reels or receivers,
so that the material with which the needles are threaded may be used, aš.
required. I thread or threadle one or any number of needles on the length
of cotton, thread, silk, or other fibrous spun or twisted materiál; the said
needles may be placed at any distance apart, or may be close together: The
reel or receiver upon which I place or arrange the threaded or threadled
needles is to be adapted in its length to the size of the needles to be placed.
or arranged thereon, which are to lie lengthways of the reel and clear of the-
raised ends or flanges of the same. The winding of the thread, cotton, silk,.
or other fibrous material (as before described) on the reel or receiver after the
needles are threaded or threadled may be performed in either of the following.
ways: Each needle may be wound round or enveloped with the material'
with which it is threaded, or threadled, as stated, and in such state be placed

page_text: round the reel or receiver, or the needles may be simply threaded or threadled
with the material, as described, and placed round the reel or receiver in con-
nection with such material regardless of distance apart, so that at any time
they are ready for use. In some cases I prefer to thread or threadle each
needle with a separate length of the material or materials, before described,
covering each needle round or enveloping it with its material, and placing the
said needles round the reel or receiver ready for use, as hereafter described;
in some cases the material is to be knotted at the end. I make use of any
shape in the formation of the reels or receivers, but the shape I prefer is cylin-
drical, being made in all cases hollow in their centre or interior and open at
both ends. In this interior recess (which I make of regular or irregular form)
I place a cushion, which I make of felt or any suitable material or materials,
for the reception of the needles before or after being used; in some cases I
may use this cushion as a receptacle for the needles when threaded or threadled
(as before described) winding the material or fibre with which they are in con-
nexion on the reel or receiver. In some cases for the securing the needles
(when threaded or threadled and wound round with their respective material)
on the outer surface of the reel or receiver I place at each end of the reel
or receiver an elastic band or ring, under which the points and heads of the
needles so prepared are to be respectively placed; or for the reception of the
heads and points of the needles I form recesses on the inner sides of the raised
ends or flanges of the reels or receivers, and I form or shape the centre of the
reels or receivers so as to raise it above the level of the recesses in its (or their)
ends or flanges, so that when the needles are placed on the reel they are
slightly bent and held in their position by their own elasticity. Or in lieu of
forming the centre of the reel raised, as described, I place on the centre au
elastic band or ring, the elasticity of which in conjunction with the recesses
formed in the ends of the reels (as before described) causes the needles to be
retained in their position when placed or arranged on the reel.