IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLES FOR HAND SEWING
Year: 1885

page_text: I JOHN DARLING, of 11 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLES FOR HAND SEWING to be as follows:-
This Invention, which relates to an improvement in needles for hand sewing has
for its object
Firstly. To facilitate the threading of such needles.
Secondly. To facilitate sewing operations with such needles.
For the purpose of facilitating the threading of such needles the needles are
formed with two eyes, the lower one of which is of such a size as will enable the
thread to be easily passed thereinto being of much greater width and length than
the diameter of the Thread.-The upper eye is of less diameter, that is to say, it is
of such a size as to properly hold the Thread for sewing operations.-In the
connecting piece of metal between the two eyes and at one side thereof an
inclined slot is formed through which the thread is drawn from the larger to the
smaller eye.
For the purpose of facilitating sewing operations with such needles a portion of
the body of the needle is made of such thickness which whilst forming larger holes
than usual in the cloth or material to be sewn thereby enabling the thread to be
drawn more easily there through also admits of the large eye for facilitating the
threading thereof,
J. H. JOHNSON, DAY & JOHNSON,
Petitioner's Agents,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow,

page_text: improvements in Needles for Hand Sewing.
I, JOHN DARLING of 11 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLES FOR HAND SEWING and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My Invention, which relates to improvements in needles for hand sewing has
for its object
Firstly. To facilitate the threading of such needles.
Secondly. To facilitate sewing operations with such needles.
· For the purpose of facilitating the threading of such needles the needles are
formed with two eyes, the lower one of which is of such a size as will enable the
thread to be easily passed thereinto being of much greater width and length than
the diameter of the thread. The upper eye is of less diameter, that is to say, it
is of such a size as to properly hold the thread for sewing operations. In the
connecting piece of metal between the two eyes and at one side thereof an
inclined slot is formed through which the thread is drawn from the larger to the
smaller eye.
For the purpose of facilitating sewing operations with such needles, a portion of
the body of the needle is made of such thickness, which, whilst forming larger
holes than usual in the cloth or material to be sewn thereby enabling the thread to
be drawn more easily therethrough also admits of the larger eye for facilitating
the threading thereof.
In order that my said Invention may be properly understood and readily carried
into effect, I will now proceed to describe the drawing hereunto annexed.
The accompanying Figure of drawing represents on an enlarged scale a hand
sewing needle constructed according to and constituting my present Invention.
The needle a, represented upon the annexed drawing is formed with what are
virtually two eyes b, and c, the lower eye b, of which is of such a size that a thread
may be easily passed thereinto, the width and length of the said eye b, being
considerably greater than the diameter of the thread.
The upper eye c, as shewn, is of less diameter, that is to say, it is of such a size
as to properly hold the thread for sewing operations. In the metal between the
two eyes b, and c, and as shewn upon the accompanying sheet of drawing at one
side thereof, the inclined slot or channel d, is formed and thereby constitutes the
only communication between the two eyes b, and c.
For the purpose of facilitating sewing operations with the aforesaid hand sewing
needle, the portion of the said needle indicated at A, or thereabouts is of the largest
diameter. This increased thickness is such that, whilst forming in the material
being sewn, holes larger than those made by an ordinary hand sewing needle, it
enables the thread to be drawn more easily therethrough the hole forined by the
needle in the material having been made of the required size, and not as heretofore
the needle sometimes forming holes which are afterwards increased in size by the

page_text: thread when being drawn through the said material, this latter portion of the
operation by its abruptness often requiring the application. of much power.
The portion A of the needle by its increased dimensions admits of the eye b,
being formed also of an increased size, and thereby renders more easy the threading
of the needle.
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
Hand sewing needles having two eyes b, and c, connected by a fine or narrow
slit or channel d, and an increased thickness as represented at A all substantially
as and for the purposes herein before set forth with reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawing.