IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWING NEEDLES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Vincent Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66,
Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWING NEEDLES." A communication
from abroad by Harry M. Jenkins, of the City and State of New York, United
States of America.
Sealed the 13th June 1876, and dated the 28th January 1876
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Vincent Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th January 1876.
ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWING
NEEDLES."
This Invention relates to a novel construction of needle applicable for use by
sail makers and others, the object being to facilitate the passage of the threaded
needle through the work.
The body of the needle is formed with the ordinary triangular tine at its lower
end. The head of the needle is made on the front side with a ridge on a line and
corresponding with the front ridge of the tine, whereby the passages of the head
through the cloth is facilitated, as it follows the exact incision or hole made by the
tine. The eye of the needle is drilled in the ordinary manner, and the metal above
and on a line with the eye is hollowed out on both sides. The top of the head is
bevilled off from the front backwards. This construction of head provides recesses
on both sides for the reception of the thread without impairing the strength of the
needle; or in other words above the eye the thread is made to take the place of
metal.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed by
the said Alfred Vincent Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th
July 1876.
ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWING
ID 17

page_text: NEEDLES." Being a communication to me from abroad. by Harry M. Jenkins, of
the City and State of New York, United States of America.
This Invention relates to a novel construction of needle chiefly suitable for sail-
makers' use, the object being to facilitate the passage of the threaded needle through
the work.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a sailmaker's needle
constructed according to this Invention; Figures 2 and 3 are side and edge views;
and Fig. 4 is a cross section of the head of the needle.
A represents the body of the needle formed with the ordinary triangular line B
at its lower end. The head C of the needle is provided in front with a ridge a on
a line and corresponding with the front ridge e of the tine in order to facilitate the
passage of the head through the cloth, as it follows the incision or hole made by the
tine. bis the eye of the needle cut through in the usual manner. The metal above
the eye
b is hollowed out on both sides and under or back of the front part of the
head, as shewn at d, d. The top of the head is cut down or bevilled off from the
front backward, as seen at i. This construction of head provides grooves or
recesses formed on both sides thereof for the reception of the thread without
impairing the strength of the needle; in other words the thread is made to take
the place of the metal removed from the sides and above the eye of the needle.
Having now fully set forth the nature of the Invention as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, and explained the manner of carrying the same into
effect, I wish it to be understood that under the above in part recited Letters
Patent, I claim, forming the head of sewing needles with a ridge corresponding
with the front ridge of the tine, and with side grooves or recesses and a top bevil
or chamfer, substantially as and for the purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Seventeenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
A. V. NEWTON. (L.S.)