Improvements in Hand "Frames" or Apparatus on which to Crochet or make Ornamental or Fancy Work.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan.,
1898
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Oct., 1898-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hand "Frames" or Apparatus on which to
Crochet or make Ornamental or Fancy Work.
I, MARY ELLIOTT SCRIVENOR, of Cullow House, Rustington, Worthing, in the
County of Sussex, Journalist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to hand frames or apparatus on which to crotchet or make
ornamental or fancy work of a character suitable for instance for muffs, cuffs,
blankets shawls, petticoats or other articles of dress etc. etc. my present invention
consisting essentially of a number of fingers or pins easily attachable to and
detachable from a holder-this latter being adapted & arranged to permit each
individual pin to be separately attached or detached without interfering with the
others. For instance the holder may be constructed in two parts divided longi-
tudinally the inside face of one part being formed with a series of transverse
channels or grooves therein advantageously tapered channels while the rear end of
each said finger is formed to correspond so as to fit snugly within said groove or
channel & flush with the front thereof (or the rear end of the fingers & the
receptacle for receiving & holding same may be of other suitable shape or
otherwise suitably arranged provided the fingers cannot come out of the holder
except when duly detached therefrom & then advantageously by a rearward
movement) & then the other said part is combined with said grooved part & these
two parts are then securely locked together by hinged clasps or clamps or by
headed studs on the one part passing through slots in the other parts & then slid
along a narrower part of said slots whereby the two parts are neatly & securely
fastened together-the said second part having thereon a flange or projecting edge
which extends under the rear edge of the grooved part & thereby prevents any
possibility of the fingers or pins being forced or coming out rearwardly until the said
flange or bottom edge has been removed.
If desired I may mount said flange or bottom edge as a hinged flap or otherwise
hinge or arrange same to be entirely removed per se.
The holder part is advantageously in the form of a straight & long narrow strip
from the edge of which extend the fingers mounted therein as aforesaid & any one
or more of which can be easily withdrawn out of the work (or other fingers
introduced) while the work is in progress.
Dated this 18th day of January 1808

page_text: d (Fig. 2) is a flange or projecting edge on the part d said edge d¹ extending
completely under the bottom edge a' of the part a as shown in Fig. 2 for the
purpose of preventing the detachable pins or fingers from dropping out rearwardly.
The detachable fingers or pins f Fig. 5 (advantageously wooden pins) are formed
with a taper part fx at the bottom end thereof this taper part f* being of
corresponding form to the taper channels or grooves b in the part a or otherwise
adapted to fit into or on to said part a and after as many pins have been placed in
position in the part a as desired thereupon the part d is attached and combined
with the part as aforesaid (as in Figs. 1 and 2) whereupon the pins fare held
securely and can only be removed by detaching the parts a and d-the flange d¹
serving to prevent the pins f being forced backwardly out of the taper grooves in
the part a.
It will be obvious that other means may be provided to detachably connect the
pins or fingers to a frame for instance the shank fx of the pins f instead of being
formed tapered as aforesaid may be straight or of any other suitable form and
provided with a hole or holes adapted to fit over a pin or pins provided on the
inside face of the part a the tapered grooves in which latter would then be dispensed
with.
I wish it to be noted that the frames according to my present invention can be
made with a small or large number of meshes as desired.
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. A hand frame or apparatus-on which to crochet or make ornamental or
fancy work having in combination detachable fingers or pins adapted to be locked
in or to said frame and released therefrom and means to lock said fingers or pins in
position for use substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. The improved construction of hand frames or apparatus on which to crochet
or make ornamental or fancy work the several parts of said apparatus or frame
being arranged combined and operating substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated thin 2nd dox of Datoho 1800
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.