IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CROCHET AND NETTING NEEDLES, PENHOLDERS, HAIR PINS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES." PINS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Zaccheus Shrimpton, of Redditch, in the County
of Worcester, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF CROCHET AND NETTING NEEDLES, PENHOLDERS, HAIR
PINS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
PINS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
'PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Zaccheus Shrimpton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 25th March 1872.
I, ZAOCHEUS SHRIMPTON, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester,
5 Manufacturer,' do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
“IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CROCHET AND NETTING NEEDLES,
PENHOLDERS, HAIR PINS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows, that is
to say :-

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their handles, their protection from rusting, and their ornamentation,
and the protection from rusting and the ornamentation of netting
needles, penholders, hair pins, and other similar articles.
My improvements in the fastening or securing of crochet needles in
their handles consists in so splitting up the shank end or eye of a needle
that the two parts form a spring for passing over a grooved lump in the
handle part, when the ends of the spring will become engaged in a
hole or piercing, and the whole will be fastened in place by the ordinary
cap or cover fitting over them; the handle part may be formed of any
suitable material, but by preference of steel.
Or I coil or otherwise cover the stems of crochet needles with silk,
cotton, wool, paper, or other similar substance, and secure the needles so.
covered in suitable handles, or dispense with the independent handles if
desired, by the ends of the needles being sufficiently enlarged to become
the handles, after the process of thickening or coiling upon the stems, as
described. By thus covering the stems of crochet needles, when they
are fitted into handles the bulky parts fill up the space inside the shells
of the handles, so that the needles cannot work loose but will fit tightly
in the handles; and to assist in securing the parts the enlarged stems of
the needles may be coated prior to being fitted in the handles with some
suitable adhesive matter. The handles may be such as are in ordinary
use, and formed of any convenient material.
In 'using skeleton handles with the covered needles, such as those
usually formed of bent wire, the covering upon the stems of the
needles will prevent them becoming rusty.
My Invention as applied to netting needles, penholders, hair pins, and
other like articles, consists in coiling or covering them with silk, cotton,
wool, or other similar substance for the purpose of preventing rust in
'some cases, and for the ornamentation of others of such articles, whilst
hair pins so made will be much less liable to fall out of the hair than
those in ordinary use.

page_text: SPECIFICATION m pursuance of the comunions of
filed by the said Zaccheus Shrimpton in the Great Seal Patent'
Office on the 20th September 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ZACCHEUS'
SHRIMPTON, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc- '
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Zaccheus Shrimpton,
Her special license that I, the said Zaccheus Shrimpton, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Zaccheus Shrimpton, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CROCHET
AND NETTING NEEDLES, PENHOLDERS, HAIR PINS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Zaccheus
Shrimpton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Zaccheus Shrimpton, do herchy.
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, that is to say :-
My Invention refers to the fastening or securing of crochet needles in
their handles, their protection from rusting, and their ornamentation,
and the protection from rusting and ornamentation of netting needles,
penholders, hair pins, and other similar articles.

page_text: The nature of my said Invention will be more readily understood by
the aid of the accompanying Drawings, reference being had to the letters
and figures marked thereupon.
My improvements in the fastening or securing of crochet needles in
their handles consists in so splitting up the shank end or eye of a needle,
as shewn in Figure 1, that the two parts (a, b,) form a spring for passing
over a grooved lump (c), Figure 2, formed in the handle part (c²), when
the ends of the spring will become engaged in the hole or piercing (d),
Figure 2, as seen in Figure 3, and the whole may then be fastened in
position by the ordinary cap or cover (e), Figure 4, fitting over them;
the handle part may be formed of any suitable material, but by preference
of steel or iron. *
Or I coil or otherwise cover the stems of crochet needles with silk,
cotton, wool, paper, or other similar substance, as shewn at (f) Figure 5,
and secure the needles so covered in any kind of shell or tubular handles
formed of metal, bone, wood, glass, china, or other suitable material;
Figure 6 shewing the needle with the handle (9) fitted on; Figure 7
shews a needle having its stem coiled or thickened as described, with
cotton, silk, or wool, alone or in combination and of suitable device and
color, the whole being contained in a glass handle or holder (h).
By another arrangement, as seen in Figure 8, I enlarge the stem of
the crochet needle by passing it through one or more collars (i) formed
of wood, cork, or other suitable substance, to assist in keeping the needle
in a proper position in the holder (k) and fastening it therein. By thus
covering the stems of crochet needles, when they are fitted into handles
as described, the bulky parts fill up the hollow space inside the shells
of the handles so that the needles cannot work loose, and to assist
in securing the parts the enlarged stems of the needles may be coated,
prior to being fitted in the handles, with some suitable adhesive
matter.
Or I dispense with the independent handles if desired, by the stems of
the needles being sufficiently enlarged to become the handles after the
process of thickening or coiling upon the stems; Figure 9 representing
a needle with the handle part (7) so finished.
In using skeleton handles such as (m) Figure 10, with the covered.
needles, the covering upon the stem (n) of the needle will prevent its.
becoming rusty in use. And I-also propose ornamenting the skeleton.

page_text: handles of crochet needles, as shewn in Figure 11, by coiling upon or
intertwining with the handle (o) wool, cotton, or silk of any required
color.
My Invention as applied to netting needles, penholders, hair pins, and
other like articles, consists in coiling or covering them with silk, cotton,
wool, or other like substances, as shewn at (p) Figure 12 and (r).
Figure 13, for the purpose of preventing rust in some cases, and for the
ornamentation of others of such articles, whilst hair pins so made will be
much less liable to fall out of the hair than those in ordinary use.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the
manner in which the same is to be carried out, I claim, without con-
fining myself to these precise details, the several improvements in the
manufacture of crochet and netting needles, penholders, hair pins, and
other similar articles, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Zaccheus Shrimpton, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of September, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two.
ZACCHEUS SHRIMPTON. (L.S.)